Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

skirting the south side of this field wer,
the first marks of the storm of destuc
ton which had ragged so fearfuly an hou
before. Along the edge of the open felC
lay the bodies of four or five of oul
men. As advanced into the woods, the
marks of cannon shot could be seen on
every side, but saw none of those marks
nearer than twenty feet from the ground
> nor did | see dead or wounded man
who had been struck with a canton shot.
DR.. Cliffe, IolIicotfers brigade surgeon,
afterwards told me that among all their
| wounded, SO far as they had come in
only one had been injured by artillery
: and he had lost his arm. Passing ;hro'
the woods from the first open field, dis
tance Of nearly half a mile, we reached
another open, half cleared field on the
left of the road. In the eastern part Of
this field is a log house and barn and an
apple orchard. Eighty-fve dead rebels
ny in this open field, which, b. way of
distinction, | will call the g. old field. =
=, Further on, and to the right of the road,
is the corn feld where the brave Indiana
10th suffered so severely. In the woods
and along the road the scene was dread
/ ful.
HEROIsM OF THE FEDERAL WOUNDED.
Among the wounded of our men, it
was really comforting to see with what
patient heroism they bore their pains. /
said to one poor fellow with shattered
leg, /" You must he in great pain can |
do anything for you?' He said, " There
are others worse off than me; when they
are carried in you can tell them where
am, if you please" Another man had a
ball through his right hand breaking
two Of the bones. lie had done it up
himself with a vat bandaee, and with
his other hand Was carrying one corner
of stretcher with i wounded man
carrying another corner of the same
stretcher, was man with his head and
face covered with blood. He said he
was not hurt at all; he had only lost
large piece of bis hat and a small piece |
Of his scalp.
SHOCKING SCENES AMONG THE REBELS.
In the "old field" among the rebels
some Of the scenes were horrid and re-
volting in the extreme. A large num-
Der of the dead were shot through the |
head One was shot directly in the eye.
and the brain was oozing from the wound.
Five dead and wounded lay on one log
all but the wounded were shot in the
head. One rebel had a ball through his
neck, which destroyed the power of
speech-though l don't think his wound
was mortal. Several of the dead were
Old, grey-headed men. K
A dark complexion man with heavy
black beard, who said he was from Mis- :
,issiPpl was lying on the ground with a G
broken thigh, He was stern and snllen 4
he had only oue favor to ask-that c
was that some one of US would Kill him. c
a young man, quite boy begged me
rot to Ietthe LincoInites kill him. An
Iderly man, with his back against a Il
tump, had ball directly through the |
.entre Of the head at the base of the \
,rain. There was a ghastlv grin unon /
lis conference.-the eyes were stretched n
widely open and staring wildly into va 4
ancy, while his breath was rapid, deep "
md heavy. His was living death, for y y
le was senseIess. a lad OF fourteen, =
With mashed ankle, protested his inno
ence, and begged to be taken care OF, "
lett these fields OF human suffering -
Win feelings such as never before eX- r
erieneed. The freshness OF death - -
aemed 10 MI the whole atmosphere. 1t
) scene Which man heeds only 10
ook upon once in his lifetime in order to al
lc