The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-11-14

comrades gathered around as with-a
few shuddcring groans-poor Farm er
slept the sleep Of death while the wind
rustliug through is silken folds. seemed
to make the old flag droop and sigh for
its brave guard, unablc to defend il long
or.
Towards cv ming Gen. Hooker's corps
crossed the Antietam, attacked the enc
my's left, aud from that time until late
in the evening, the inccssant rattle OF RI
fcs aud muskctry and roar of artillery
told Of bloody wcrk there.
With the dnwning of the next morn
ing, "wednesday, Sept l7th,) the battle
was renewed. At 8 o'clock, A. M, our
corps (Sumner's) crossed the hntictum
at the sumo place Hooker had crossed
the evening previous, aud moving stcadi-
ly forward, until entire corps was across,
when the line of battle was formed, Gen
Scdgwick's Division ON the right, Gen.
Trenches in the centre and Gen. Rich
nrdson's on the left, and the advance
commenced. 1t was splendid sight as
81 he long line went cleaning on.
Ere yet the life.blood warm aud wet,
Had dimmed the glistening bnyonot."
and ns those gallant troops pressed Gag
crly forward, how forcibly the lines oc-
cured 10 me.
"To drum bat to heart beat,
A soldier marches by.
here Is cO'uf IN his check,
There j. courage ~ his eye;
Yet TO drum beat to heart beat,
In u u,omcut he must die.
We reached an orchard with an open
lawn extending each way on either side.
As the firing commenced, Gen. French
being afraid that some Of the new troops
would not stand under the heavy FIRE,
which he knew they must encounter, had
ordered Gen. Kimball's brigade to be
held as a reserve, aud we were halted in
the orchtrd, while Morris brigade was
advanced 10 the crest of the line of little
hills which lay distinctly in front of and
parallel with deep ruvinc, and u corn
field beyond A. soon as they renshed
the crest of these rises Of ground, they
were net by tr mendcus vollcy from
the enemy posted in the ruvine aud corn.
field. They wUvcred for few minutes,
then breaking, came back at "Bull
Run" pace, threatening to oyerrun ev-
erything that stood in their way. Our
lines stood iast and by shouts Of "cow-
ards" and threats to "chargc bayonets"
on them, il they did not shalt" they
were checked.
Then came brave Kimbalrs order, ,"For-
ward, li,h Indiana!" Forward, Sih
Ohio" This order, echoed by our no
less brave Sawyer, Winslow and Lewis,
wus gladly obcy,d and moving steadily
forw urd at quick time, we took the ranks
OF the new regiments with us and went
up 10 meet the l,c.
Again the enemy poured forth muir
dcrOus fire, but this time they got as good
as they sent. Tho new troops cncourag-
ed, fought side by side with us gallautly.
The air seemed kissing hot with rife
balls. Crashing through our ranks would
come terrible discharges Of grape and
canister. while the bursting of heavy
shells from Il battery directly in our front
would crcute a juvenile earthquake about
the head. Twice the enemy charged
our centre, and were us many times re.
pulsed. Our ammunition was gone, that
of our dead and wounded nearly exhaus-
ted. The enemy w"rc being reinforced,
hone reached MS, "Oh for n chargop'
is echoed along I % line. The new
troops on the right and left have lost
some Of their field officers, and cannot be
trusted. Just then, moving up on our
lett, is seen brave Gen. Me6gher, with
hs gallant Irish Brigade. They are
charging. The llOosers aud Buckley IS
cannot be held buck longer. Elk bay
oncis ami charger With a rush and u
cheer the order Is Obcyed; and three
hundred prisont RS are captured in the ra.
vine from which they annoyed us so
long. Pushing the enemy back, while
Mcnghcr is pressing them ON the left the
enemy are faced around, and our right,
being unsupported, they turn that flank.
The lIth will not run, while the 9Th is
on the len, so changing front, the two
regiments join with Meaghcr's brigade,
aud side by sidn they again charge across
tho corn-held--that is, ali that was left of
of them.
At this critical point General Smiths
division OF Gen. Franklin's corps arrived
aud relieving kimbal's brigade, they are
brought of to rcplcnish their ammunition
aud count their losses. Sad duty. Out
Of three hundred and twenty who went
into the battle that morning, one hun
dred aud fifty only remained uninjured.
Thirty.two are dead; and although eur
noble Surgeon, Major Thomas McEbright
with his little corps OF assistants, under
tho 6 Eod-giyen banner, whose device is,
"Our motto is to save" are doing all
they can, many are dying OF their wounds
LiCutenOts l.antry aud Bill ure dead;
Lientenants Delaney and Barnes are
mortully wounded; Sergeant West,
Varney, Sawtell and others just as brave
will never be with us again. Lieuten-
ants Thompson and Smith have each
lost an eye, Lieutenanis Craig, Welh-
erell and NichkersoR have also felt the
rebt hail, Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer,
Major Winslow, Adjutant Lewis, Quar-
termSster Dickinson, Captains, Tillot-
son, Gregg, Kenney, Allen, Reid and
Miller, with Lieutenant Farnum, though
narrowly escaping in many instances,
were still unhurt,
May We soon meet the living, For the
dead we can only say, brave soldiers,
gallant comrades, farewell!
A. II, N.
A short ksetort.