Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-16
NO. 80

on Of the building. aud In such number.
| from the number OF The wounded. that they
formed a ghaslly pile that soon mounted T.
| the sill. Here, in the town. coo lie IN every
.0tm Of physical misery. surrounded by
heir own surgeons. Surrounded ~
leave the wCrd-but 20 few Of these officers
had stayed behind, that at o'clock on
Tuesday evening | saw, on, so many who
{ verlshly fslt around for their water bottles,
and with all the language of anguish as ked,
'ctca the doctors would come. Scattered
among these sufferers lay form. from which
came Moth r. movement nor s9aaa, Death
! had ended their torment. Lifting a linen
cloth from The face Of one Of these 10 the
william and Mary College Chapel, saw the
features Of an officer Of the common type of
VHglaia development. / unused as | looked
at The mean moulh and narrow brow, Il this
could be- one Of the Peasants family, for
upon bis breast was pinned label "Thisis
Captain Pleason's. Mark bis grave Aud
] thought Of bis father Git he was the son Of
the progressive journalist who had fallen by
The bullet OF the dnelling, slaye-drlver,
" re anu thought OF the degenela3y that
slavery and its lruit, serviity, iastens by
law OF God upon the stock Of men of noble
minds and Of noble meo. By au association
OF ideas, too, springng from contrast, re-
called a muddied figure lying in Fort No.
from Tue Itutl Ielt, IN tue well Known quiz
grayuniform aud the unitorm graceless slouch
hat, of the canal.driving pattern Of the New
York aud Erie tow path The Confederate
uniform gray blanket was drawn high up
from his poor shoes and his ragged stockings
AMI covered the soldiers head. Thinking
him to be dead, lifted It., and saw beneath
a head that would have served for q bust OF
Attila overlooking Rome. The brow had
wonderful force and infinite will, mixed with
the beauty of woman. The most ,harm.
ing clusters Of jet black hair, aud a flowing
beard, that shone in the sun, mingled with
the streams OF blaekar blood that seemed TO
glue the mouth TO the soil Swollen aud
di.colored as was the lw, and bloated the
lips, the face aud the whole head we're Of a
magnificent cast OF savage grandeur and
elegance. His figure, too, was a Titau's--
yet when our surgeon and his aids began TO
place under him board, 10 bear him Off TO
our hospital, the feebieuess of a man who
had been lying "a hours in the raiu, with his
jaw shattered dhd bis throat torn apart, with
A Minnie mu4ket ball, asserted anew the gu.
premaey OF The nervous ssnsibiiity over the
spirit. Feeble groans--the grOaus OF a dy-
lag girl blby-gurgled through the blood
which filed the gigantic soldiers mouth,
AID protested against pain. Abandoned
wouuded ioforts, 10 corn.feds, ia churches,
in court houses, in record Offices, ia colleges.
in hospitals What of the abandoned dead
They strewed the woods--they strengthened
with their weight the lines Of the rail fences
they spotted while they manured the fields
| OF growing wheat-beiore the line Of our
musketry fire they paved the earth--they
were thick in the forts--thicker on the edge
| of the timbered positions where our shei
| aid grape smote them from afsr aud would
alone have OBSCURE e d theic baydnet
! charges If numbers had not justified them.
an the laws OF battle required them. The
! poor corpses OF the poor tello VS. who can
hate the dead foe that In worn, and cheap,
/ snd cOmfOrtlsss, and ill.tashOned aud rude
! ly patched aud dirty clothing, appeal to you
| through that poverty OF the poor and that
| helplessness OF the ignorant, which all over
! the globe Is heard and respected by the gem
erous) were lying everywhere under the
feet Of our advancing regiments The sun
Of Tuesday went down on the unfinished
! work Of our burial parties. The labor Of
! INTERN mt begins again this morning The
whole day will scarcely suffice for IL.
The batle Of Willamburg,' ia Heinlzsl-
ANS portion, was an Infantry battle purely.
! The use Of artillery was almost impossible.
IL was a square, standup eight with leaden
balls and steel bay nets, for conducting
which TO q successful issue no man Ia The
United States could have been better chosen
than this grizzlcd aud bronzed Peunsylvanian
OF Sc years active service. IL Is not the
dattery Of compliment to say that be saved
the battle and saved the army II is truth
which the soldiers aud officers on the LEFT
graf fully feel aud sur ly know. From the
beginning Of the action 10 The end Of IL he
! Was without a superior In rank, aud received
not single command lie did what be did
uuuided aud unadyisel and an advised
people will surely give bin bis reward.
Every member of bis staff caught his rsioluSs
aud lcry spirit. When the Omnoui words,
| 90 L. IA retreat" began to be heard among
! the discouraged New Jerssy' troops, bis
Medical Director (Mlhanl packet up ais
! ins,rum cuts, and rapidly began - placaNis
wounded in ambulanosa aud wagons, M
! force and threatening death 10 the Tow that
| refused TO assist 10 She duty. Bat McKeever'a
! prompt remedy 90 che e7rly Bympt0ms OF
! panic TcstOrsd him s0Ol ~ hls dreadful
| labors.
Let M again distinctly say That oa,y the
! depth Of mud tbs fury OF the storm, aud toe
/ hanger enl wenin is3 81 tbs oYsrmirobed
aul chllei men, delayed Ih auiyai OF
| k;Ta'y's Brgad aud deAyel ~ eJming
! % aidi0at fataly needed supports. The
watler aud ihe roads could not be con
| tr9iied; nOr could Hsiutz3lmsn aiterHari
| colVpl TIE con ca Isuce OF negl5c "a dih
/ change 81 s0m' superior ON 3sr's duiy he
re nuoitering Of tb3 rords leading around
Go sc.no of battle anl upla che flank Of The
mAIn line of Ga Rebels retreat; n0r ths
| COO agIau 0tn gecung tJ report " him
AZ ui,duiglt what was known sjme o.ieers
lid tbs saamy weri 10 fall lispJ Nov
/ W. klOW that upIl cry5s ro4di No could
lave cut of sGd bagged q large part 0f their
/ AMY. Upon tls dhesi main road a pro npt
csgaty pugsut, commenced ~ early az I
O'clock 10 Tue morning. would have dsligered
ldto our hands thousands Of weary and beaten
nen, alb would have pgslsffed tae iuc0u
rnionces o captivity 40 the WeariarBs and
pain Of further retreat.