The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-11-26

Inc lnlrtN-nlntn OnlO also TOOK OACK some
guns they had captured from us the day be-
fore, and about hundred prisoners were
brought in at the same time.
This was little more encouraging, as
you may believe. sir and the rebels began
to see that our battery was bad customer
for them to buck against. Lieutenant Rob-
inett, who was in command of our work,
knew well enough that they mould make a
hard kick to take it, as it was the front door
to Corinth and all its defeuces. II they
could have driven us out. goodbye victory
The other batteries couldn't have stood ten
minutes.
Then began some pretty work. The
rebcls took now position and charged our
line across the railroad to reach the village
Our men couldn't begin to make u show be-
fore them. There wasn't any such thing as
checking them. Our light artillery made
no more impression on their front than
throwing peas would and our line was
driven, neck and heels, into the village.
"The two lines were formed over again.
about the public square, and regular
rough-and-tumblc fight began hand to hand
and foot to foot. Still, the rebels seemed
the strongest. Our men fell back again
until they got to the Corinth House, when
| the encmyS reserve came in range OF our
heavy guns and we began to drop some
big shells among them. They iell into con-
fusion at this, and General Rosencrans rode
up and down our line, encouraging the
boys to make good square, old-iashioned
charge. They went into il with will, and
| drove the rebels clear back to the timber,
bayonetng them by scores as they went.
Meanwhile we kept up good shower of
heavy shells, that made some of them see
stars, | suspect
Before this charge, the enemy had
| formed line of reserves to attack our re-
doubt, and when the first line was driven
| back the second advanced. 1t was a risky
bit of business, and the troops that led the
| assault were volunteered for forlorn hope.
They were Arkansas men, and from what
they did, should say there wasn't soul
of them that had ever known what twas to
be scared.
"They formed in line eight deep, | think
end came up in close order just like ma
chine. You might as well have tried to
| frighten u locomotive off the track, as to
| turn that line.
Battery Williams opened on them,
throwing shells into their front and every
explosion must have knocked over twenty
men. at least, killed and wounded; but that
didn't make any difference that you could
see. When man fell, the ranks closed up,
just as even as before, and kept straight on,
as if they had been on dress parade.
That's the way they attacked u.s. They
came up squarely, the first time, to within
| fifty yards of the outer works, where our
| fire was little too hot for them. You can
imagine, sir what mischief good stout
battery could do against such close column
of men. | think it wouldn't have been so
bad if they had advanced in open order /;
but don't pretend to know much about i'll
iantry tactics. Artilerys my business.
" They fell back little, aud we, inside
the redoubt, raised cheer, thinking we
had driven them. But they wern't whipped
yet. They reformed and came on again u
bit faster, but we moved them down so that
they could hardly march for the dead and
wounded under foot, 80 they had to retire
once more.
"The third charge, sir, you'd ought to
have seen. The three principal batteries
kept up perfect shower of shot and SHE'LL
front and flank, and the infantry supported
them with close volleys of musketry, firing
by file the whole time. The nuse was
awful, and the fire and smoke flied the
space between us and the timber, so thick
that we couldn't see thing. Would You
believe it, sir, they took heart all the more,
and made their best assault through all
that. 1t was like charging through hell,
sir but they did it. Before we knew where
we were they were upon us, tumbling us
over our parapets and planting their cursed
flag there. 1t was shot away twice, and set
up again both times. They fired on us,
shooting down our gunners through the
escarpments, and hung on to the work like
swarm of bees OH to hive. never saw
such desperate pluck and daring before, and
never want to see such fight again.
g 1t was no use for lis to stay by the
guns we should all have been killed on
the spot We fell back then to our sup
ports, and the other batteries turned their
guns upon Robnett. For some time they
kept the big shells popping off every sec
ond inside the work, and flesh and blood
couldn't stand it, no way. The rebels stayed
as long as any live men could, but they had
to leave, and not over half of those who
entered, went out again.
"Thcy poured ont of the redoubt i'll some
confusion, and made for the timber. Just
as they got started, the order was passed
TO the two regiments that had supported
us, to charge.
"They went tearing down on the rebel
rear, INTO II IlNcI VI blhOhS dllN ulC
and you couldn't see either friend or foe for
five minutes. All we knew was that the
rebels didn't get to the woods again in
force. Only scattering few of that Ar
! kansas brigade ever got off that field alive
1t was the brayest charge and bloodiest
de.eat of this war, sure
after the battle-which was ended then
we had a chance to see what we had
done. Our intrenchments were full of the
enemy's dead, and piles of them lay along
in ranks, just as they were marching when
they fell An officer told me that nigh onto
three hundred of their dead lay in mar
row space hundred feet long. What do
you think of that, sir ?"
" 1t WAS u reception worthy of valiant
foe" said but sergeant, you haven't
said word about yourself f-how you los;
your arIn-what You did, and so on" =.
"Oh, there's nothing to tell about that, "
said the brave fellow, modestly +" | stood
by my gun, and we worked her we'll enough
till round-shot came through an embra-
sure, from one of the rebel feld-pieces, and
happened to smash my elbow was
fool to have my elbow in the way, sup
pose. Can you spare me pipe-fnll OF your
tobacco, sir Nine seems to have gwen
out"
GIVE THEM ESoUGH OF IT.-ln Parson
Brownlow's speech at Chicago, he said of
the negro question:
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