The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-03-04

og3elly sergeant had been reared and srrg
generously treated BY lhe father 81 the
captain. and had declared when he drss
enlisted tIai Be would te happy % die ia
save The lileuf his b,neaelors son. Moa
nobly and most glorously did ne redeem
his promise
ls the hcsl of SATURDAYS lgl.,. scyeial
soldiers, wounded and covered with blao6
we're about to go on to the field again. and
would have done so had they not been o..
dered by the surgeons 10 The hospital
Even then, one Of The determined fellows
escaped, and carried bis muskci into anoth.
er regiment. Seven pri,ates who bad
been struck IN tie arm aUd head weui Is
the surgeons, and asked them to extract
the balls as soon as possible, that they
might again participate in the aclion.---
Their request was granted and lye oi
them returned TO the tieid.
Within The fort small secess on 6aa
was planted, and twice thc pole supporting
It was shot away. A rebel soldier picked
L up, and said "Thit + a bsa omen II
il is brought down again, We WILDE az
ieatrd.' Hardly had be spoken before a
she'll burst above his head, aud fiaga-
meut shivcrcd the staff, and crashed
throu h the speakers .knll. One Of the
rebels mounted the breaslworks in iull
view Of our forces, aal dcfsd Tie did
Yankees; but hardly had ii defiance pafs,
cd his lips before be fell pierced by 4 core
of bullets. Another remained outside Of
tie fiile.pits after All lis companions had
retreated behind Them, and fought With hi,
sword against halfa dozen OF the ljHionisis
who had surrounded hm apd were anxious
to take him prisoner. They asked him
several times 10 surrender, bat he dcclar-
ed he would rather die, and die he did on
the point Of a Union bayonel; but not be-
fore he had slain one and w0undc1 three
Of bis lvcIsarics. This desperate seces-
sionisi had inherited large fortune mar
red d wife ii Tennessee squandered his
means in riotous living and dissipation; ;
separated from his spouse; became eck-
less; joined the army and declared his In
tention 10 live no longer tilan hc first bat.
tie. He redeemed his fatal promise, and
closed his wild career needless msrtyrto
an unholy cause. 4 ihrd sccessionist, a
private in Mississippi compyny, lcd lis
companions n arms, ana, 9iil a horrid
imprcc,dion, rushed into lhc midst og ono
of our regiments, lis hand giasfing his
musket barrel, aud aimed bloa atan Ia
diana captain, but was slot dead with a
revolver BY lis opponent.
There we're also many "haifbrcadth es-
eapcs." a Lieutenant colonel in an Iowa
regiment, during Tie fierce contest Of Sat
uday afternoon, had nine bullcls pul
through hi. coat, and yet sustained no in
jury. Pcler Morton Of the 18th Illinois
had tie case Of his watch, which he wore
in his upper 1eri pocket, Immediately yer
bis heart, torn away by a canister shot,
and the watch siill continued 10 keep time.
The life Of Reuben Davis,of tie Kentucky
9Th, was saved by silver half dollar in
his waiscoat pocket lie Lad borrowed
that amount Of companion somc days be-
fore, AMI offered to return il betorc going
upon the field; butIns companion told him
to keep the coin, as he might stand in need
Of il before night. lie had need Of il in
his greatest need, for a rifle ball struck the
coin in the centre, and destroyed tile fg-
urs Of liberty on liz face,