Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-07-31
IncIdents OF the Gettysburg Battle.

General Schmmefenig escaped capture by
resorting to dodge worthy oftbe sharpest Yam
kee. When he found his retreat cut off, h,
seized the coat of private and buttoned it close
ly over his uniform; he was Knocked down ant
run over by gang of rebels who were aftel
plunder He then Stumbled away into cellar
and lay there concealed and without food fol
two days; but when he heard the boys playing
yankee Doodle" in the streets, he thought i
safe to come out. He is now in command of his
brigade and ready for work
After the battlefield came into our possession
private soldier who had been wounded in tn,
foot was found lying in the grass, under a bush
he had wiped his gun and taken off the lock tc
clean it. When found, he in the act of put
ting it together again. To the question-what
he was doing there? he replied Il am getting
ready for another pop. have two boxes ofcar-
tridges left"
The citizens of Adams and York Counties are
sending in large quantities of supplies for the
sick and wounded, and all the farm houses and
barns in the neighborhood of the battle-i field are
used as hospitals. s--
On Thursday Mr.. Byngton discovered that a
telegraph instrument and operator were at Han
over; he procured hand-car from the President
Of the railroad and sent an expedition down the
road to repair the wire. This accomplished, a
dispatch was sent through to the Tribune an
nouncing the progress of the battle in advance
of all other lines. .f4
President Lincoln was in the Washington Of
fee at the time and was told of the passage OF
the message over the wires. It was then 10
o'clock, Thursday night and no dispatch had yet
been received at Washington.
The President instructed the operator to in
quire of the opertor at Hanover, who Byington
ISL Mr.. Byihgton replied by referring the Pres
ident to member of his Cabinet and also tele-
graphed to Mr.. Lincoln that railroad was in
80 ute e
field, and recommended that trains be sent for
the wennded The Presidentreplied thata train
would be sent the next day.
Corp Hayden, of the First Minnesota, was
captured--escaped, seized musket and seized
a rare opportunity, and actually made ten rebels
surrender While marching them to Gen. Glib
bon's quarters, a rebel behind a tree on the way
drew a bead on him with his rifle. Hayden
saw him in time to bring his piece to level and
cry out, Surrender" The fellow actually threw
down his gun andj joined the cavalcade and Hay
den came in with eleven captives.
The field in front of the stonewall was liter
ally covered with dead and wounded, large
portion of whom were rebels. Where our mus
kerry and artillery took effect they lay in
swaths, as if mown down by scythe. This
field presented a horrible sight--sueh as has
never yet been witnessed during the war Not
less than one thousand dead and wounded laid
in aspace ofless than four acres in extent, and
that, too, after numbers had crawled away to
places of shelter.
A correspondent of the New York Times char
acterzes the conduct of the citizens about Get
tysburg, as such as to stamp them with dishonor
and craven hearted meanness. They were so
sordily mean and unpatriotie as to engender the
belief that they indifferent as to which side
was whipped. One man presented a bill for
eighteen rails which had been taken from one of
his fences. The hotels charged $3.50 per day;
milk was Is to 20 cents per quart, and toeniy
cents was charged for bandage for wounded
soldier Such cormorants should live upon the
other side of the line.
The invading Generals came like princes
naughty and unperious 10 take possession of
their principaliiies. They levied tribute upon
the people Of fcities-plundered stores and dwell
ings-ruthlessly destroying houses; and sweep
ing away in an hour the toilsome accummnla-
tion Of years. Contrary to all the usages of civ
ilized warfare, the town of Carlisle, filed with
helpless women and children, was shelled with
out notice warning, and these terror stricken
ones sent screaming to the forests. Il tcomdn
ofsPeaHsylVdRia Dds outraged Thus, with dia-
bolical crimes, and plnndering, savage barbarity
did the rebel enemy inaugurate his invasion of
Pennsylvania But in the heroic army off the
Potomac, the audacious foeIne theaSenger, and
the beaten invader fed. rer- ~r1a-T,t =
God be praised that this invading march OF
desolation, cruelty and outrage was so quickly
stayed