The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-12-12
SCENES Or THE BATTLE OF GET.
TTSBURC.
From the Washington Republican.

From the Washington Republican.
t We some timo since copied from Bal
tlmoTe paper notice Of the courageou
: and loyal Misses Callows, two young ladie
of that city, in connection with the batt
f of Gettysburg, where they were attendIn;
the Oak hidge Seminary for young ladies
T slnce then we have seen a letter iron
the principal, Miss Carrie Sheades, herself
T as we are informed, an interesting and su
perior young lady. We extract the mos
interesting portion of this latter After
speaking Of the young ladies during ths
battic--their assistance in relieving the
sufferings of the wounded when no sur
geon could be ob.ained-she says:
- 1t makes me sad to recount the scenes
ofthe battle; yet there are some pleasant
incidents connected with it, one of which
| will mention
when Our forces retreated from Semi
nary Ridge, many of the prisoners were
taker here. At the time (thCugh q COW,
ard before) 1t seemed that was ready to
meet the VIII lie rebel army. Every vestige
! Of fear had vanished. a colonel rushed in
to the breakfast room and rebel after
him, demanding OF him to surrender. The
Colonel being very large man. could scarce
ly -breatheI (he was a.thmalic) and beg
| ged for time to regain his breath he told
them to shoot him, that he would not
surrender, and if said he, | had uy me n
here, you could not take me.
! saw that he would be shot If he re.
sisted any longer, and while the rebels
were contendIng with some prisoners in
another part OF the break fast room, | beg
ged the Colonel to 90 with him, AMI |
would save his sword He consented, and
! concealed his sword in the folds OF my
Il i \ -. h
minutes, which was granted. and he assur
ed me that he would Dc back for his sword.
1t was a sad sight to see them take tina,
: delveteran bat it was ajoyful isht
10 see him return TO reclaim his sword,
having gone with them as far as Monterey
Springs and escaped-roled away from
them. he said, for he could not walk.
You should have seen the Measure
which it gave these wounded patriots (for
the room was filed with them) to see their
Colonels sword safe. One oil them, in the
midst Cf his sufierinrs, sent some one 10
inquire if it was safe.
" This is one of the pleasant incidents
whilst there are many Others, which viii
not trouble you TO read
Another of Miss Sheades pupils, beau
tiul brunette of soma II summers. played
an equally prominent part in the thrilling
drama on different paIt Of the battle
field. Miss Sheaies says
She occupied with her relatives the
best dwelling house in the country, the
RUNS OF which are visible from the
Seminary Ridge about hait n mile west
of Gettysburg. Early on ednesday
morning the signs OF the approaching tenn
pest were so numerous and unUlistakea Die
th-t she was prevented from attending the
pr,f,
cavalry, which commenced the bat;l-, this
house was forcioly occupied by the Federal
sharpshootcrs from which TO FIRE upon the
rebels On the rspulse of the Union caval-
rv the rebels announced their intention CT
firing the building, in accordance with the
laws of war; it having been used, they
SAID, as .ott. Tie iAllis::i;' :@":I ..:4 vn""s
lady protested. explaining that the occu-
patton was forcible, and not with their con
sent the young ladY adding that her moth
err who WAS not nOw living, was Il southern
woman, auu that she would blush for her
parentage If Southern men could thu fire
the houst. Of dcien>elesS females, and turn
them out in the midst of a battle. Ol' OF
the ruiiians then approached her. and pro
posed in a confidential manner that Is she
would prove that she was not renegade
Sou,herncr by hurrahing for the Southern
Confederacy, he would see what could be
done. The young heroine Indignantly re-
fused, and, abandoning her burning home
with her aunt, rrn the gauntlet of the fire
Of two armies.
The name cf Mss Shcades pupil who
thus actel and suffered is Miss Amelia T.
Harmon, the daughter o! Il. /. Harmon. a
subaitern officer OF Pennsylvania cavalry
regiment in General Grant : army.
The circumstances connected with this
act OF vandalism of the rebels are singular
ly curious These buildings Were erected
by = brother-iu- law OF Stonewai! Jackson,
the Rev. Charles Mclean, deceased, be-
fore the com nencement of the rebellion.
1t is now ascertnined that they were
burned by the order cf chaplain of a
North Carolina regiment, one OF tie mon
soers'' of the South described by Parson
Brownlow, and who thus burned the home
stead of the near relatives of the rebels
greateat general Lee, on hearing of it,
promised to shoot the sceundrel if he
could be identified. He will soon have
the oppurtunity, as his name will be given
to eternal infamy in Batcheldors S great
pictorial history of the battle.