Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-11-12

The executions In the array OF the Po-
somac hare geesnssY sssousaaxsss nunsesl
oass In some cases Sight aAd1sm bskn@
executed as the sans time. These sad
exhibitions are nos Of almost 'iaaly oc-
esasssuos ip ssesg corps. and are often at
ssA.isd swish ah6sSfying cireums sanees.
A late lsssar from the array nbtiess the
exesueion in the Sd siivisioa Of swo cub
ssitutss who bad deserted. TaeiE naEss
were Edward Elliot, aged 2F neionging
10 Connecticut, and Charles ksssman,
aged q from Cornish, Maine. They con
s&ksaa freely Aefose shAir sxeention, sd~
nitted their fault, snd fels keenly she
distress that must result from their sad
fate. The last scene OF their eEaeusion
Is shns aes&sbed Ss SCI
ssThe Rev. Mr.. Stevens kneit dowh ia
hing each OF the men by the hand, they
aud the Rev. Mr.. Murphy kneis beside
hin aad iaiRed bin in fsrvsns prayer
CaDtaiI, Fsfds nov bandagsd the prison-
ers eyes. Elliot sas back upon his COIN.
Eastman knelt In prayer. his voice was
Asaiblss above tss eliek and sound os,!se
gaas IL they we're bgoagsso sspFessnt- T"
The word SIRE having been given,
Elliott fell back gently on bis eolin, oaiy
wuandsd, whils Eastman Jumped up and
tore the bandAge from his eyes rvideaaiy
untouched. The reserve was ord red up.
Eastman appeared a. If electrified and
|pMa4& In haaEas laagoss I'D Qs@y0 NsEas
Out The horrid sight. The meh sgain
missed Are. The Provost Martial du-
ring this time, ia great mercy, pulled ous
his rsvolxss. ana shot him through tha
head After THE tao uaforsanass men
were pronounced lifelssa, the sgo1pa
wses snsEuhal b. La sospassf sss..s aT
!, "a !salss from ThilodsaaxviiIe, La, to
the Providence Press, relates the aFcan.
stances Of the consolidation OF the I'd
Rhode Island and irss Louisiana cavalry
IRskiAsuss. SoMe osi chs Eneal Ess0tssssa
and hesitased when ordered 10 fall into
line. whersapon she Lieatenant Uoiaael
Who mas Ia .eoaaaaaa threatened 10 shoot
any nan VINO dii not obey promptiy.-
The letter tina relates shs tsrmla 4stica Of
this unfortunate affair !
"That this was no Idle threat, We found
| cut afterwards The men slpwla kelL a.
| 10 hne; the last swo, Richard Smith,
alias Morphg Eeum Boston, Mass, bar
lness usakSss he'd William Davis, gers ta-
ken, their hands were tied behind thens
| and shey shaa Esd assRsso d Kad GAE kAssz
Of the eamp, They then MAJ eylsd us
usse there And ne inca sf the list Louis
| aaia formed on oaE right and lsfs, al
as r4gkt angles sish ua, thus for'aiag
ssasss a3en. en- the sids as kla ~ pgasss
6srs Meod guarded ~ two ssdh@da q
men. Their eyes were banaaged 18th red
/ handkepehiefs, and, every prep arasion
1 made for theiv exeeasion.
/ .SlEhoagh We could nod hsllsxe at tas
I slsas shAs ,sksy wnsld isAos& she u sasea
for having dared TO show that shey were
Issos satisfied VITA being shaa Transferred
from Rhode isiaad 80 LoasSanta, 4nd
Thought that they wonid be Seprsetsd as
4 aha last assoaaas. ysk tbs scene was SO
| Terrible that shera was not one whose
hesxS vas noe beating andibly ou seeing
these preparations for The death OF twa
4 msm who ware gsassaaay asked in the
regiment.
4 saaad Of ansn we're plasnd apposisa
and nj scn pisces from sash prisoner; tbs
adpasaas spskss 20 them EaR- sens sine,
and askiaxs 4 Auppose, ia aames 1t thsls
fasaiIiss. WIEN Id had aassheds BE- ~
naf-shs sabre ssFuke-sof the Hrss pIs-
tooa 10 Gre was gissM, end Davis fell
lover backward as d seems 10 sss inssazss.
In killed. ~ the repetition Of the signal
ahe sasond pI@Eooa fred, and Saith shc
had stood immesabis, alEhasgh D > Aasre
lais eoxasaaa Sails feia, shst estsvaga sNs
legs. Bosh bodiss soulanow Do sesa %
lnovs. They we're finished BY tas ORDER
iIy sergsans % Company y iss Laaisasias
Apr oaching them kna avfng ali the chm!
| ges of their resoissrs into theia.n III
ssTo die fss ons'a epansEs y sweet ?
Esus 30 As ma2dsxsd sakrixhk tos sligha
discrepancy, 10 moss hosFsbIe and heart
! sicksniag. 1t Ii 70 BE- dpabsAd IL Sgsa
aadaT uanfedsFass aa Austrian tyranny,
leach fsarfpl ousrsgs aFv psswelTsssd~
bat II aoaa, 81 related, under De prot s-
} Itiou Of the 'k8saxs1 ana S&sipsa, shHis
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