The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-11-13
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count Of the doings Of the 2lst in Tho
late s.Battl - of Chickamauga' in
any ofths iaiiy or home papers, and
J m.silse that sn account Of ber &C.
lions during that Terrific enlightenment
will prove interesting to many friends
of the 2lst who read your paper
Islall not enter into an extended
account of the battle. | shall com
meuce with the 10th ult.
Early that morning (the 10TH we
took position on the extreme right OF
the line. on the brow OF, a bill which
completely commanded the valley fol
nearly three-f -fourths Of amile In front
wherr the enemy 10y. We threw up
a barricade of rails end stones, be
hind which we could have de1ed any
body. About 8 A. NJ. the ball open
ed on our left, Gen. Beatty, command
ing lst Brigade, being first engaged.
After hanging away NJ him for an
hour or more, they gradually opened
further to the left, until the whole
line to our left was engaged We lay
here until about 3 p NJ, when we
marched TO the left some two or three
miles, until we came to the battlefield
We were deployed in line of battle
and advanced into strip of woods
on the right Of the road that we had
been marching on. When about one
fourth Of mile from the road, we
were saluted with a volley from ten
or twelve guns, killing and wound.
ing three. We returned the volley,
but tho enemy had fed, throwing
down their arms and "scally hoot.
ing" to the rear on double. quick. We
advanced n short distance further
threw out skirmishers, and, after pill
ing up q few rails for barricadcs, laid
down Our slSirmishers had a little
work to do, and occasionlv shot or
two whistled over our heads, until
about dark, when Col. Sirwell, our
brigade commander, threw few can
mister in the woods, completely .'dry-
ing the thing up" We laid down to
rest, not covering ourselves with any.
thing but gum blanket, and it was
very cold. We did not sleep much.
The morning of the goth of Sep.
tcmber broke clear. and cold Every.
thing was quiet until a. NJ, when
the sharp rattle OF muskctry and the
loud roar of cannon announced that
the battle had again opened on our
immediate left. Some skirmisninc
on our front but no heavy firing. At
10 A. NJ, we were silently withdrawn
and marched TO the left, taking up
several new positions in quick sue
cession, when at last ut half past
eleven We became engaged. We
were then detached from our brigade
to support one of Gen. Bramon's
batteries. The enemy advanced in
heavy force on our front but were re-
pulsed every time; the five shooters
enabling us to pour in continual
yolley. But regiment after regiment
would come up, deliver their fire, and
file off TO give room for another.
About two p. m the troops on our
right gave way, and the enemy got on
our right and rear, and were deliver.
ing heavy cross fire on the right
wing of the regiment The regiment
gradually changed position until it
formed 90 OF triangle In this po-
sition we tough till about three p. ~,
when we were relieved by some of
Granger's Reserve Corps, who charg.
ed them, driving them some | / OF a
mile. We then fell back to the brow
Of the hill, where we threw up bar
ricade---a very slight one, of logs
Col. Stoughton rode thro' the regi.
ment, and told us if we we're engaged.
again, to give them a volley and then
charge bayonets At 3 l-2 o'clock
the reserves in our front gave way,
and we were again engaged We
fought them until 5 o oclock, when we.
were relieved by the 9th and 8jthI
Ohio-we being entirely out of anu
milton, We fell back to the brow of,
the hill TO rest, and get ammunition if
possible. About 5 1.2 p. NJ. the enc
my sent up word that some 5000 of
them wished TO surrender, and re
questcd our troops to cease firing,
which they did, They came march.
ing up in good order, with arms, &c;
when short distance from our troops,
they were summoned to lay down
their arms if they wished to surrender.
Hardly were the words spoken, when.
they poured IN q terrific volley, and
then charged--they had the hill. The,
9th and 25th fell back where We
were, and requested us 60 charge and,
recover the hill. We scraped up one
round OF ammunition for each man.
from the killed and wounded, and
charged--we were driven back. We
charged twice, but in vain. After the
third charge we lay down to await the
rallying of the rest OF the troops, in
tending TO make one grand charge
one final struggle for the hill. While
we were lying there, we observed a
body of troops fling up ravine on
our right. They had dark clothes on,
and we thought they were our men.
After fling in they faced toward us
and advanced on us a short distance,
when they lay down. On being ask
ed "what troops?' they replied 'JeG.
Davis" We thought they were j eff.
c. Davis division, and were coming
UP TO relieve us. After laying still a
moment, they got up and advanced
on us at double-quick, yelling, Lay
down your arms" ''surrender," &c
Some OF us got up to run, when they