The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-06-05
UPPER sANDUsKY OHIO, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE s. 1868


nsaissd ip i.s former pdshios, fssdy q
repel oDIya iruns stsset--sbe front sSs
faux skiItDisbeYs had rot even lins b
cofumuuica,ios vjih eacb csbefl Sucf
wss the position of sfgaiTs with the F,s
Division oecupying the extreme right
No weDdsr She fear became general SOD
painfully evident to every subordinate o.
fCsr tbst oar Asnk was being turned J
At 8 p, tit, the attack commenced With
oas prsmopitiop. No noualed fentiGe
csmc gs,loping up with the news; bu1
very li.,lc picket firing hsfsIded IL. The
first note Of waEniog that tbc shock bad
come was ibs shock isselfl A treinen.
dous volley Of mussStry, Immediately
followed by a deIuge Of grape and capis-
ter, and the Rebels were upvp t,s in ever
whelming numbers IN three concshsric
columns. One was moving dcwt the
turnpike, one down Brooks road, and
the other further to the left, and. as their
prisoners stated, in full brigade line and
forty deep. while section Of the artilIs-
ry was brought up to position IN the
road commanding our line, which it
swept
What could 1900 men do with so, ,0Go?
Their flank and rear being entirely expos.
ed to its foes, and their position en6ladcd
at that. But now surely, after this sur
prise in the rear, they will change front !;
common sense demands that, and military
science may well blush shame if it be not
instantly done. The conhiander Of the
55th Ohio, bis eyes upon the right, de
tects it completely f1anked, Putting
spurs to his horse, he hastened TO the
division commander and shouts, "Our
right is turned, may change front p
mo" is the reply. In a moment he is
with his regiment again, and seeing his
right giving way, he flies to his General
a second time. "The right is breaking,
and no enemy in front Of us may not
change front and at them in our rear p
"No," was the gruff reply; and thus SOL
diers who never yet had failed to do their
duty, and whom Napoleon wonld have
deemed worthy of place in the "Old
Guard" were left in the trenches under
an enflading fire Of grape and canister,
and unable to discharge musket direct
ly or obliquely at their foes, who were
sweeping them down. When called off
at last, without command of any general
officer, they broke by files and companies,
but reformed behind the gallant 25th
Ohio. cite the 55th, not that they did
better than any others, but to show the
skill which the division was
handled. The 10th an 25th Ohio Regi-
nents acquainted themselves like men
Who had a country and honor to defend,
While the 18th Connecticut, although un
ler fire for the first time, ,equaled the most
'eteran in splendid conduct. The loss
n McLean's brigade is very great, both
n rank and field officers. The noble
Riley is dead. The heroic Richardson is
wounded. The brave and
Noble, faint from loss Of blood,
ieves the field to his gallant Lieutenant
)olenel, Walker who gave up his life in
he very act Of entreating his men to
tand fast by the flag of the country Of
is adoption and Of his love. e,.a
1t was surprise Who doubts it I?
nd that in broad daylight There is
OF an officer in the corps, aside from the e
uilty, who willnot affirm it. No troops )
, the world could have stood, placed as
'ere the right of the ilth Army Corps. b
ar nobler would it be for the guilty to b
ankly acknowledge their errors than n
} skulh behind voiceless privates, with
charge of cowardice, and staining the \
emory Of the heroic dead with detection, !,
robbing the bereaved Of the consola- a
ons that their loved ones died with their r
dien' honor bright. q s'--s4 az llaai
II is far easier to fatter and praise, II
an to censure but the memory Of the ii
'ble men gone to their graves, and now b
nguishing in hospitals, is entitled to II
is plain, .unvarnished statement Of facts h,
have given you; and if it may serve g
. purpose Of inciting greater diligence e,
4 ,.,tohf,,1naes IN tho fttt,,rn acor,,l