True Democrat., 1863-02-18
II. G. RGNN,
 Col. Commanding.
A Baby Found on the Battle Field of-the
 @ T+e@s Eatchis.

The following Is an extract from letter to a private soldier in the l4th Illinois regiment:
 BoLiyAw, Tenn, Nov. lO.-Lst me relate 10 you a touching little incident, that will doubt less strike you little strange. l thought 1t strange when 1 witnessed it. my comrades thought it pas sing strahge," if not wonderful. At the battle of Hatchie, when the conflict was waging fereest, upon advancing midway be- tween the contending forces, we found, what do you think? Not masked battery--not an an: siduous trap, inviting but to destroy--not any visible engine of death but a sweet little blue eyed baby, fresh from the womb of the mother th It groaned and gave it birth. Swgcc little thing, as I saw it there. hugging the cold earth, its only bed -the little tear on its check,
 s",That nature bade it weep, turned
 Anicerlrop sparkling in the morning beam v Uaalartned mid the awful confusion of that fearful battle with the miTslcs of Heath lying thick about if. and crowdirg close npon txiS> tence, yet uahurt, il seemed wonderful verlll, cation of the declaration, l" Out. of the mouths of babes and sucklings I will ordain wisdom :" That little |" child of war" as it lay in it's mi ra.ulnus saf..y, seemed to say to me tn 5, words ofprofouud instruction. 1" My heplesshess and innocence appeale,l to Cpd, and he pre- served me in the midst of this wreching car nage IT you will make your plain to Heaven, God. will preserve your poor bleeding conntry.
 Litt'e child of destiny, born amid the fl .sii of muskesry, tbe thunder of cannon. anl clash of arms 1 will watch your course through life,
 n l witness whether an existence so suspicious ly begun, will pass by tte masses sunnoticed aud end without leaving a name ."danlned to everlasting 'fame.' Who -swonld supnnse that in the wi;d. fierce battle Of the natchie where the field was .stSewn with the dead. and the shrieks and groans of the wounded rert the heavens wita agony, & Ereat.army would paase in the tbieEest of the conn.ct tosxave harmless a h1lo1e~s chilj? Yet the. brave II n. that never vet has qlailed in battle. did pause, a!.d the officer Of tie regiment oriersd oir " little h4hy,' to h. carried to headquarters and tender- lv.cnred for Irernemb per of having read somewhere in G-eeSan. history a story something Ike the one I have relatel Ai;tfle child was found on inc battle field and by ilnriated s0|diery tramp ! led in the dast. After the battle the victorious general said: '.But for she blood of it.le | child that mars it, victory would be com plete.r Thank God, the blood of no little child mars our victory.
 The next day after the battle < OUT bahe" WAS brought before the l4th, and unanimously adopted !" child of the regiment Three. or four days later, strange as t may seem, poor heart stricken. poverty pinchcd mother, came searching the battle field in questaof her cbild. Ny IT., imagipeif yon can.the wild ex- clama,ion of thanksgiving that burst from that poor woman's heart, when informed that her child had been rescued, and with mothers tenderness cared for saw the mother receive her child, heard her brief prayer for the sol- diers who saved 1t, anl, with the blessings Of a thousand men following her and hers, she took away .+-s. 7.t a-4 f4 --E@RefL -@ - -t | - {" Our little babr-~ .ar-~ s@
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