Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-06

the dFizzy, hszy afternoon OF september SO'n, suiu0N
BY the heavy canncnadng that gave warning that our
regiments we're advancing to the charge upon Battery
Harrlson, one Of those whom the emergency" had
called 70 the frout-in fact "chiel amaug them takin
notesp-went down to Witne s, from nearer stand
point, the fortunes of the 6ght. Through how many
miles Of eIpectant soldiers and under the guns OF how
many Waehfu artllersts he walked 1t Is needless to
state. sis enough to kuoF that through these i'm
pediments he found his way, until finally, he S'tinsd
the scene Of the bloody repue that was inflicted upon
the enemy the day previous
FORT eILNIR.
Here as elsewhere, the brOnzed veterans Of fifty tights
we're awaiticR the demonstrations Of the foe. From
the powerful Rlacs Of the fort the observer looked
through the soub.e valley and the white rifi Of
sroko that arose shove the combAsAns, followed AZ
most Immediately By the dull sulen roar OF the Artills'
~ a. the hostile guns with shot and shell cleared the
ay for or swept the path of the charging regiments.
What the - evening held in its scope, of valor VAir-
l, expended and blood usslessy shsd upon our pArt
vas happily hid from the lockers Only to our ears
came the Cel'slS caDgor that bstOkeued that stout
hearts ard wiling hands working, through blood
and death once more for the preservation OF the Oap-
tAl.
Gradually the tuuut ceases, and the noise OF cannon
IL followed BY the spu.tsriDg Of the occasional muEs's
that a Up the intervals of silence Away to the right
from an Isolated fort bresks out single heavy gun-h
"a ours Away to the lsft battery OF YAskee held-
pieces responds With broadsids. It Is shot and shell
u,ess.ly expended, however, for the attack Of our
braves has been made and rspulssd.
Than tbs writer hereof turns to look upon the traces
Of
fHE CARNAGE CT TIE 2efH.
Standing upon the pSrapst Of Fort Glner, be looks
into the vide deep ditch that yaWnsu It's 'front.' and his
eve falls upon thirty odd Stark figures that arelying be-
lov-,he forms of Bu lers slain black soldiery. They
are shot In the head she heart and wherever 1t a fatal
I, be struck. All staring upWarls--one with cullen
faces. others With q surprised look upon them; some
with ther bands cutcLsd but most with arms and lega
ex ended as if in peaceful repOse.
sturdy artileryDsn, by volunteers the infer
nation, Those fellows foughtW<, sir. They came up
a. double alick, with their guns at right-shouder-
shift and leaped into the ditch. Then they began to
assist enc anothr up the psraps and here (poinng 10
the spo) many Of them shot down upon the edge
Our men threw hand grenSdes among them, and these
assisted us in killing them. We heard one OF them cry
in the ditch. Look out for the hand bugs for go
they called thsm-aud that fellow you see lying just
there was bending over o1s Of them in order to pick it
Up a1d throw It back at US wien 1t exploded and blew
the top Of his head CT"
| "Iu what order did they advanced"
"They came up two brgIdes stToug-a white brigade
and black brigade. Toe negroes were put in front,
and the whites hung back"
"H,W many we're killed do you Think"
"Tbey lost over q thousand killed aud wounded. The
corn field there 10 'front.' aud that our lsfI is filed
with them. Nobody knows how many may be in there
vet We don't bother muo' about them, you know,
air. They're a. Il agsil az Fort rrison J"
The sneaker moved away lock ia the direction OF
the work. and to listen the Of the guns that were
huuderng amid the curtain of mist and smoke that
yelled the battle field and the writer turned his gaze
upon tho space in the immediate front of this portion
OF tho fort.
Here and there, the Yankee sain-chiIAy, or entirely
blsck-Wers lying within full view. A black fellow
vas visible behind tree, shout fifty yards from the
ditch stretch out in tho position in which he had
fallen when tho fatal sbo. had oVersaken him. This
negro al been very active from his post behind the
tree In annoying men bu. his sharpshooting Was
brought to a sudden close by lucky shot that brought
him prone to earth
Toe scene IS the writer looked upon it, was strangely
/ IN American. The black faces, and the dusky out
lines of the dead negroes suggestive Of Al
GERS or ESYp. or the Mahsa ia, than Of the north
iie Of the james, and, but for the absence ct the
turban upon the head would have been hard to re-
a'z, bu. that, By some strange TRANSLATION, time and
LEGALITY had been so ampered with as to leave the o.
server upon the field of battle of Lucknow or Delhi,
and these gha,;ly cures before him the dead wit
nesses 10 the slaushsr If those bloody days.
leaving this carrlon behind him, the writer walked
away, following the lire of WorkS and passing through
e ~ or more dead aud wounded Yankees, who were
ling within cur defencss. These had been brought
there since the battle aud were dying-:hs most OF
them-ircm Frevous vourds They bad sOWcd the
sorm, and were raaping the WhirlWiud. The men Who
might have attended to them-our surgeons-Were
busy elsewhere in esunohng the wounds of the coun-
TIVE defenders and so, Yankee must suffer and die by
reason of Yankee wong. l. was retri6ution, the
writer thought, a. no walked away through al embra-
sure and directed his path through corn feld front
iug the lafs face OF the fort.
A common cart road led through this field, and By
tis road the sentinel at the embrasuTe said, "ssor
cu vas afforded TO that portion Of the line that wa
the writer's destination. Sick with evidences Of slaugh
ter tSe writer lad thought to repair from this Gshenni
vi hno more horrors to stOnt bis sigh; bat 10 WheE
Atty yards we're passed, he walked in the midst o
seofcs of brutal wre,chss who had here fallen in th
linking a..emp. upon Fort Gdmer. It was, indeed,
A TIILD CT DrATH
Blocking up the psth-lyiOg upon either side OF IT.
suirg ON leaden eyes upon the by-halfnud'
sad h more of the buss about hOm than of humanity
these base of baser loaded the earth will
their wiring presence. Ia somo cases they we're hor-
rby mausled L. was here that the stationary bstsrie
had Piled them, and here, too, that
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had ransd grape and canister upon them Tbs nooi
company o. gallant youths, far away from their home
and sr,d from their residss in he Imperial City, ha'