St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11
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ii .saee MEAPnls, Isxs July 25th, 1864. :,
DEAR DENocRAr.--You will know ali
about the great expedition that our Regi-
ment was with before this reaches you. !
will not take space in your paper to re
state what you have doubtless already pub.
llshed.s ~ra1os tsrnoY ,A, 20 ....42 49,.
After we left La Grange, Tenn, We were
on half rations for the first s.x days. AZ
ter this the Commissary only, furnished one:
quarter pound Of hard bread and one cup
Of coffee per day, We had plenty of fora
ging until the first day CT the, battle, then
foraging ceased, and We we're; left with this
limited supply Of, ..hard Tack and coffee {;
but We had plenty Of hard fighting, which
l find is an excellent substitute for beef and
pork, as during those three days heard
less complaining about the rations, and
the men we're IN better spirits, than 1 ever
knew before t@:E
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. 1&only wish to give You my feelings and
those Of all with whom have talked, and
: few incidents which came under my own
ao'1cee gota ;;js yin, .:1acs.S4H $50. =,
AT the, commenoementa Of the battle on
the a4th,' our Regiment was kept'in reserve
for about Three quarters Of al hour, I'll
thought it an agel lying aat On the ground,
while shell, canister: and balls few thick
and fast over us: This was our first trial
1t being fred at,,. and not permitted TO re-
turn I the salute. We had nothing to do but
atoahink and. wait. / thoug ght Of home, Of
st. Cloud; Of the many pleasant associ.-
tons there, Or my family and friends, Of
The, past, present. and future, of life with
all its charms, Of the ties, that bind me t.
earth-it seems 10 me that thought Of
everybody and every thing. did net
forget the DExocRAr. l thought over the
list OF killed and. wounded that
would appear in your next issue. -,
Atthe expiration of three-quarters of an :,
hour. the order forward was given,
and with = bound and =, yell that. would
have done credit to the Indiau nation, the
noble Seventh was led 70 The 'front.' Here,
I forgot to think. and for more than three
hours of hard fighting, L knew nothing but
work and To- hofiee wlist wass 4rsispiriug
near me. After th. charge was made and
the battle won, Was told that We had
fought over three hours. T. could not be-
lieve 1t, but in looking around I was con
vinced Of the terrible reality. The dead
and dying lay thick around me. My ex.
perience, is, that I. should rather; fight than |
to remain one hundred yards in the rear
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During the hottest of the fght:. David
Butterfeld, q mere boy, was taking aim At
q rebel color bearer, when q canister shot
took about four inches Of the muzzle of his
rife He looked rather 4queerly for mo-
ment, then with sarcastic smile; ~, much
As to say, '.No you don't,,' he again
brought his wounded piece to his shoulder,
took aim and fred, than threw it down and
picked up the gun Of poor fellow soldier
who had ceased to realize that a terrific |
battle was being fought, and was soon at
work again. ,gls:r3 4~ss .e:z ,s,s :, = 4
Andrew Chapman, after firing at rebel,
clapped hisH hands and almost wild with
Joy, he said, a.west, he fell ! he fell !''-s|
He had to be reminded that he must 20 20
fighting. before he thought Of what he was
ao'ngs 5'is :ua>, Il. od; y61 .rcr; attL
Atone time the rebels rallied and brou ght
their colors as near as to within one hun
lred and hfty yards 81 our line, when
agaan, again and again they were'seen Is
tall, being shot down by'Co, - E ar d l.! IN
a'few minutes the enemy were driven back,
heir .o1ors remaining On the ground
They made several attempt to recover them
which proved certain ideath TO the brave
rebel that Was 50 fool hardy. 1t was
only. the most positive orders from
Capt. .McKelvy' that kept the brave 10
Fadded, from rushing forward sitter them.:
They we're afterwards PICKED up BY the
85th being ordered 10 charge
in another direction, .ar. z.s: s.> n II
might, had l time, notice something Of
interest sbout~ sseh one Of our Company.
Iwhl only add that while boys like Char