Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-08-05

a NIGHT SCENE.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTlok.

-. BY GEORGE. ID. PkbNlio -l.-s4-1.,
'Tisa sweet scene. Mid shadows dim
i The mighty river wanders by,
And, ON its calm, unruffied bTlm, ,
So soft the bright star-shadOws lie,
'Twould seem as if the night7winds plume
Had swept through woods Of tropic bloom,
And shaken down their blossoms white i,f
To float upon the waves tonight.
And seeI as scars the moon aloft,
Her yellow beams come through the ar
So mild, so beautifully soft
Thatwave and wood seem stirred with prayer,
And the pure spirit as it kneels
At Nature holy altar, feels
Religions self come stealing by
In every beam that cleaves the sky.
The living soul of beauty fills +
The air with glorious visions--bright
They wander DER the forest hills as.-4
And linger in the palid light;
Off to the breathing heaven they go,
Along the earth they live and glow,
Shed on the stream their holy smiles,
And beckon to its purple lies. m
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Letter from the 72d Regiment, o. WI.
The following letter accompanied the list o
killed and wounded in the 72d Regiment, o. V
". l., in the late fight, but we could not max
room for it last week:
.ts1 MEMPHIS Tenn, July 81 1864.
l. IL .KeeIer: The wounded from Gen. A. j
Smith S expedition, ,--or the greater number Q
then, arrived here last evening at 3 O'Clock
by rail from lagrange Between 300 and 80
were brought IN last night. A few were left a
Tupele, Miss. being too severely wounded {
bear removal, The distance froIu Lagrange B
Tupele, is 80 miles Over this distance th
wounded were transported in, ambulanoes an
army wagons being cared for as well as posi-
| bic by details from the several regiments. III
roads were very dusty, and the weather hot
yet generally, those broughtin, appear in yer.
good condition.. boss llg .-5f- sltf-
The entire force under Gen. Smith, will reac
LaGrange to-day, when it will await order
from Gen. Washburn.
| The I'D Ohio suffered severely. The Reg
lment was engaged on the 18th, when 1T suttere
an ambuscade, and lost heavily. AlthOug
matching by the flank, and attacked by an eT
tire brigade, the men came brayely up to IL
work and drove off the enemy with very lit
assistance fromthe balance of the brigade.
Lieut. Huffman was wounded in this igh
having his right leg fractured. Being unab
to ride, he was necessarily left at Tupelo-
On the l4th the Regiment was not engage
the brigade being held in reserve. -.i Onthe lot
labout eleven miles northeast of TupetO, Il
rebels made an attack upon the tram and re
troops Mcmillan sbrigade was in the rear, al
the I'D was the last regiment. The attack W
made after the troops of the expedition h
mostly gone into bivouac. Brig. Gen. Move
commanding division, Immediately charged t
rebels with Mcmillan brigade, and drove the
two miles. The conduct of the regiment,
this charge, is said to have been unusual
creditable
In this charge Major RawsOn was wounde
He was shot in the right eye, the ball comi
out Just forward of the left ear. He was tax
to the old camp of the Regiment last night, al
is attended by all that friends and money C
bring to his care and comfort. DR.. Rice is
attendance. The Major $ condition is critical
Charley Hudson seems to. have escaped
miracle. He was struck in the right side, t
ball gIancing upon the eartilages, and lodgi
. lust under the skin in the centre of the stomac
The few of the badly wounded of the exp
: dition who were left at Tupelo, are under
care of aSurgeon detailed to take charge
them. =. - = ~.
/ have attempted no account of the fight
between Lee and Smith, but have merely mt
toned that portion in which the I'D was enl
ged Our total loss will fall short of 500, wh
!. that of the enemy is put down at more tf
3. coo. The enemy were handsomely whipI
lin every contest with our troops.
II Respectfully, j. M. LENNON,
Capt, I'D o. V. V. l