Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-12-14

gNefs[ axaAn seeu the pasies nGnuui sound
For by aafissa a soldier to thy country. are now
Is ssissty, thy pale form now rests. with the
booming Of esnrcn forever deaft0 thy ear.
Dsafbsssh0ta and sister. for tie departed We mast
But We susst sheer up. sndhops for the best.
As the star spangled banner is our brothers wind
2 wai ieS sasas fSs red ,srfos Old virs.nias inra-
ded soil. his pale form now rests
A E.DurcHER. Hartford. Q.
Knaaen,fyof Alison Collins Dill
ley,
Youngest son Of ? S. and Lydia 4
f,itiey, who WIS bora May 2lst, 1910,
snyHe@lapd, Trumbull County Ohio,
aud was Killed on June 9th, 1861 in
shs charge on kinesaw Mountain, Ga
On that day, Capt. Z. P. Bates, Co
@ l25th, ON. /, wrote to me as fol
lows
-3DsTB FBTSSD:-With Tho deepest.
scsfew Of heart u soilier can feel L
write to informyou hat your most lcor
sAyl6Fother sod my most esteemed fieEi.
ald bfotha-SsldfH i no more.
LIT Alison G. niiley, %. C, l25th, %
". I. was Instantly killed about 81
ieelock this A. IL in q charge made.
by2nd Dis. / 4. c. in which the l25th
O&a Advanced as skirmishers. Lit.
pillev wasacommahding Go. I, aud
.nobg did ne lead it. In advance of
the Brigade be was shot in the fore
hsad while contending with the thick
dbatis in front ofthe eneny's works
sad calamity waving his sword cheer
ing his men tofoiiow.
Oar charging column was repnlsed
and obliged TO fall back before his
body could he obtained.
Unfortunately Lieutenant was ta-
ken from Co C, to command Co. l.
aud bcing on another part of the line
did not know that he bad fallen.
One brave boy whom you will love
ato. remember. named John IL. Whita-
Fer saw Alison fall, crswled to him
and secured all of bis things at the
great risk Of his life"
LIT LswisS Dilley, Co. E, 123d o.
VI, on visiting the regiment to
which our lost brother was attached,
wrote to me tins:
July 18th, 1861
DEAR S-IsTEG.-I learned that on
the morning of the 9th of June the
l25th regiment were deployed as Skin
mishers and advanced in front of an
assanlting column whose mission was
sIopcarry by storm if possible the ene-
ny's hne of breastworks on the right
er south easterly corner of Kinesaw
mountain, which lies I'M a curve of the
railroad two miles this side Of Mariet-
aA The works were strong ane pro-
teeted By an d6atis some twenty yards
in advance oftheir breastworks. The
gentle slope of the mountain at that
point gaTe our men less protection
than would more rugged hill. Sever
yards in advance Of the abatis was
q line Of rife pits held by the en-
spys pfckets and sharp shooters.
From the moment the gallant 125th
regiment mounted their own works at
the .bagie sound they encountered q
terrific FIRE from the enemy's main
line and rife pits. Speaking not, and
with silent guns, they rapidly sprang
forward and captured the rifle pits
with their occupants; and here they
! might have halted with honor as the
sdrmish line had done its spccialwors,
& but the storming column was coming
inheroic style and the brave bows OF
the f25th swept on ike a Wild toyna-
do nearing the a6atis when the main
line column now nearly Up with them
wsvesed reeling upderthe incessant
storm ofdesth. Gen. barker rode in
front of his liRe-then almost at q
hAit,sand shouted, '"Moye forward
ard take those works" Our noble
bsother. who from the first had led his
eonpsny, seeing tho lines wayer and
bearing the voice of bis honored com
aa0der, -bfaadished his sword afoft,
cailed "Come on boys" sprang for
ward and received q rebel bullet thro'
his brain and fell ~IifeIess at the, base
OF the nbatfs, several feet In advance
zofhissmen, his trusty sword lodging
among the brush Of the ,a6atis.
The, gallant g Harker whom orr
brother revered, received at that mo-
Eent his death wound, the panga Of
Fhleh Two hours later were felt By
tas hero 10 more. Unable longer to
ssem the ceaseless tide Of death, our !
tfsgs boys EEL back, lszVihg the fal-
Lea braves upon tho 6eId of their sac
-ftaee-Aad Oh, we have cause 10 ts,
thankful that cur dear brothe- was !
OF The wounded left theirs for the
saiture OF ire 20 raFage of his sweet
Iifesfor simultaneously With The with,
lirswhl Of Gar troops the leaves aud
1brashss0ak ire from the burning am
nutrition and many a paor sufferer
persisted alaid the flames. LAYING So
near The dsatis his precious body par
italy, escaped, Yet his lower exIremi-
eessEere inneh burned. AS the l25tb
regiment held for some tine the cap
7tured rife pits to which they we're re-
tired, .oae hero, John II. Whitak
crePt to the side OK oGr brother,
tor Us each keepsake e 80
son bors with him, brought 4
ste 4taad had clasped, from OF, =
where Is had glittered 'ae ofu
IN the facs OF the IA H.
Periited thus his OWL
edin- safety, and wn <m
hin for The dead. ' ever i?se
- lwe. days elafsed he.fore the dead
$500 eetalsed. xs on their burial
was performed under 6ag of truca.@
Sergeant Sh2ron II, French. Alsdn's
ss s4ssMase irteIs q. had charge Of
% ~hos q were allotted the
intefrihs our brothers re-
MAINS "A sePac ale grave vas made
for him, over s-