American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-01-04

positions that the fiery products of their
wUmbs will be more effectual No mat
ter though your men be covered with
mud, besmeared with blood and powder
aud soaked with rain, let them resume
their task, ram home their cartridges,
and send them on to their work, of death.
Bring back your colored soldiers to the
charge, brave thompson Posts heroes
must have an opportunity to avenge his
death Kimball and Grose. and Kirby
and Elliott, and all the rest must have Il
chance
The thunder Of artillery, render more
awful by the approach of night, (for it
was now nearly four in the afternoon)
sounded more deafening aud continuous
than before and the reqels, anticipating
another charge, withdrew number OF
troops from the left of their position, and
marched them toward the point which
had previously been most iereely assail-
ed.
THE CHARGE RENEWED-ENTIRE Sue
CESS.
The eagle eye of Wood at once detect
ed his advantage. While Posts veter-
ans again assailed the hill directly, and
1 Ihompson's gallant Africans moved on
the rebel right, the bulk of Elliott's and
kiuball's divisions were hurled like
thunderbolt against the rebel left Wood
himself, accompanied by all his staff,
closely f,llowed, and directed the charge
In vain the fires of hell blazed forth
anew In vain the terrified rebels dis
covering their error, endeavorei to shift
back toward their weakened left. To at
tempt any maneuver in the face of the
mighty storm now bowling ronnd them,
was in itself destruction. In column and
in line, deployed here, in masses there
our soldiers rushed upon them aud al
though the hillside was wet with the blood
OF many martyr, they neither wavered
nor hesitated nor paused until the hos
Tile battery was in their hands, until ev-
cry portion Of the opposing works was
carried, aud such of the rebels as held
them and were not Killed or captured,
we,e teeting in wild dismay.
1t was the last stand Of the foe that
eyeding.
" Rout, ruin, panic scattered all p and
really believed that had not night in
leryeued the rebel army would have been
then and there totally destroyed
THE FIELD AFTER THE FIGHT.
| passed over the bloody path which
our sol liers had trOdden in their unsuc
cessiul as well as successful effort to car
ry the hill. Never did / see the dead
and dying SO thickly strewn upon bat
tic field. White aud black seemed to
have bied in about equal numbers. They
mad died IN almost every attitude that
the imagination could conceive. In one
place at the FOOT OF small stump, the
uead budies of two .colured soldiers lay
across the dead body Of Il third
Passing up the hill, the deJrts of the
battle field vas terrible to behold. Mus
kets bent double were lying beside the
dead bodies of those who buD few mo-
ments before had Loaded and fired them.
| Unused shells and cannon balls were scat
tered III every direction and camp equip
age, torn and trodden to the mud, was
mingled with shattered artillery wheels
ana fragments ofexploded caissOnS The
ground III every directions was .ploughed
INTO furrows by our cannon shot, ane trees
were everywhere literary shi"eree to pie
ces
sAUVE QUI PEUT.
| pushed torwar to the southern slope
of the hill 1t was almost dark the rain
was pouring steadily down, aud standing