Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-01
FOLLOWING THE FLAG.n
C. t. Coffin has issued a New Book. bearing the above title, from which we make the fol- lowing extracts ... v
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 From noon till four o'clock General Hook,
 fought uuaided.' He sent to Sumner for rel
 forcements. but Sumner felt that he could nc
 spare any men from hH front. He sent officer to bring up the brigades in the rear: @ra-,
 Gen. Mcclellan was at Yorktown, and di not know there was battle going on till lat in the day. sq= l
 The Rebels saw that Hooker received no re inducements, and pressed him heavily. Hi troops supporting some of the batteries gay way. The Rebels came on in desnerat charge, shot the horses, and five cannon fel into their hands 5s~f ~
 Reinforcements I want achievements
 was Hooker's cry. The impe 'uous Kearney whose division was tue last to leave Yorktown had heard the roar of battle, and rode ahead o of his troops He was an old soldier. bad stormed the heights of Chepuitepec and wa with Louis Napoleon in the great battle of Sol lerino. He started back to hasten forward his division, but it was already advancing. -....
 The brave, energetic, resolute Berry, who commanded one of Kearney's brgades, met an aid of Gen. Summers. .t ..- .,-,. .r.t , Who is engaged at the front ? he asked.
 Hooker is at it. ..s -f -...5 e.-.st !,
 Is he supported by Sumner P s,-.s No, Sumner is taking position farther to the right t -. arsa ~.r-s
 The road was filled with teams, and troops of other brigades belonging to Summers corps Berry looked at the blockade moment, then said to Captain of one of his batteries,-
 Captain, go ahead and clear the road for l my brigade
 Let the march be upon the double quick was the order sent down the line. "
 Clear the road was the authoratiye order sent up the line. The troops the wagons, the artillery, the ambulances turned aside, and the brigade went on. t*,
 His quick ear caught the sound of musketry, "a constant, steady rattle, like the pattering of the rain drops on the dead leaves =
 Throw aside your knap sacks, and place a guard over them,' was his order. The men panting for hraat --- sas- -a. 14 heavy knapsacks into heap, and went on again, faster than before.
 Kearney met them.vs.~Y You have done we'll General was his salutation to Berry. He stimulated the men, and fired their ardor with his own wild enthusiasm. They rushed on through by.paths, across pastures and fields.
 Rockers line was giving way. It had been pushed back mile, had lost portion of its guns, and the exultant enemy was advancing for decisive, finishing stroke. Many had 1 fired their last round of ammunition, and stood with empty muskets. How earnestly they looked towards the rear to see if the promised aid was ever to arrive y...,-
 Help at last. A dark column comes thIougl the woods upon the run. A wild, tumultuou cheer rends the air. The men who are ready to drop from sheer exhaustion, who have con fronted the enemy through the tagging hours feel new strength as Berry sweeps past them deploys his line right and left, and becomes living barrier between them and the tide al ready rolling on over the bloody field. Tn enemy advances, but whole ranks go down be fore the deadly volleys given point-blauk int their faces by that body of men whose brow are wet with the sweat of their fast running The breaker is broken. The wave which wa ready to sweep Hooker from the face of th earth, instead of setting onward begins to re cede. Eis beaten down before the fiery breat pouring like furnace blast from the thre thousand muskets. -.s.-.. F The Rebels retreat. Berry advances. Hi , volleys are steady and regular. Nothing ca daunt his men. They feel that they are pow CT. Kearney sees that the time has come [ decide the day, gs.e ]. ..... .l .s-s.
 Give them the bayonet r is, the thrillin
 order which rings along the .ine.s bas yssss ', An officer. young in years, fair of ycountenanc
 polished in manners, who has travelled at hom of the last night at Yorktown wrote his la ,, will and testament, an adjutant of Gen. Berr leads the men from Michigan. His svoice rins loud and clear above, the wild upfoar. I'll i men follow where he leads, ein the leaden rail They fall by scores. butsou-on-on-oV u
 bloody feld--over fallen friends and foes-she press the foe, regaining the ground, the 10
 cannon--the victory l7agA T2ss6* aa You are the hero of the day. said Kearne e to Capt. Smith, who had led the charge ~ gallantly. as he returned and reported for flu ' - ther duty his clothes torn by the bullets of u 'e enemy. '--
 While this was transpiring on the left, the
 was it's counterpart on the right. ,, 1*4z..t** ~ Hancock saw that the moment for decisi '' action had come. He waved his cap to T ', troops. The officers along the line understo P the meaning of the signal. They spoke b
 one magical word. The men, as if animated n an electric impulse, moved towards the ensn 's Their bayonets became aeglittering, gleamir K hristling, moving hedge. They broke into 'n run.b Each man i felt the enthusiasm of | s- moment. They needed not the deadly volle u-tI but went on through the storm, with che