Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
BATTLE FIELD OF CIsHCkA.
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o.''o"' Vi 'no Nineinna'l nl. irll'l CON
meTc'd' mas just visited the battlefield %
Chickamauga, and gives, il wel-writter
letter, his impressions of its appearance. n,
left Cbattanoooa on tho nny,irr f.,,,,
27th ult and entered l,e fell H., tba
Rossyille Gan He savs.
AS soon as wp cn,cr.d ,lo oo,, o,,
met unmistakal,lp s;gns of 10 al
which took blace throuoh tbt n,rr,,y ,I,,,;Ite
rs the rebels fell back slnMv ,n,,or,t ,i',
final line of battle A sonad nf tir.d -
soldiers on their ,vsv :, tb,,;y han,,,, 80 ~.
the road side as we passed pvein, ,,s wi,i,
glum stolidity. evidently deb,ting ,lra ,;s
OF an encounter with ne valGied hol,,,'ss
that hung on eur saddles We c,,,. ~,
the scene of the first DAVIS batth-S,.n,rm'
her 19tb-on the left of she J,,iy,,,. ,,,,'i
fIsra. 10 had Ieen falsely represented thaf !,
reoel brigade was yet this side of Chicka.
mauga creek, without support. and that a
rapid movement might succeed ia capturino
them. A division was Quickly hurried ;n,0
the woods and ran against. instead of a ",Ie.
moralized" brigade, Longstrcets corns. in
goodighting condition, and the cnntlct
soon became fearful. 1t WAS on onened
ground, neither party having time to do
anything more than throw in few paces
rails or logs to the height of two or ,hree
feet. Our loss was very be,vv General
Brannans division alone losing. in a few
hours. over $500 meE. Our lines were fnr.
ced back to the road and b,dly shattered
THE EVIDENCES OF coSrEsr,oS AVN npAru
The cround woo NO. t.,,.;,,;
of the bloody work which III L,.,.,, a,'ea.'1
upon it. Althouuh N,tnrn b,I f,n 80
years, been undistur,ed in he, kindIr efy;irts
to restore and To heal vet tbe ,ybnlp srrtacn
was sTe"h with ghastly proofs of the
mm'enty wreck winch had been made there.
No army haa passed through there; the
iainle were quiet ana proposing; the cattle
"ere IN the heids, and as the destroying
ooiuuins s"ayed madly to ana fro. crushing
cue iIhceS before them, many of them met
uea'n' anu IN all directions are scattered
M Mmeaps OF nones that show where they fell.
ne ground Us rolling, and about equally di
Vioeo between HELD and forest and through
'nese nhes were formed, with regard mainly
-. ~ .ns n'ness vi 'he position, and little to
~. .,' o.ca'hees, OF otherWise' As we rode over
'"e ne,'' =, was panty evident where the
@ i@eue' ueau naa Deeh buried, and where our
o"h' Tue re" OF them that were granted
,na. poor ooon' Inc rebel soldiers had
oeeh placed IN graves, however shallow, and
ueceh'iy covered Win earth or Stones and
.he spot marked with neat head hoard, la
oeiieu' and the whole otten surrounded bv a
square pen of rails. Our own boys had the
hara late OF being left on the field. and
when the rebels vouch- saicd to bury them.
they were collected in rows, or in groups of
two or three, upon the ground, and few
spadefuis OF earth thrown over them. do
not suppose that half of our dead were
Dufted, even thus slightly, ard before spring
tte rs,n tao exposed the extrenities OF
Mese. Az one end OF one OF these little
mounds lay pair of skulls, bleaching IN
the sun, and at the other, two pair of shoes,
tuii of bones. Better that they should have
IAN In the open air, wrapped in their blood
stained blankets, than to have lecn subject.
ed to this mockery. In one Of these skulls
the whasrs hat hnilt their nest, und, nit:ing
10 ana iro WIN busy wing, they were hiv.
ing 'heir niue stores, ana would defend
tnem win poioness against any who intrude
upon their strange dwelling place
In another place at the loot ora tree, lay
little heap OF human bones, where some
solder had persisted and remained unburied
Here, morta'iy stricken, he had, perhaps,
painfully dragged himself II few PAGES from
the place Whprt. ht, fell and leaned hel 81 \