Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-11
The Lingering Hcrra
Battle Z s,fi

Battle Fa'i
Roger A Pryor, Of ths Alsus A.
gus, has taken a ride o,e, ths
Shiloh, and contributes aree& snssan<
and some horrible facts MT ass..~s
He says
"The whole face of 81 ssaizg
tween Corinth and Pitt ~. Issdisse
Scared. scratched and ,,o,,uasf ,satn -
most indelible traces Of tsica wA1s4
Lines of earthworks ar iasgFaesrss Asg
across all the "thousand ana 8ne fusas
lone chimneys, burnt and blssl'N = sgetf
and heaps of rubbish, where onc sfse
smiling homesteads; whi1 lorss.n pssi
or barked" and deadtl led ~ shs
camping soldiery, to r,s.e ihsNsesves
comfortable with bark sea aveiag
stores, and out-houses in " cry stsgn a
diapidation and decay; sslaA -'se.l9Ee
and INTENDED, are rapid yfosilg es
again--these are some iha ~ oeaa
of the fierce struggle.
"The war during its piS cres
ed many horrible aspects, pfnaasee beg
rible as this / saw wher hiaise 81
Confederate dead had bee r06ea ons
their shallow coverings c'nnof cell
them graves--their fesl tei bv ss
hogs, and their bones lying a5se3 #na
broken and trampled upol u every as
sc.ion. 1t transcends anyt u eesglie 4
civilized history; ii almos trarseeids aA'
lief. was told by som rp9ic
residing near, that the hoss iea 50 ,ong in
this way, upon human carrion, that the
pork became so offensive it could not be
eaten and to this day, some Of the ladies'
informed me, they dare not touch any
hogs meat killed in that vicinity they
felt or were afraid that they would be
guilty of cannibalism to do so.
In one place, about 800 yards south of
the church, on the Ehea place, / saw
where a large number Supposed to be
$50 at least) of Confederates had been
tumbled into gully and covered up with
thin layer of dirt. The washing rain
and the hogs, together, have exposed the
bones here most sadly. Many of the
bones are broken and shattered to pieces,
evidently since they were unearthed.
All the other scattered graves ofthe Con-
federates, where they were covered up by
ones, twos, thIees, and so-on, up to dozens
in place, over the whole Aeld, are in the
same miserable condition. In but one
place did see Confederate grave that
had not been rooted up by the hogs.
That was on the extreme left, where, as
Mr.. Hargravcs informed me, there are
nearly $50 of each side buried in parallel
/, trenches.
Generally, the Federal dead. as al
RI Corinth, were buried at the proper depth
with head and foot boards, inscribed with
names, companies, regiments, &o- Many
g Of these head and foot boards, however
have been. destroyed OF defaced by the
annual fires which burn Of the grass ant
leaves Of these woods. / saw but one
Federal burial trench where the hogs had
upturned the bones and that but slightly
They are generally buried too deep fol
that, and in some places their graves are
enclosed in fences made of logs or rails.
AT the Confederate gully-grave, and al
all the Confederate graves--or rather
places where the Confederate dead were
slightly covered up on the ground where
they fell, skulls, thigh, hip, and leg bones
ribs, vertebra, ETC., etc, lie scattered
round in all directions. In one place,
saw where two Confederates had been
covered up in the middle of the road; ! IN
another, where one had been pitched into
a deep rut or hole,made by wagon wheels
at the roadside, and so covered. In still
/, another, i saw where two Confederates
had been placed between standing trees
and then covered up. And in still Other
places, they were thrown by the side ol
logs Gas at Corinth) and only half covered
up. In all these places the bones were more
or less exposed.
EDITING PAPER.-The following
summing up of the pleasures Of editorial