Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-09-27

TO be issued IN Ono, entitled ONO IN tue
War"
sToRMING OF MISSION RIDGE.
In the changes consequent upon the re-
moval of Rosecrans, Sheridan's command
was considerably enlarged. He held his
par. of the lines through the seige If Chat
ianooga; VIXEN offensive operations were
resumed his position 'detei mined his
share in the storming 0f Mission Ridge.
All the while Sheridan and Hooker on the
opposite fanks were advancing, he lay in
line Of battle; when Loo out was carried
he advanced his line in front Of Mission
Ridge there, all the forenoon and till the
sun was nearly half down the western
emi-phere, he lay watching the battle
4 flags Of regiment af er regiment marching |
up to e-,nfurce the rebel line on his I
froai, and awaiting the " Six guns from
4 Orchard Knob" that were TO be his signal
for attack. At last they came. What
followed has been told by dthou-and pens,
and has gone into history as the mos, bril-
liant ,pectaele of the whole war
Before 81 eridan and the companion
divisions stretched an open space OF mile
and an eighth to the enemy's first line OF
rife-pits. Above this frowned a steep as
cen. of five hundred yards, mp which it
scarcely feem likely that unresisted
troops would clambr. At the summit
were fresh riae-pits. As Sheridan rod
along his front it seemed 10 him that even
if captured, they could scarcely be tenable
under The plunging fiie hat might then be
direc ed from the summit. He according
" sent back a staff fficr 10 inquire if the
order was to take the rife pits or to take
the ridge But before there was time for
an answ, r, the six guns thunder ed out
their stormy signal, and the whole line
rose up and leaped forward. The plain
was swept by tornado Of s! !ut and she'll,
Ibat the men rushed on at the donble-q tick
swarmed over ,he rihe-pi:s and flung
themselves down on the face OF the noun
tain. Just then the answer 10 Sheridan 5
> message came. I. was oily this Fl st line
6 OF rifie-pits that was 10 be carried. Some
g of The men were accordingly retired 10 it
.r by their brigade commander, under the
heavy fire of grape, canister aud nlusket'
: nv. But" said Sheridan, +" be ieving
that the attack had assumed a n~w phase
and that | could carry the ridge, could
not order those officers and men who were
so CALAMITY ascending the hill, step by
a step, to return" As tile twelve regiment
al colors slowly went up, one advancing
little, the rest pushing forward, emulous
}. 10 b. even with ii, till all were planted
midway up the ascent on a partial line Of
rife-pits that nearly covered Sheridan.
trout, an order came from Granger, g Il
in ycur Judgment the ridge can be taken
: do So" An eye witness shall tell us how
he received il. "An aid rides up with the
!. ORDER Avery, that flask said the Gen
eral. Quietly filling the pewter cup, Sher
d idan looks up at the battery that frownec
t above him, by Brags'- headquarters
a shakes his cap amid that storm of every
thing that kills, where you coull hard!,
hold your hand without catching bull
in it, and, with How are you. tosse
= off the cup The blue battle flag of tn
" rebels futtered response 10 the cool sa
in II, lutte. and the next instant the battery le
ie Ay its six guns, showering Sheridan wit
'er earth. The General said in his quiet way
by | thought it--ungenerous The re
en- cording angel will drop tear upon th
x, word for the part he played that day
Wheeling toward the men he cheered ther
to the charge, and made at the hill like
bold riding hunter. They were out of th
+ rifle-pits and into the tempest and strue
Cling up the steep before you could &c
nd breath to tell it."
~ Then came what the same writer Gale
is' the torrid zone OF the battle. Rocks wer
ON rolled down from above on the advancin
'' line; shells with lighted fuses were role
down; guns were loaded with handfuls {
cartridges and fred down. but the lin
n. stru uggled on; still futiered the twelve re;
mental flags in advance. AT last, with
leap and a rush, over they went-a
twelve futtered on the crest-the Rebe
were bayoneted out of their rife-pits-tl
RK, guns were turned-ihe ridge was wol
lays In this last spasm of the struggle SheI
on dams horse was shot under him. /
l. sprang upon captured gun, to raise b
Ut" short person high enough to be visible
a'a the half crazy throng, and ordered pu
ford suit 1t harassed the enemy for some mile
'0y and brought back eleven guns as proofs
its vigor.
ford Signal as had been Sheridan's previo
Io,k services, he had never before been so br
7 l;,n,I,, oo,snicuous In other. hattles