Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-08-21

o "Go to the left of the line and cheer
the men. See that all do their duty
Turning to the soldiers, he said, as
"Soldiers, the eyes of the ARMY o.
Tennessee are upon you. General
Johnston watches you. Your honor
is at stake. There is the enemy. Fix
bayonets, forward, double-quick--
march ~ .shDmos sun o n7tt
AS he dashed up and down the line
"At once there rose so fierce ayell,"
From that line as they sprang for
ward to execute their orders that
struck terror to their enemies. The
thunder of artillery, shrieking OF
shell, and rattle of musletry was ter
Irible, but that brave line moved
steadily on, with Andrew in front,
cheering and pointing to theenemy.
On the left of the line the fire was
m5fc calling. The line seemed to
falter, when Cargill gathered the flag
of the 42d; and hastily riding in front,
shouted: aaa .tna 80 ~ Lsisl5ii Z
"Tennesseeans, follow your flag,
and victory is ours ~ 81 r.af .m., o
With a yell, peculiar to'Southern
soldiers, they rushed through that
storm of shot and shell, leaped the
enemy's works, drove them from
their guns, and re-established the po-
sition that had been lost. But at
what a loss! As they were crossing
the works, Cargill's horse reeled,
staggered and fell. In falling, he
caught Cargill under him, who SEEM
ed to have lost the power of saving
himself. In an instant a dozen sol.
diers gathered around the horse, roll.
ed him from the body of the Captain,
asking each other: ~
4" Is he hurt? Is he killed ?p
" What is this excitement about ?''
asked the General, as he rode up.
p "Captain Cargill is killed." re-
piled a soldier. Ia a o,.,.
sloH Hastily dismounting, Andrew
made his way through the group Of
soldiers to where they had placed the
body. He knelt, and raising Car.
gilPs head in his arms, exclaimed: !.
"Captain, why were you not spared
to us? So young, 50 brave, and such
q soldier! A litter! He lives He
breathes! Let us get him to Doctor
Millan's quarters perhaps he may
live yet. Handle him carefully, men
and bring him along.n ~ con !.
The men placed Cargill carefully
on a. litter, picked II up, and started
for the field infirmary, each stel
causing Cargill to moan with pain
AS they arrived at the hospital, they
were met by the General, who hat
preceded them, and DR.. MILAN.
"Doctor, if you can do anything
for him, do it for my sake, for / low,
that boy as my son, and would no
have him die for nothing" said til,
General, rs the Surgeon bent owe
the litter to examine his patient.
"ShOt through the shoulder-sever,
flesh wound, but not dangerous. Nc
ribs broken-stunned from the fall o
the horse" said the Surgeon. lrr
Doctor, his left leg is broken,
said one Of the infirmary men.
"Ah, shot through the knee joint
Both bones broken, and joint torn t,
pieces. A desperate case. Give hin
some stimulus, Steward, and brin,
him to-" directed the surgeon, afte
a pause. Turning to the General, h
said: u rr .tref..l an. ..e r4l
az can tell in a hour his chances
If no internal injuries, he may per
haps recover, but with the loss of
leg. At any rate, General, he shall
have my best attention." ~ 'lt -
THANK you, Doctor. 1t is terfibl
to lose leg, but worse to lose life.
1t IL useless for us to witness tn
sufieringsof Cargill during or afte
the operation. When he had suffl
GENTLY recovered from the shock, h
was sent to the rear hospital, wher
his sufierings were intense. Tina
bane Of armies, hospital gangrene
attacked the stump, and for 81,
weeks the flame of life burned yer.
feeble; almost any disturbing breatl
would have put 1t out forever. Blu
q good constitution and careful treat
ment caused him to overcome all
and he began slowly to convalesce
and I'm two months from the time @
his wound was able to write to hi
command and 10 Gissie.
How Jared ii with her during thi
time? She had read the accounts 0
the battle, and noticing the list O
casualties, she saw the name vf Capt
Cargill among those MORALLY wound
ed Who could have witnessed tn
agony that was depicted on her face
as she handed the paper to her sister
without feeling the deepestsympath!
for the poor girl? Every effort of he
sister to cheer her was unavailing
AS time passed, she declined into /
perfect wreck of her former self. Lif
seemed TO have lost all its charms
and now, instead of the liglt-hearted
mischief-loving fairy of yore, we Sc
one bowed with deep consuming
sorrow. She performed her dutie
mechanically, never mentioning hi
name, and never willing to hear |
from Others. Her brother one day
returning from NJ, handed her
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