The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-11
"Three Days 1t Gettysburg -
on. HouR AMID The 8ATTLg.

ONE HOUR AMID THE sATrLE.
We regret that We are forced TO say,
in speaking of Mr.. Halls Lecture, that
the house was not filled to overfowing-
that his audience consisted Of no more
than one hundred persons. But. small
IS was the attendance on last Friday
night, the General gave accounts Of that
terribly grand contest, the Gettysburg
struggle, in . manner that would have
held the attention of every citizen Of
Richmond. Mr.. Hall has fine voics-
it falls pleasantly upon the ear, and has
that depth which stirs the souls Of men.
Owing to the emptiness Of the greater
part Of the hall, his words were some>
times drowned in the ech, that poured
. hack upon him. In the course of his
lecture he related the brave actions made
ny our friend. Col. Dudley, 10 the Get
tysburg fight-how he entered the scene
Of bloodshed as gallant soldiers can
how he fought and cheered his men
and. lastly, how he lost his leg. He res
erred to the Iron Brigade. with Gen. Sol.
Meredith, and told Of the heroic deeds
they done. Mr.. W. Wilson, said the
lecturer. who is one Of your citizens and
who is perhaps in the hall, was, during
the engagement, struck by case>shot
in the leg. 1t was enough to tear .
limb to atoms. Bat he sat down, and.
putting his hand upon the wound. said.
4 guess it will have to come off about
aere.' And it aid come of just where
he said it would
In illustrating the important and noble
deed Of the dead Gen. Reynolds h. said,
A train, loaded with soldiers, was going
up steep grade, when the engineer
heard = low, rumbling noise ahead. He
listened intently, and it grew louder.
and presently he saw several cars, which
had become detached from the train pre-.
ceeding them, coming down the hill with
lightning speed. He knew lfthey struck
his train, many lives would be lost. A
mass of men was in his hands, and he
thought it better 10 lose his own lift
than to destroy the soldiers behind him
And 50, with noble thoughts in his mind
he whistled down trakes, told the fire.
man to get off and cut his engine loose
which being done he opened wide hi,
IRON steed and shot up the hill to NEE
the coming destruction. He met it
His engine was crushed to atoms, but
he, fortunately. was thrown TO a SAT-
place. And so, Reynolds. with the grea
army behind him, heard rumbling ant
saw the rebel foe rushing down upo
him. He, too, thought it better to los
his own life and his men, than to see tn
army in his rear crushed and driven frog
the country. He and his band wen
fol tn, net the rushing forces of Lee, bu
unlike the engineer, Reynolds, lost hi
life. The foe was checked. 1t WI
driven b,ck, and the army behind va
saved =
Toward the close he said one coult
visit the soldiers graves and behold beau
tifui and costly monuments erected t
their memory, while at the foot of thes
works widows and orphans Of soldier.
might be seen struggling in penury 40
want. And said he in conclusion
when the wasting hand Of time sha
have obliterated the stones that mar
the resting places Of our dead heroe
thea will their memory have just begun
Again we express our regrets at Il
small audience Mr.. Hall had, and we 9,
press . hope that should he ever CON
again, he will receive . warm WELDON
a: the hands of our citizens. Does
speak we'll for our city that good instru
: tive entertainments fail, and 'nigg
shows 50 away with q couple of hundre
dollars in their treasury?