Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-07-15
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From the Lewiston Journal, June ls72l
How General Connor Got His Crutches
A STORY OF THE WAR

+ lh% along the street on crutcbes Saaiaa
o MN Tor the first time since 1861 n host q
.. !. H. ioe connected with the last year OF
.ne war revived, and, in my imarination
NY oa''ies Oh the Wilderness, Petersburg
90 were iousht over again. | re.
~, 10 "en' Selden Connor. Do Won. Mr..
Editor, and do your readers know tba cir.
cumstances attending the infiiction of that
MouDu: III not. | would like to relate
'heui' though without consulting the Cen.
c'a', ior MS modest would forbid such nro-
oecuhS' a conviction that the part he
LOOK III the engagement in which he re-
ceVed the wound that bears so heavily mn
on nun, should be placed on enduring rec
'na' mention of it in your columns.
- "'S never YET Deen made, would be n
deserved recognition of an instance ~ va
lor of Is brave and meritorions ON %,
as ever stood with his troops in the ..dead.
y preach prompts these lines.
writer speakes of the decisive" hat
''ce oi the war. The one in the Wilder.
tVSS' upes not belong Ii the catalogue. VET
must be reckoned as one of The n,ost
bloody and critical. Those who have re,J
'he story OF this battle remember that II
occurred at and adjacent to piece where
,"o ioaus cross-the Plank road. runnino
-. duu !" est'ahd the Brock road running
-, 49, "uu 'oouth. One of our army corps
hipidan down the Brock road and toward
h'cnthohd' was at the junction of these
roads, attacked by body of the enemy
'"'. ua,mcu against il from the Plank road
-" tnc west Here the first blood of rho
oa't1e vas spilled. The fight wa. furions
and ior a time the result seemed douhtfnl
il'' was the nucleus OF the battle ;hrigade
"i.cr brigade filed in, and prolonging al
o, gn" 1i me already engaged line, at
Ia al -.
"tT .1">eu with the enemy; the roar of
4 'hu,h'try was unprecedented ia the bistorv
i OF the war; 50 dcEse was the mass Of
s"'a'I tietS tAat the combatlntS were zen
/ cI"i'y invisible 70 each other; as 10 scene
/ hIuch 81 The enemy, the conflict mipht y. |
wen nave taken place in the niyht. CON (
{ 9ti"t"HF the warning lines were often
/ ''iht very near together. ana the le,d.n
ram poured from both sides thruuph fhn
l'"'Se "Hh awful effect The dead in
SONG places lay in line almost a, con,pl4te
a. 'iiit 81 4 regiment on parade.
:. Va i't the Brock road that the reb
et> were struggling; had they obtained Il
the history OF The campai.u wot.t L.',',,
"I"ely different from whafit j. Ent ,t.i.t
oH>i1ughJ> were overcome. ana duri,,.,
'''e hl-Ht il breast work was thrown NJ
","H- me brock road, aud battrrir, -,r..
planted where the roads mef
- y '"e next morning the conflict VA.
renewed he LETT Of our line of battle
oi tn. ....,'I -"a> composed
ultimately bv The. MIN 'i:'ON .alded
extended aIoI,D H.. Ir.'', " a'"' nN'"e -. II
Plank road. iutt I, i,t,.'I ,y'',' ~ - 'he
ON the rirft. fl !. Hi,t' 49,. l''r" troops
$hifaladb9--re eithnilrdi thd PlaHk
was part,bu trltlc> no grea,r,
aud NalOr no more >i9ualIy di>Dlav,I have ,
@ -. '""' ''sul "i many battle
9''i,r Er.m, m,>,oay ,5,'., oeIhl'
't'i ~. t'"u' '"c 9cCuilH corps reach
~. tr' - t,H'o' regiment was lt
I ,'IN ,, ,'o''t IA '"S morning IL was dctath-
'" ''y,u - VI -''c ~ pt"lohg the line OF
'Di'a,liu 'lal pushed the enemy
"S otoN "'iu Nhei the rebound
-, I.I,is ""l0I' Succeueu TINS attack
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