, 1876-04-15
For fron, tho horth bank in front
EfelatlntsRiilta. Md salatu iaIa IL.

pnntIn1 for the word to i}re. Their bflentR nf
il namo almost neofr!ed ent acca; TIC bas!lo.
bnok, tho living loaptng oVot heRpa Of dead.
Forward again. back again, and then tho walls
wese hidden from sight BY tho ttlus Of dead
SIS q o s ne m eae oss t g L:
walls, and olovep Of tho nAH mon mover answered
ro!l-cal again. It waB not war, 1t was not n,ur-
dor-it was bntolety. Dut no ono murmurcl
S'f nns sa ssy 70 soss sk kaa% ss nd
vAs charging Into shs opon jaws OF destiMc-
Not 4 soldier III Company @ had
beon wounded; nos ong ot dnhs those who tSl M hack
bulot OF bayonet. It had bosn thuB over sinco
onr first battle. There was nothing 70 report
untor the hoal Of " wohndod, and u filisssng,"
s Sa s %. ot n 1s' up s ss sss ssdn s5a t #
.kiiled IN actiou." When sheY fought 1t was 10
tho death.
Aftor fredericksburg more recruits came down
to us: we 1cecirca them kindly: 6nt ws k'pt
woulu bo wiped out Nlon The last old vnleran
went. And they said that tho company was
fated. Other companies had boon dtetmatod,
"a captured @ and wounaed" up o but % 20 eia otier
company In The brigade had snffcrod like G.
Thsn came Gettysburg. Tho oightoon old vot-
Grams Moro ehere, md tho company numbered
a T y s nsT msa oo:soa 9h9s ~. gso"s
Of tho fight, but ours was to beat back ths
lercost charge Of tho bloody War-tho charge
against Hound Top. Somehow Company G raa
at tho front again and a. tho aieree yslla Of u.
mighty roar Of the cannon, looked dorm tht
line. somo OF tho now tnnn Toro looking ste
way and TINT, a. II seeking cover but the Old
veterans psorad coolly through the smoke. 1; and
gltmpeo Of gray uniforms. On acroas tho }el1t
chmo tho charging, clco1ing host, up tho 8tesp
htlLalde. and then inject Of flame loapcd out
and Nithored thon: Tho gray line was absorbed y.
salt. But a second line spraug up at us. and
third aud fourth. and then they woro at tho guna
which no woto supporting. somo one gaTo an
order., 40 ono exactly nndorstood It. but al
a1outs, md tbel tho limo OF gray push
ali around us-front. right. left-and men
nesthor askod nor gave quaeser. Back, back,
Of Gettysburg, WAS won for tho Oonfodotatos.
but only for 4 moment. double line Of
bIuo pnshod It's WAY up through tho amoko,
hurled itself forward, and Ronnd Top wah won
tho bloody gruss. heaps Of doad wore piled up
like logs, and tho shr1elm aud groans Of the
grounded were awful 10 hear..
And whom Leo faced southwark, fighting as
wounded, none missing, but upon tho croRt Of
Pound Top wo loft ten old sotorana aud foltr-
tcen now men, Ton out Of eiRhseen, twonty-
four out of Hl1ty.eleht! rho bloodthirsty fleld
led with, tAet.., stxteen moro widoTa
back iu tho littlo country village. morn
Orphans, moro aobs md tcars. Not ons
Of the living conld show wound, but each
ono Of us would haye rejoicgd at tho loas OF so
Arua-At somo. eriovous wound which would haro
made tho aurgcons Hhako their heads and look
serious.
Only e!gh. leftl Only eight mon Of the ono
lot that May morning! The now men had fought
vol, and We respected them, but wo wont IN
counting eight. Three held commissions
otncr i've were sergoants-not enough to officer
the cosapanyl -,
iu tho dusk Of evening etoncvall Jackson
came down through tho forests aud thicketn be-
You'd tho Iiappahanno.k mud struck khe FederAl
campB and openod the baltic Of the Wilderness.
Tho eight old Vetornnn Of Company 6 wore
thore, aud tho now mon mado a band Of forty
strong. AB re hoard the csa6h of 1nuBl1otry over
on tho left, our poorskotetou brigade, Numbering
$500 instead Of A,00O. foil into limo and pushed
on through tho stnnsod ,pines after . Inns
Of harm,ahors. Company e MAS On tho loft Of
tho skirmtah limo. aud NO found tho onemy tlrst,
~ heavy limo OF gray coming through the viii.
dernosB 1t = half run. Down no knelt among
the vinos and tuehes aud our lire ehocLed
thom. They tlrod . few wild shots, retreased
llitlo, And then no loaped mp and dFoyo then.-
band of forty drove i double limo Of skEr1nihh-
era. aupuo1tod by limo Of battle! History has
not toi' it to tho world, but blood Was loft on
the sluos and corpsos on tho ground to provo it.
! Thoy wbro feo!ing Oyer strange ground, aftnr a
foo whoBo strength waB not kn0nu. and that was
tho reaaon Of our aucceas. We pushed them
| back TO tho llne Of battle, STACKED that, and
then NO mere TOSSED back, torn and bleeding,
Ain,oat bottou out OF exiHtsnce hs a company.
or tho eight old Veterans six we're lying dead
under the treca ot tho new mon twanty-1ys
Answered rol-call nftor tho Wildernc9Bt Was
that nsr or slan8htor2 a Captain and Bocond
TdAntHnnnt f,nly Uarn ahft I'M fanfhannt tho 0nt
hunu1ed and thTee!
Tho cnil wa not got. but tho oad nas coming.
There wero no now recruits for my company, but
wo marched toward Richmond numbering tweu.
conflict IT. poterabuTB7 AZ No foil into limo tt
| mako twenty-aeyon moro IN tho brigade, saH
tho Lioutonant looking At mo. loor folloH
t ws 20 on pe'd bS os d n 70 saE sgS @
would ono DO Bparod7 And which Que Hs
had a 1ife-I had mono. ! hoped ho might live
| to call tho roll nftor tho batt9e WAS oYeT, h,ia
| that doath would hayt tekan mo.
Tho limo Quignrcd a8 they fet tho order com.
Ing, nn1 then It dashed At an carthwork, weat
! forward with tho san.a old cheer which had
boen ita own ever eince ita bronzed vet
Grams heard the whistle Of bullots. Dut
forgotten how weak vo we're. aud Boms
oue lad blnuderca. The llneA withe1od botoro
tho storm OF Bhot; ne foil back; we're charged
IN turn, aud wont down among tho hoaps Of
Away In a moment. daylight changed to dirk
ness, md when opened my oyca again tho sur
geonb stood over nc, and My loft arm was gone.
There NAB no Quo to cali the roll. The stark,
stifY form Of tho Lfousonknt had boon gtyea TO
| Garth. and tho boybn men who represented Com
pany G 1ooiod to themselves. Fate had =
ehoioe who should DO taken aud who loft, and
doAth pasbed me- by. alone Of tho one hun.
| dred and threo vctelApg returned to tho country
village to tell tl.om how this ono aud tlat QUO
dIod; to hear Tho soba Of widow aud orphan.
until my heart Rched. Sometimes In my DAY
reyorIos or night dreams I call tho roll again.
and shadowy fosths ssand IN s!na, and ghostl5
vocea auHweF "ayo !" aud "Ayo" uhsil athrt
up with sob IN my Throat 1T tho remembrance
OF those who sleop In the trenches besido tho
Potomac, 'noath tho ahGdow OF Hound Top,
along tito Rsppahhnnoct, aud down among the
| dark sicketa Of Tue Wilderness, a!ooping thc1c
! mover to know Har agaia.--C. Il. Lenis tn Nv
Cath1y for Aprii.
An Aboriginal Art-nooks
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