Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-12-18

on field or embalm-d in lritelS:
Was knighilieI hrroism ever dis
PLAYED. All, grea, heart of gold!
All, splendid gentleman! All, lus.
trons and shining soul! On that
da, didst thou viii immortal glory.
even thouglNzll else vi thy life wtrr
blottrd onL
AT lengih fifth ball struck Gur
don full in the face, and entering
his cheek knocked him sens,.less.
lie fell, aud for some time his pros
tratr body was wrapped III the
smoke nf battle.
We hear from Gen. Gordon's own
lips Il STORY that, in metaphN steal
point, is exceedingly Interesting.
He SANS ila, when hr-iell he Was
uItprl, incapable Of mo, lng. lie
gradually hrgan To think of hisr"''
ditiun, aud This Is the haii-'ireah !
and halt ~'liloqn, that be- carried
on: II have been struck IN the
head with u siN.punhd Sufid shot.
! |; has carried away my head. On
b
of skull lcfi. But the brain is gone
entirely. Therefore, am dead.
Ard >ct am thinking. How can
a man think with his head shot oil
Aud If Am thinking. ! can not he
dead. Aud Vet ia man can i've
! after his head is shot of. may
have consciousness while dead, hut
no motion. Ii can lit my le".
then AN alive. | will Try That.
Can |. Yes, there il Is; lifted up
rm all iichi,"
Tn" GrurIal SuNs that every stage
al This >ulliuiuN is iudclihIN stamp
ed al, his mind. aud that III his rX'
hanSi,d stale the reasoning MIS-
carried un as inyical'N as ever hG.h
reasoned AT his desk. Doubt she
ctt,l+d argument and argument Ills
rlnrrd doubt juSt rs logically US
ruu'd hr. lie SI,S he viii ncNri
iniuri with " hat anA,riy he made
the test ~ lifting his lrg-wlih
T what arrrN he waited To see whctti'
rr or moi II would move III response
to his effort, and how hr hrsllaied
before irving II tor fear that u
might iall aud that his death ht
Thereby demonstrated.
FROM the I'd ui MAY, 1864, Cor
don WAS engaged in almost inres
SAINT fighting all summer. aud made
: himself famous throughout the hi
, my. On the Jih uf MAY he eXrrut
=, cd Il ntaiitH,f' new III I'D" practice
. of war. startling in its andacirN nn'
an inspiration in its snddcnntSS
Gordon Was on the left at the army
on the fredericksburg road. III
" WIS commanding Lawton'S old httc
u air, han ing Won his Generals star
e at Shaft,slHttg. Being ordered l.
IL cary II point in front oi his con-
It m,ud. he dashed forward. As usiIil
), he swept every thing hci"r" Inn
u He sunu found that he had broke
TT thr6nrh he ruruA''S lines, aud VT
Is alone with his brigade behind lli
II Frtmrals. II WAS desperate tiis'
H. All that the turiny had Ia de- VA
Al ia clos,. in around the devoted Geo
ninus and ranturr them. Gnrdo
~ communicated the SITUATION, hh'
- AZ quick as lightning. determine
!" to make u desperate hGhl l"r III"
- IA. He vtccicd his men back
he lack their faces turned towards u
hd tanks of The FrderalS throuG
- which they had just torn their WA
rn Then ordering charge, his hriga'
1T divided half and halt, falling III
~ lightning upon the torn and dist
y der, Il tia,ikS of the enemy. II
't' surprise was complete aud the ro
WAS n.ii,ri: The Georgians rush'
III M thr oppuSilc TANKS ot the re
-" erals, slaughtcring, capturing ~
u" diS,wrsi,I. as taSt ~ they could
"i' REGIMENT after regiment attempt
ii'' To wheel aud face them, Int Cora
ne would hurl his men on them mi
an The, ,.anla make the tnrn and Sc
ne ter them with n single blow.
ere caplurpd one regiment entire "
n' took thousands at prisoners.
AZ killed two Il igadirr Generals u
tt' captured two more For over {
ear mile his men swept down the W.
n,f of the em.tHp; utterly hrrnk'
il"' them, and he Withdrew only
h'I nightfall.
w.; On the 18th of May he made q
49,, rrnnarkahlr movement against ii
" cock. which gained I" him the u
"' of The Man of the l2lh at Nj
,.n General Lee. VIII" had aIr''
his recommended Gordon for pi"in"il
his AT once trlrgrapi'ed that tie hi'is
rim At once made Major General,
90 tlta, his commission must dale 4
adler the l2,h of May, The promo
age. VAS made but the War Drpartm