The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-21
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see, got Aanked by hard times, ki i Iip chang-
ing my base, I'm looking for rrisln' grohfd nowon
which to form new battle..ine. I've g0t broth
er out here in. Kent county, and I'm marching
that way"
"You were In the'war?" s8.t.
"Wasn'tIl Can'tI shut my eyes and see fist
how Gineral Picket looked when he led us agin
your second corps down at Gettysburg on the Sd
OF July2 Wasn't 1t bilin down thar that dayf
Wool but how one OF usg got back behind Wright'a
brigade alive Is mOre'n can tellp rrt
80 you were under PlckettY"
Right under Glneral Picket. and kin See the
lay Of the ground on that day as plain as that ere
hoSs. IfPd bin lYin' back under the wagons that
day wouldn't hev got Two bullets in me nor bin
jabbed with q bayonet. Lord, stranger, but
thought was goner in that fight can't talk
about it 'thOut Chllls sweepin' up my back" -A
eyes, 1t was hot" .. .
"Hot Well, when thirty.nine men out OF q
company Of fifty are killed dead, and six Of the
other 'leven wosnded, you may reckon somebody
was tryin' to hurt weuns 1t was about O'Clock
in the afternoon. All our guns had been boOmIn'
away for three hours to break the Fed, center,
and Pickett was TO lead us as a stormin' party.
The regiments fell In like clock work, lots Of the
boys loOkln' awful white around the gllls and no
one but the officers speskin' above whisper. We
knew we we're goin' to charge rife pits and old
vets behind them, and that lots of us were goIn'
over to the Emmetsburg road to stay thar forever.
Wah but crawl when think ofitW ...
He tossed the crust away with look Of con-
tempt, grasped his cane with q hrmer grip and
said
pickett led, and behind us were Pettgrew's
men. Attention Forward And we went down
in steady lines, every company dressed as If on
parade, and everybody waiting for the ball to
open. Boom! booml You'uns opened on us with
forty cannons; all booming at once, and 1t was
awful, sir to hear the screRmin' of grape and can
lister. II tore men TO pieces and sent their blood
spurtin' on all sides. 1t took Off legs and arms,
and the poor fellows shrieked out in agony.
march, MsrchP and by and by we rushed at the
guns with yell. Behind EN- were the riie.pits,
and beyond were lines Of blue six or eight deep.
SiOh roarl sCh screams and yells and shrieks
Stranger, believe got jtst as near old sstan's
headquarters that day as live man canp
And you were driven back2" ua
"Yes; but the ground was covered with dead
men first. They lay thar In heaps We trod on
EN- as we surged up and fell back, and the woun.
ded driven to madness, caugh atour legs or struck
at us as we went past We were among the guns
when got this bullet In the shoulder. Down I
went and gotthls one In the leg was hangin'
to the wheel of the gun and pullin' myself up,
when somebody ehucked q bayonet into me,
and that laid me, and 1t was months before got
out"
"And now?" ''.
"Well, dunno amt of much account, but
mebbs sunthin will turn up by and by. I'm
marchin' on to see my brother, and like enough
I'll go into can out thar"
| "And forget your batdes2p
"Fergit nuthin! You'uns and we'uns are all
right now-no more to ever come between u.s. but
I'd rather lose this right arm than to forgit how
Gineral Pickett looked that day az FIVE thousand
men behing him marched to death. If ye fought
on the Union side I'll divide my crusts with ye
and give ye the biggest half OF my bed, but when
ye keep step with man down the jaws Of death,
and go back alone, lfye ever forgit him ye ar a
wolff That's me stranger, and now-attention
File right-marchr ~
And he moved away with slow and painful
step to pitch his tent again when his old wounds
itched.-DetrOit Free Press.