The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-09-23

,upoo. 1t &C j nights .sing.
gle Aouth q IN Ne Lost thSle
sou OF th best bsn Of the Oh
bq kde that se( % much servio
ID virgi6f1, MSfyl65d and Mississippi:
By the afternoon Of the 24th the boz.
pitals Of .ciss- vsse f.u e. sssb- q
our wounded ~ could Be borne from
the field. The 18th South tCArois4,
nv own regiment, came hack -iea<an1
both It's colonel &C. w. McMssterl Q!
FC0l6m6iS and is Iie0teoant-c oIooe|
(Culp) Of Chester vOuaded. sud ID
the bands at the enemy. The gallant
Benbow Of the 23d Ne also badly
wounded and left in The eaemyi
hands. There vers other .prUoineni
officers of the brigade Who fell q sof'
feTed that night. whose names can
not recall nov. Those Of then wh0
were only sounded could not ne then
that . mercitul- God had laid them
aside to be hidden irOH the more
fearful sufserings II the retreat and
the scenes At Appoaaattox. They
we're kindly cared t0r, / believe, n
every instance. BY . generous enemy.
never met Col. McAlaster again
till long after the close Of the war.
The men who had returned from the
midnight assault could give % account
Of him, except that - usual be bad
fought CALAMITY and was seen to fall,
and was either dead or Vas q prisoner.
After returning to our old quarters,
near Hatcheris Run, on the right q
the terrible days and weeks rolled
away. hearing nothing from him. We
began to aOars MIN - doubtless
among the dead, whom the enemy
had buried upon that ill-fased field.
Hi devoted wife has, l dare ay, In
her possession. ct this mosseut several
letters BY which some Of % endeavos-
Cd to cheer her With the hope that
her brave husband still lived and We
kindly attended BY . generous enemy.
I have not met Lieut.. Cal. Culp
from that day tO this. / do not know
that he lives but no better eOldies
ever drew q sword in hie country's
defense. -s.-
After the failure Of the night Of the
Path Of March, "a Gen. Gordon re
marks. all was virtually Lost : il was
only matter Of time. and . very brief
time ut that, to exhaust the agony II
the unequal struggle. But there was
one piece of history Connected with
that disastrous ahair that Gen.
Gordon does not mentiOn. which.
MANY If us heard soon after, and
which, if true, goes far to temper the
regrets, under the disaster. u I'LL who
believe in the special, overriding
providence of m allwise and almighty
God.
Gen. Pickettis division, then the
strongest in the army. was stationed
some fifteen miles from Petersburg.
and between the city and Ricbmond.
In the order from Gen. Leo befOee
referred TO. and which Gen. Pickett
hsd received in full time for GortlOn's
exigency, be was instructed to smuse
the enemy by . feint along his
skirnish line, whilst with The streagth
Of his division he was to d.. q it
were, in trims awaiting hin. 70 The
help IF the gallant Gordon. The
feint mas made. the enemy aroused
and deceived, while Pickett With his
main force wss hurrying, ~ fast -
,sean eould prPel them, toward Fort
Steadman and Pstersbesg. A kew
more minutes and GordonS mastery
,troke would become . great vicsnsy.
Grants right 6ask completely tusned,
nod his line Of communication beokeo.
Minutes grew into hours, - the
heroic Gordon and bic beavs men
strained their ears to hear To ruar oil
Picket's approaching tysins, or tie
attic of bin invincible rifles upoo the
ear of tho Est recovering enemy.
WHY does Pickett dslsy p nan |
'postaneously along the watching and
Waiting lines. Ala 7 cussumnase
,ravery and intsepidity could avail
.othing against TIE DEGREES a heaven!
The rapidly moving trains bsasing |
Pickett and biz brave men. III burD- |
% for the fray, had proceeded but . |
ew miles from the point uf departure. |
When many Of the wheeb a the
'dvancing train suddenly vent down
Nth = crash. piling upo6 de track
IN insuperable barrier to all furtbsr
Progress till Il was useless to move 1t
II in the direction Of Petersburg. At
he last moment Gordon wilhdrsv
ullenly before the gathering foe,
eaving many . gallant soldier either
lead or wounded IN his hauds Thus
nded the last aggressive novement oil
be confeder.tes. i ves tie vill Of
eave1. j. II. LOGAN.
Courtship in Church.
A young gentleman happening 70
il at church ina pew sdjoing oos
Inch . young hdy occupied for
hon be oosceived .. suddsu and |
iolent paseioo, was DESTROYS Of En-
ering into . eoortship on the spot
nd the exigency Of tie case suegess-
4 the following text-second epistls
+ John, verse eth: 'sAnd sow !
eseech thee, lady. not - though, I
ut that which We had from TIE
eginniDg. that Ne love oee asothee.
he returned il pointing to. The secoed
hapter Of, Rnth. Ssrse .-tea&A Then
Ne fell on ker;face and bowed hee.l |,
If to the ground and said unto him.
by have I found grace in thine eyes
eing that.I am stranger! He -,
lrDed the book pointing ~ IL thir-
enth verse; Of The ibid episGls Of