The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23
A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR.
Gen. Gordon ana coi. Morruws at the Battle

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A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR.
Gen. Gordon and cci. Morrow ut the Battle
of Gettysburg.
IFrom the Washington Saneay lierald.l
IA While conyersing With Col Bachel-
der, the historian of thebxttle sof Get.
tvs burg, a few e7eninge ago, at one OF
the leading hotels, he Remarked: This
jostling crowd little realize that those
two gentlemen IN pleasant C onyersstlon
yondee, pointing TO Senatoe Gofdan, of
Georgia, and Gen. Morrow, OF the
United lStates army,o were prominent
actors on opposite sides at the battle of
Gettysburg.S fAaa, las ,tissoigen1
continue their conversation, and the
eroNd,eane and went, We drew from his
neysr-ending fund of Gettysburg Incl
dent the following story: The officer
eonversing with Senator Gordon is
Gen. Morrow,gnow sittingaH the Army
Eduipnent Board I'm this city. He was
among the wounded Union eficerscap-
tured at .Gettysbnrg when that place
fell into the bands of the Confederate
troops a, the evening" OF the first days
battle. Col. Morrow commanded the
Twenty feufth michigan Volunteers,
which belonged to the famons Iron
Brigade, composed Of ffWiseonsin, Mich
igan. and Indiana troops, and formed n
part of the division that opened the bat
tie, and 1t was with this brigade that
Gen. REYNOLDS was killed. And it was
alsoCol. Matros4s regiment which en-
veloped the flank Of SArchers bngade,
compelling the surrender OF Gen.
Archer with 6 large number Of his men.
"Col. Acknowledgement wentanto the
engagement with 4Ss officers end men
It's casualties on the first day wete %
officers killed or wounded ont of %. and
%. non commissioned officers and ~ pri-
Yates killed, and Al non-commissioned
officers and a82 priyates wounded max
ing a grand total of 316 placed hos de
combat out of 496. :, The sanguiRary.
character of the engagement OF hese
troops Will elbetter realized wherft Is 4
known that this regiment lost ssven
color-bearers in killedand wounded and
all its color-guard after which Col.
Morrow took the flag to rally the ,egi-
ment, and was himself wounded While
carrying it, andobliged to. leave the
field. He was struck on the top OF the
head bya mimic. bal, ,praducing aseri-
GUS scalp wound, from which the hood
flowed freely, completely covering his
face; while engaged in washing it STay
the Union forcesfell back through the
town, followed by, the victorious foe,
and Col Morrow found his retreai cut
off. On the morning of the I'd, wheI the
Union prisoners were about to be sart-
ed for Richmond, the Confederatesur-
geon, who had examined his Wound,hu-
namely suggested thetg it would len.
danger his life to make such trp IN |
the heat of the summer, which bng 4
communicated to Col. French, Fifteqth
Virginia cavalry, he. sent Col, Morrow !
into the village, detailing guard tcac-
company him to see that he was not
molested. And to the'hndness Of tbse
officers he believes he owes his life. A
nights rest, with good surgical care SO
far restored him that he was able tobe
out the next day and mingle with he
TROOPS, from whose conversation he
learned the movements of the armes,
and how the battle progressed. '*At;he 7
of the great saS,1nr
ade on the third day he went to ne
cupalo OF the Court House, from whch
he saw the grand advance OF Log
streets assault as it swept across he
plains, saw the lines tremble, waer,
recoil, and break in confusion urier
the Withering fire Of the Union trqps. |
1t was after this that he learned nat
the Union wounded of the first dy's
battle had not been attended to, Ind
he determined to relieve them If sos-
sible. Acting upon. the, fsugeeaon
of the wife Of Judge Wills, whose aest
he was, he allowed her, to tie q een
scarf (the insignia Of q srrgeon) cont |
him. He then sailed out, and soornet
Zen. Gordon and. staff. Approaching
him with the customary salute he nd:
{ General, I am, informed that our
wounded of the first days battt lie
uncared-for on the field where tiieJeu,
and ask your assistance in haing
them attended to.'g'You astonishne;
it cannot be- answered the Generalnd,
turning to a surgeon, he said: '1shis
SO; and if SO, why is itP The sureon
assured him that the wounded of 9th
armies had been cared for: alikeout
that they had been unable to visitIhat
extreme part of the field. TurniI to
Col. Morrow, Gen. Gordon said: ,oc'
tor. I will give you a detail of abu-
lances this evening to bring in our
wounded. They will be in the cftral !
SQUARE, at Z O'clock Col. MorroTwas
promptly on hand, and at nidtall
started with train of twelve abu. !
lances. With Confederate driverand =
stirtcner bearers, for that part ethe !
fel6 where the battle opened. Itas :
weird sight, that long train OF my '
hearses, as, by the;ftful ightof aalf- ,
clouded moon. made more obscu bT :
the lanterns Jney pore, This party teao
ed its way among the blackeneGnl ,,
swollen .,corpses, which lay. wherehey'E
they had fallen two days before, ,arthe 4
moans and cries of the wounded f as ,
c;e4onoo ond tboir s11rnlicatiOn for | |