Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-17
NEW SERIES--V0L. 81, NO. II.


, ed the fire, and for ten or fifteen min
! utes the work OF death went on, Their
was no cheering, no time lost in un
necessary movements. Every maj
, there, both Union and rebel, were vet
erans, and knew just what was wanted
They stood there face to face, loading
and firing, and so close that every sho
told, In short time the brigades o
Gross and Brook began forcing tbt
enemy back, and after firing for abou
ten minutes Colonel Kelly gave th,
order TO charge. The men, rushing
forward with cheer, were among the
Johnnies in few moments.
A SUCCESSFUL RusE.
Here took place rather extra.
ordinary scene. In an instant our men
and their opponents were mingled 10.
eether. In Charging we had literally
ran right in among them. Firing in.
stantly ceased aud wo found there
were as many OF the enemy as there
were of ourselves. Officers and men
looked for a time utterly bewildered ;
all the fighting had stopped, yet the
Graybacks still retained their arms
and showed no disposition to surrender.
At this moment Union officer called
out in loud voice "The Confederate
troops will lay down their arms and
90 TO the rearW This ended o scene that
was becoming embarrassing. The
Coniederates promptly obeyed, and q
large number Of what | think were
some Of Kershaw's brigade became
our prisoners. In front of Kel-
ly's brigade we found that the
enemy had suffered much more than
we had. When engaged our line was
below theirs, as they stood on the
crest of the hill. They fred down
while our men fired upward, and our
fro was more effective, On their line
we found many dead, but few wounded
they were nearly all hit in the head
or upper part of the body. Behind
one rock / counted five dead bodies.
This was some Of the most severe
fighting our division had ever done,
and so close that the officers used their
revolvers. During the fight my regi-
ment held the extreme right of the
division, and from where we stood |
could see the peach orchard, and none
of our troops were between that point
and us-a distance of more than a
quarter of n mile. As we were engaged
a column of troops passed through this
interval, going into our rear, and
formed a line OF battle facing the wheat
field. The hour that this column
moved in here is put down on the Gov.
ernment maps as Z o'clock. | think
this IS incorrect IL could not nave
been so late: ana no" we nhu that
while our division had Deen, IN man
ner, VICTORIOUS IN ohecklhg tne impv'u'
Gus attack az this point ana haI taken
many prisoners, we are ourselves IN
very serious trouole1a ilne OF pattlo %
IN our rear ana another IN our 'ron',
ooth moving 70 attaok US at once as
we got ready 70 repei the attack 10
front, Wohords Georgia troops strlke
us IN the rear Inc prigades OF cross
and Brook are more fortunate just now
than those OF Aook ana heily, Inc
Oonieaerate @ llnes IN our , Ioa' nv I,u oo nv
sA'."u iA vIoon ~ 80 ~, ,.n wy 0o,', W.
n,s', ous ho ""u III ~ ~. 80,
ple'eIy surrounueu, anu @ 'ne 9n.y way
ou' Vi Tno .'ap vas " P"oo ~" w.
tween the TWO reoei l'heS, 80 .ne SNo
Srigr rgau'a as 'IsyO they rSn4tOward an Little
Rou5d TOP. the only opening through
which we could escape.
-u,oroy,y,,,rv or mann
- . -u---r,.n
rassihg 'hrougn .nIS ".iey VI uvasn n.ii
wnore 'no quincy. pullS.s oaiho .n.oh 90 nI' ~
we got away WIN larso Paiy VI 'no I
DIVISION, ou1 'ne loss was terriU,o, el ~
tne hai hour tnaV we wore uhuer % nre ns
fourteen nunureu men mcro ios'' VI
tne i9ur prigaue coHnnnuSls q tI g WV wv
were Kilieunuenerai o. n LooS Si anu
Colonei ". ~ oross; Iross leli nlunos' i.'
at the hrst hre ana hook 10" minutes
aiterwaro' Un tne morning =, .na,
day, uenerai HahcoGk saiu 70 oo'onY, ~,
Cross rms IS the last tlmo you WI M
nght as o oolone, to.1ay VIII WIN maho
you brigaaier Ienera'' Hroes uu'
swered hrmiy ana saoly, as aS1ugn Nc m
lelt sure OF what nc sa'u No :. 70
700 late, ueneral, l wlil never wear e .ne
star. Io-day ! shail oe k'i,ea. -, yuS' y
alter hook iell, oo'onei h'cn"ru +
Roberts, VINO succeeded 70 tne com :
mand oil the orlgade, was snot through
the heart lie was q ga'Iant anu mlc9
beloved ohcer, ana ne ieit SICK oeu
when he heard OF Lee moving into ny
Pennsylvanla, and weak ana emac'aleu,
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