, 1881-08-25
Standing with Mahone on the
Walls Of the Crater"
Dropping Itel,cl Shells into n Pit
Of Dying Soldiers.
How tho Rebel Limo Was Broken md
Petersburg Was Left Untaken.

rEt,ltttlt.E 1tASit1t+itANtf STRUGGLE
WHICH wrnt oti tiat fearful July morning IN
'tl when 1000 umloli tr0oI,s aini M telling
how nlany C0l,fGhcratcs, were slain hulween
,ayliglt and l,oun. by the way, l,,lyc you
ever bccn ont there? Tlln sceio 0f tho fight
is but II short drive from here. Nota''
."'rlU horses M 4. .fulln;" n,Nt then aEaln
to the writer, ut will bu pleasant driving ut
tint time, antl It will quito rcpay yo,. 10 SEQ
the 0ll Urater,' or such pnrts Of 1t rs nrc left
stais1!ng."
1t was the cool Of n delightful summer
evening. This rUa.ls were frce fron, t(Nst,u1ul
tic rnia which Ind fnlen tic night befotu,
ltn.l g!yGn the Ey9ss as.l si!rubbery n bstgl.ter
liur, rs We wl,irled by them belllnsl two f.s"
| lug blacks, driven by tho Flrgnia Senator's
| 1iveried coacl,,Mau.
"'rhc 'lnnl batllcs Of Lee's nrny md tho
Inst a,l.l most stubborn resistance which they
made. uinl which proving futile, resulted In
the fal| of Richmond nntl tho SURRENDER ut
ApMMattox, was nrou,itl this city, yuu re-
I Mep.bcr," s@td tic Gc.acrRl, "a.lh Ut them
tho fight nj tito crntcr WAS tic most terrific.
For ten months lilo two great armies If pea
antl tlrnnt lRy intre1clud before this town.
| The Mttire country IL 4 bnttleErUitnd, Pc
tersb.lrg, Five Forks, ind AppDmattUx are
all with Il comparatively short tlstullce of
| CtCsI uLA9lS Hll1t WI WV
1tc1t IN lIlsToHIC I.O1lE.
| Tho first assault upon tile defensive works
which surrounded Petersburg wis ,llaltc 0i,
thu evening nf the 18th Of .j11ic. Thu Srrni,ti
Corps.' the advance " the Army q tic l't'-
, t9lite, llad crossed tlle James liiycr twu
t.!,tttoM hy'tsEs tata bGen Is Msu,stretes. niN tS
Tho lust Hnrl's lllat landed .wns pushed far-
Ma"' !" Gtefsh;g ,' 1 psi a ~ The l!t Of t'o
lighting continued lur three nights, and thy
| uHlon forces ut times, reael.ed ntn! moWnsesl
our very tAtrapeiS, llild Weru only rCpl Used
ntter n Desperate struggle. anil !! llcayy lass;
| Uulet, rerltpcrntfnE their strength. Dtrlfg
tho hitter ,pnrt of june aud tho wltne of July
tho hr'ntes Were rttEaEctl III. rcctltylng mil
Union lines tllcn exten.el from i Apponai,Ox
% City Point. md In order to Iicct them. thu
Gn"syt!eYHsu lilies were naturally very ssa!M
Ear'l,works were thrown %, md much tine
so,,e polMts wers not over zoo yar,,s npnrt,
whtlu tic ptckot lines III front were not nvGr
tllut lnai,y feet FROM eneii nti,er. The Sharp
slio0tcrs Ut cncft sitlu kept III
4 CONTINUAL. rllslNu,
n1tl fellow who placed Its Int III n rntMrutl
ind pushed It pbovv tho eHrt!,wors WINS stlru
tO lsnA II bullet through, II when II ea,lu
down. ~ fellow lying stretched out ulonE
the lllll, uf u tree, c0lleGnleh by tits f0llAge,
WI It., W"'E wv! W. h,el nut. tiIMa Nv ' ~,
,n ," St, .r,s ~ t tc II tSha ti, ~ rs ts
,t,1sn ,et9ss ~ uo VIZ: M'a e,s0 nte't Weie
vEIesM " ,, ,s Masae1 ~, sGiy @ @nmts
w., Mnfm WIS homE VI: M9,Mu,Gt. to retui.lS
, "ui .te'n !. a"sMsie"t n''',tr
j,ait,srtSatin' tnimi:' II ,vna rs',n',,sri
larEely of ,cSa!.,nlneEs Who, under ti1s iIrsc.
tl9n Of u sktltf!il c!IRtleer, oxeW'let the l1sa
clc,liY. rllo Work WA csrtnitllv w1,l oXr.
e!ltell. Tile cutlery ,yns begull ut n0on.ul
, thy, Eth @ ar .Inns, rho % Mel!sls % were @ q !!!e
grSat iIogtess Tio s,.isry is, 'is wis well we'll
tflnbpreil anu perfect in every r,.-
Oh July il, ali!i WIS Clos fset III lctgsi t;e,,.
aid st lis lnen 10 work With cu,,,,ter lniliu
to lid It. They dii i.ot striko ticsp enough,
anu
49,, ;y wESr AnoyE ri. r,:pErA,s,
on l eo, 1u to G%a,'r"9Ls'e ear liz c'era eu1
tiiS't. to FeicTais cScayste exc He' jittie bey1,ti
SS{ H. Tsar 4 teS %sS ; S;IvlnS s
n'"rai @rv WV. fc,, n,r.,e ~ n,m1 @ rtsht
mHnnz,,"s w,rs "' nlarni IN a'' i",si,sn"' s Eha
"r'ier 10 e,u,rsu tic % 1nlc " ,v,s ii giy.n ~, tIio
1 IT,, pf y aa ' t,et tIIo Wos 'inu was do"e between
WV ~ y ~. nl. tMai MHS w., ,o,o,,up,
4 Wri,.% % ynn sno i ti,ts Fs;lrrnis % ,rs,rcd ~ moi
unly IL Gow tn I'll tic M ft,1t boyv ti,oI n',ti t,s
ierrintn ,,,,,tIl,t If rolif,si", sl,tr1ns Whjri,
bryosli. 'ihey, thoreforS, fiiu,t ihe l,lae,
iwcnty.tivu pounds, or
r,o ,,,,, M"nr r,ou1ASn ,s,l'dy roySps T., " A ~
a ~ 'p',S Mv5 ,,,'ls'eM ~ " ~ ~" GvetK Wy H
iSi wns tre His II FcIcpa 1p RI tro,s 81 'S 5
son twn S' ", ul ~ natt'e M tile p GSplqso
| WIN ~ w iuo htRHHi w G!'llIRc: III tolli