The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
"VE,RE WHIPPED"
The thrilling Sight Witnessed by Bulls
Advance at Shiloh.


The rrll,jne Sight Witnessed by Buns
Advance at Shiloh.
E. Hannaford in the Phila Weekly Times.
Nelson was never debonair ON duty. The
scene at the landing (Which has never been
adequately described and perhaps never
will be) was we'll fitted to excite the scorn
and Indignation Of such u combative nature
as his; yet it may we'll be doubted whether,
if he were alive to-day, he would not wish
to expunge, from his official report the
harsh statement that he finally asked per-
mission to open FIRE upon the knaves."
Get out Of the way, you d. d towards"
he exclaimed, furiously, as the frantic
of his favorite regiments was debarking.
sect out Of the way! If yen won't fight
yourselves, let these men off that will! Men,
follow mel"
q I shall never forget" says Dr. Bradford
again, ''the forming line on the bluff at
5 Pittsburg Landing I doubt whether on
any other battlefield Of the war any set Of
men ever formed under inst such circum-
stances. Most Of our batteries gone, O
thousand wagons. gone; our entire force
seemingly driven into twelve or fifteen acres
of ground: the enemy pressing on with bat
: teries and nnusketry in front and q cross fire
of cannon from above, and ten thousand
panic-stricken men out of the fight crying:
We're whipped, The battle is lost! IFS
no use to form? They're. driving us into
the command fell quickly and orderly into
line and. at the word, moved CALAMITY for
ward. I could not resist the temptation of
riding my iron gray close up 10 the lines
and crying out, Bully for the Sixth Ohio!"
As We, landed, wrote Colonel Grose, With
pardonable enthusiasm to his wife, imme-
diately after the battle, there we're At least
fifteen thousand Of Grants, panic stricken
troops who had thrown away their arms and
we're pressing to get on board the boats, and
as my regiment marched up, the hill wo
would hear the towards SAY to my men,
You will get it" You will come back!
You will see! and many other such express
sions; yet our men went bravely up and
formed in line of battle. Generals Buell. and
Nelson both with me. While forming the
heavy fire Of the enemy was passing thick
and fast around us. Poor White Was struck
by a.canister shot and both his legs were
torn of, and about the same time staff
between General Nelson and myself, had
his head shot off by cannon ball, and fell,
a CHASTITY sight before my regiment. at see
ing which few of our men nearest the
scene fell back a few steps: but as soon as
commanded them TO- dress up the line, they
did SO promptly: and cheyed the command
to forward march, in line of battle. We
moved off about one hundred yards. to sup,
port one Of our retreaing batteries, and
there we opened up severe fire on the ap-
preaching enemy. which, think was the
first evidence the rebels had that the adj
vance Of Buell's army was, arriving. The
fire OF our regiment checked the enemy for
the night. ana. as: everybody here s,ys,
turned the tide Of battle and saved Grants
army. H.. ~ T.. e
Every survivor cf:the Tenth Brigade will
recall how the shocking death of, Gen eral
Grants aid, as mentioned by Colonel Crosse,
was talked about for weeks afterwards. and
the more because the came, OF nearly
simultaneous discharge, shot away the sad
die from under Lieutenant Graves, vol
inter aid Of General Nelson. and then went
plungirg over the bluff, producing the
widest CONSERVATION among the fugitive
thousand there herded. It cannot but
strike one as singular, therefore, to know
how completely this ghastly incident was
ignoredby the contemporaneous accounts Of
Shiloh. Byron'ss famous satire on military
glory defined it as being killed; in battle
and having ones name misspeIled in the
official gazette But what shall We say Of
this case, where brave man met the most
tragic Of deaths. and his name-nay, even
his fate--was not so much as limited?