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

The Trllljns Sight Witnessed by Bulls
Advance at Shiloh.
E. Hannaford in the Phila. Weekly Times
Nelson vas never debonair on duty. The
scene at the landing (Which has never been
adequately described and perhaps never
will bel was aell fitted to excite the Ecorn
and indignation Of such It combative nature
rs his: yet it may well he 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 fre upon the knavcs"
Get out Of the way, You Id cowards,'
he Exclaimed. furiously. as the frantic
throng pressed toward boat whence one
of his favorite regiments was debarking
''Get ont OF the way! If vcu won't fight
yourselves, let there ice eff that will! Men.
follow mel"
Il shall never forget. says DR.. Bradford
again, the forming line ON the bluff at
Fittsburg Landing. | doubt whether on
any cthe- battlefield Of the war any set Of
men ever formed under inst such circum-
stances. Mos. CT our batteries gone, q
thousand wagons gone: our entire force
seemingly driven into twelve OF fifteen acres
OF ground: the enemy pressing on with bat
teries and nusketcy in front and Cross fire
w S11IAACN ltful a1ttfC tIAu lEA &UUUExtHG
panic stricken n,er out Of the fight CRYING:
We're whippsd!' The battle is lostr IFS
nc use to form' They're driving Us into
the river etc. In this terrible extremity
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 Crosse, With
prdonable enthusiasm to his wife, imme-
diately after the battle, there were at least
fifteen thousand of Grants panic. stricken
troops who had thrown away their arms and
Tere pressing to get on board the boats ,and
as my regiment marched up the hill we
would hear the towards say IL my men,
You will &c: il" You will come back
You will see and many other such expires
sions: yet on: rnen went bravery 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 off, and about the same time staff
officer ten feet in front OF the line. ON horse
between General Nelson and myself: had
his head shot off by a cannon bail, and fell,
CHASTITY sight before my regiment. at see
iIS NAkSu 1e" VI tHE E&tIl l.tttiSNt kuc
scene fell back a few steps, but as soon us
commanded them to dress I'D the line. they
did so promptly: and cheyed the command
10 forward march, in lii.e Of battle. We
moved of about one hundred yards to sup
port one Of GU: retxeating batteries, and
there we opened up severe fire on The ap-
preaching enemy. which. I think was the
first evidence the rebels lad that the ad-
vance OF Buell's army was arriving. The
ire of our regiment checked the enemy for
the night and. as. everybody here slys.
turned the tide Of battle and sared Grants
army. =.
Every survivor Of the Tenth Brigade will
recall how the shocking death of Gen eral
Grants aid, as mentioned by ColoneI Crosse
was talked about for weeks afterwards. and
the more because tie same. or nearly
sim ultaneous 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 caanot but
strike one as singular, therefore. to know
how completely this CHASTITY incident WAS
lgnoredby the con@oua poraEeo accounts of
Shiloh. Byron:s fanous satire on military
glory defined it as being killed in battle
and having one S name misspelled 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 Hof SO much as limited?