West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-10-04

the vivid realities of twenty wears
ago the citizens crowded ups too,
seemingly just as eager to go with
them, back through the sad and
the glad of their soldier life.
1t was an affecting scene when
the speaker referred to the dead,
and singled out this and that old
citizen whose boys were LETT on the
field, and naming this and that
comrade before him, took them
back to where they carried this and
that brave brother to the rear, or
buried them in the trenches where
they fell. And when at tile close
Of the address the martial band
played the familiar funeral dirge
on muffied drums, all through that
subdued and remembering crowd,
sobs could be heard above the notes
of the flies and drums.
Let no one say that such expert
ences as these do not make men
better, for where tears of sym pathy
are wont to flow no stains Of bitter
ness can stay.
After the speeches came
THE SHAM BATTLE,
and it was not sssham" either.
With near hundred muskets and
an "anvil battery" thasdid SPLEEN
did execution in the way Of rapid
firing and big noises, the:boys gave
us a lively picture Of a good healthy
sized fight. -
Col, Johnson planned the en-
gagement, and commanded both
sides, so to speak.
Capt. Way and Lieut-Boyles led
the Yankees in the attack while
Maj. Moore and Capt. Barr COM
manded the Johnnies.
The Yankees emerging from
an old orchard on the hill threw
out skirmishers over the road,
which were met in the broken ra-
vine by the Johnnies, when alively
bout ensued and the Yankees
were driv back by the rebel re-
serves, whereupon the Yankee re-
serves suddenly crossing the road
drove the "rebs" back into the
woods behind their battery. But
the grape and canister from that
anvil battery proved too much for
even Yankee courage, and the
Johnnies chargingout of the woods,
drove the Northern hordes again
across the road ON the hill, taking
u number Of prisoners by the way.
LUCKY FOR THE UNION,
Lieut.. Boyles, reached the old
orchard just in the nick of time
with achievements, and Capt.
Way having reformed his lines
while under a hot. fire poured
through the fences blythe "rebs" the
order to charge was given and with
the familiar old yell the fences
were cleared, and in jiffy the
Johnnies were in wild retreat, when
followed a panic and utter rout
down the ravines, under the deaf
ening cheers of the acres of specta-
tors, the chase only stopping with
theplanting of the stars and stripes
upon the "Anvil Battery" after
a hand to hand tussle at the point
of the bayonet.
CASUALTIES.
Among the casualties of the bat
tie, Pat Monroe, who was the life
of the Reunion, was shot down at
short range by a blank cartridge
striking him ander the ribs, and
Ike Sutton had his scalp laid open
by bayonet thrust. Both these
wounded braves though pretty bad
ly hurt, will report for duty at the
next long roll.
The advantages of a prohibition
county shone out resplendehtly at
lis Reunion.
Among those 1000 people, all
having "a jolly good time, no sem
blance or sign of whisky or its in
fuence was to be seen anywhere
on the ground, and not an i'll or I'M
pleasant word did we hear in all
that crowd.
P. S. Further notes Of this Ty-
Ter county trip, are crowded over
to next week.
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