The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-07-04
From the Ohio to the Sea.
General Incidents OF Stone River.
ROsecrans in the Heat of Battle
How His Chief of Staff Was
r. Killed--A Square Fight
and a Solid Victory.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Rolling down the Federal line from
right to left, the brigades on the extreme
left caught the last desperate fighting
rendered more desperate by the fact tha
McCook had rallied, Rousseau had beat
en- them hack, and only the tenacity o
this left wing prevented the complete de
feat OF Rosecr ans, g. e.
SOME INQUIRIES
1t has been q source of wonder through
all these long years why the Federal rig
was caught up and flung hack as 1t was
Its position was as advantageous as tina
of the Confederates--the men were goot
tfghters-they were not outnumbered
What. then, was the cause?. Why wa,
it that for a full hour after the 6sh
opened Rosecrans could not be made t.
believe that McCook was yieldius
nground ? Did McCook have more whis
ky than sense in his head that morning
can put my hand on officers who be
lieve it, and they are brave men, too
Did johnson, whose division formed tn,
extreme right, spend part of the nigh
drinking whisky punch, or in trying &c
discover what force was in front2 There
are those who are of the opinion that he
was upset, and the opinion comes from
sources that are worthy of all credence
How was it that little cieek over which
man could spring was mistaken for 6
riverp Who was it that blurted out:
"D-n= the rebs! Let 'em, cross il
they want to! Haven't we got as many
guns as, s,they have p g.. t.,.. ...
And, too, how curious that some OF
the brigade commanders we're absen,
when the fight opened-at headquarters
to have their orders repeated. Men were
in hivouac when they should have been
in line.s Artillery horses were off to wa
ter when they should have been hitched
to the guns. That right wing was there
to fght-hsd orders to fight-knew that
the enemy were in front and on the alert,
and yet when the Conlederates appeared
they walked right over two Federal brig
ades which we're cooking. breakfast
Some one was to blame for that. A
Thousand men in that right wing were
uselessly slaughtered. Was it whisky
or incapacity-that same incompetency
which left the dead piled in heaps on
every field we fought on2
THE LAST ATTACK ON HAzEN
The last attack on Hazen was made as
the sun was going down. He was ready
and expecting it. His limo had been
shortened little, one or two regiments
thrown behind the railroad embankment
and the others covered by slight breast.
works Of rails. His position, as Con-
federates state to-day, was plainly visi-
BILE from their cover in the woods. and
when they advanced their battle lines
were long enough TO swing in on the
flank. When the gray lines broke cover
and it was seen how they were disposed,
every man in the Federal brigade knew
that the pinch had come. Two things
saved it. The Confederate right, in the
excitement of advance, advanced faster
than the center and left. Hazen rode
along behind his men on his left and
warned them to hold their Gre aud take
steady aim. When the word came every
man had q target, and the fire was so
deadly that the entire right Of the ad
vance was broken and shattered. The
center was forced to halt in the open
ground within pistol shot, and it, too,
was repulsed as the left swung in to flank
the Federal right. This left the whole
brigade free to attend to the fsnker:.
The Ninth Indisna made hali-face, and
cheered as it poured in a volley, The
One Hundred and Tenth Illinois
cleared its front with one volley The
Sixth ard Twenty-fourth Ohio advanced
to a new line under fire, and drove the
enemy out of cover. The Thirty.sixlb
Indiana, Twenty-tbird Kentucky and
Eighty fourth Illinois let the gray lines
walk right up to them, and then opened
such a fire that Hazen thought reinforce
menls had reached him. The Sixth Ken.
lucky was charged in it's position, and
after repulsing the attack fixed bayonets
aud drove the enemy pell. NELL into the
woods.
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