The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-17

h0Ht vas an oiu ntto. oev0to of e0et3ef and the battery vas playing intc the wcods half mile beyond. 1kis battery 90 annoyed the oonfcder2tes that hrig. ade was ordered so charge it. The Eiev- enth Alabama had the lead. and vas to be closely supported by the other three regiments. Through some hlunder the Alaoamians, numbering about -so. were permitted to advance alone. They were seen as soon as they broke cover. and more than 100 of them sesc killed by the artillery fire as they advanced across the held. The men were thrown into dis order one moment to be rallied the next. and, finally, with muskets al trail aad caps swinging in the air. they made a rush straight upon the guns. As they came near the rcnnsylvanians rose up and delivered two os three vollcys right into them. These were returned, and then the hnal rush was made. h a min ute w,ld mob vas s~irling round and 'round the guns bayonets dr,nking blood -elubbed muskess selling men the wounded staggering up to clutch an enemy and pull him down.
 The guns were won. The fostth was pushed slowly back. but as the cheers oi the Alabamians drowned the no.se of the battle to the r,glh and le,t. the Seventh Pennsylvania came la the support of the Fourth. The fight which now iook place was witnessed by at least two generals and half dozen eolonels, outside ot the hundreds in the ranks h was two reg,. ments 10 one. but the Alabamians had ~en the guns aud were determined to hold them. Not single oompap, formed m llne not an officer had a command. Two thousand mad and ,nfans,ed men rushed st each other with murdsi ln tho ,t hearts No one asked for quarter no one gave fl.
 At the end of twenty minutes the i'ennsyisanlans gave way, not over powered by numbers bu, pressed back by such daredevil lighting as nobody had ever witnessed before. The guns had been taken, but there were no horses 10 draw them away. The oaptors were making arrangements Ia draw them away when there was a rally on the pat, ot the iederals. The smaliness of the con federAte toroc suddenly became plain AS the smoke lifted, and before gun could be moved ho, ttre was opened from A whole brigade, followed by charge. The Alahamians were plcked up and hurled back in broken mass and the las, oi them had not reached the woods before the guns were again playing upon them The loss of the confederate tcgt- ment vas over so men, loo oi whom. including eigh, company commanders. died around the battery.
 The day after the repalse oi the .0~nnth r,.,,.. the Iouieih and iittY-seventh indiana, Ninety seventh and Twenty Ono, Twenty eighth kentu.kS. and One hnndiedth lilno,s tegimen,s. each mum. bering about s.so men, were selected io assault a salient ridge ,,.o yards m then iton, The llnes were formed m regi mental divisions, and while the iron, WAS only the width oftwo eompanles the depth was ,hirty lines of men n open order Ii was m fact a gan, wedge of flesh and i blood and steel which was to dtnc itself through thc confederate lines
 AS the men stood in Inc the offiesfs explained to them III lo~ and earnest, ,one> what ~as planned and what was hoped for. II was a forlorn hope indeed fsery man must have fealfed that there would be d terrible loss of life even he. lore the sshent was feaC he'd. but each one seemed to nerve himself for N hal was io come buung the tsenty minutcs' interval between forming and the order ,a advance there ~ss alInos, dead Ailent ( m the ranks The men leaned upon ther nuskets and peeped through the i iofes, 10 ,heif front winch had the con. l icdefaie poMtIon. and the supports on ,k L.. sl fl tcaung that then tootairps would dis turb the dead of thr day before
 ! l. VAS not positively known 'o the fedetals ihA, the salien, was defended by cannon The hope that ,, was not gave Inc men rnsrc spirii. Al they lay on ihe ground forest, thlclet and ridge fur ni.hed ftii shelter from ,naakety fires
 soon alter E o'clock s,ngle los spakcu order bfough, every man to ., front f,ce. The moment had come A the column had been formed under cover if ~as hoped to take he defenders of the sahrnt by .afpfisc. Inc lines were dfesscd. and in 4 moment more scre moving through the woods. From the valleys st the basr of the Krnnesaw, 1 Lost or iinc mountain io the 'feHts there is sosfCely lesei spot The sidcs are covered ~Ilh fotest and ihieke,, and the ground is almost A suec esaion of rocky terraces. over 'hn dtihculs ground ihe grea, blue wedge forced i's way al ., rapid pa'e, but no cheer wss heard no shouts were gwen.
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 II IA the alarm from the confederate skiunishefN, ~ho have erep, down almos, to the base of the mountain. They are posted behind great rocks and hidden behind ledgeX. Jhey canno, retreat they mus, souender of hght Il out They ,hoos< the latter eourse. Sine ou, of every ten hold theif positions un;i the poini of the blue wedge rcaehes them and bfinRs 4 sssAge death sIth II.
 All along the sides of the grifn noun tam the suImIs sbers bsi ihe way. seeking n detAln the wedge and alarm the de- fenders of Inc salient. Here and there