Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-01

was now near aL mana anu IL
occiisiOnal whiz OF Il Minnie ba
4 close qby ythe head of a soldier Sc
/. tied Al hem down to a lrcalization
the truth that If they approache
too close the enemy would strik
1andeed. Suddenly came anotht
4 laundering report, and along wit
ifit came a solid ball, taking off h
head of a, soldier riding a mul
along the line. The poor fellos
tumbIed to dthe ground aud neve
so much as quivered. The experl
ence was now becoming painful ,an'
\ patriotism began to ooze out q
panicy finger nails. The brigad
was marched into dense wood
ON the'side of a hill, few hundret
yards from the Confederate en
trenchments, and between the tw,
a wilderness of black jack oaks hat
been felled, with their tip end
toward the Federals, for the purpos,
of preventing the use of cavalry d
artillery. In among these saplins
the Confederates had taken shelter
and were at the time actively en-
gagged with the troops under com
rnand of Gen. John A. Logan. o
illinois. These troops had been
lighting against great odds for an
hour and had suffered terrible loss
in fact all the officers of two regi.
ments had been killed or wounded
with perhaps one or two exceptions,
Gen. Logan himself had been shot
three or four times, his horse had
been killed under him, and when
forced by the lossof blood and great
bodily suffering to leave the field he
did so reluctantly. !. The writer re-
memb bers well meeting him as ne
came down the hill, Soldier lead
ing his horse. while he held on 10
the .pummel of the saddle, and
hearing, him entreat the men OF
Cruft's brigade to move on to the
support of his men, Who were being
moved down as grass before the
seythe. d Logan's men were dressed
in grey uniforms and as they re-
treated Cruft's brigade moved up.
AT this point a sad mistake was
made. There was no time for
swapping thoughts, ,and as the brave
Illinoisans came back slowlyunder
a murderous fire from, the enemy,
the front regiments of Cruft's bri-
gade, seeing their grey uniforms
and thinking they were rebels,
opened fire upon them, thus sub
jecting chem To double fire-One
from the front, the other from the
re4r. ~ Q8 reaa
Atthis juncture an officer rushed
down inf front OF the line of the
10Th Kentucky and 3lst Indiana
and shouted at the top of his voice,
Cease iiring for Gods sake; you are
killing yoar own men,
The order Was obeyed, and in the
OF All eye perfect leaden
came, sweeping through
The ranks OF these two regiments.
1t was sumner, and completely
the raw recruits.
For a time the firing was kept up
without a nlOments pause, and the
aim was unerrlng. Eighty. odd
men fell dead or wounded in the
18th Kentucky in less time than
fifteen minutes, aud to stand firm
oDger WAS to offer une's self a sense
20 oael lnoc. A, LSslllSnt DtoAo,
/ very brief time the hillsides were !
Itrswn with stragglers, seekingsafe-
y in the far rear. The 3lst Indiana
)roke,. but not in such confusion.
The 18th Kentucky broke, and
hen the A44th Indiana. Officers,
and on foot could be seen
u every turn,, urging tnelr pien 10
'eTiorm 10 iall PACK IN order: Ihey
begged, they plead, they entreated,
hey threatened, ana yet the dlsor-
mass proceded 10 D!u auleu |
Q tne gentlemen IN grey Wlln uOu-
'le.paEEreteed snQt guns Hnl1 they
lau gaihed such q saie uiStanee as
Q Jnsuiy tnem "a. cpIiectlng tnelr I
nougnts' me ponleuerases, now
~, liple.9 lna7lSIS VI Wy eAusaeIoi, Ws,
sa sau sne = " LvsAu auu tilo Wyu
Serry road opened 70 them Nsl1 iD. ior me me
gless q tns GARRISON ~ Ilstksville y ~ ll
'hu Nasnville, put 'tney talleu 70
s,s, ase az va1'ass VI ~; Sens.ais w
illoW any Iioyu, sia'en a. tne
ucSesS s at!elis Ien. DuSSIer,
! iiu tnAnklns lnat tuey coutu set
hrougn the eneny, sent pertnp-
Ofy 0ruer 10 buckher 10 retreat
nto the ehlrencnments' inls or
er was aDsOiuteLy astonishing 10
ana sauiy ne opeyed, LOT
e saw that II mast issue IN disaster
was giving up me great aoyan-
ige gained Dy nours OF Severesl |
gnilng. Inc men retlred uisheart-
neu IToIn tIs c9n.est. ~, Durlng tnis
lne Gen' w. olnith, WIN ms
plenula army Ol reueraIs, mao
nargea the ConIeuerate rlght, ana
l1ecteu an entrance. INSIDE Oh tnelr