Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-05
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At first our regiment carried Our wounded
INTO their cellar. and afterwards the enc
my did the same.
When the enemy came down the pike to
the bridge over the railroad where WAS
stationed. the 100 day men with me refused
To fire upon them. nv they wore blue, and
begged my men to stop firing. After ScN-
"rhl ol our men n'''' ''pH Nl'lt.' ''i'' VI
Ills Irlay we wore i'm Great danger of can
tur,' rs thr enemy were able to approach
very nppr to Within IL or 20 rods.
'Thr rrnt,it i'm command of This Skin
mish line was my senior hu, he insisted
upun my taking the command Artillery
firing and sharp Skirmi.hiug were kept mp
MI along the line. the enemy meantime
moving rudnd IT, our left where they
crossed the Mouocacy River This com
ppllrd Gen. Ricketts, to change front more
H. the left. his right resting upon MuuuCu-
cv River such was the uEmhDY 81 Con
fcdcrate troops in excess of ours that our
whole division WIS formed in ON" line of
battle. without Reserves and yet the enc
HtN'S line uNUrlappCd ours AT citr liJnk.
About 1880 H. IA. the first charge of the
enemy upon jhc fhiul Division luc east
OF the river. wa, handsomely and com
plctply rcpul~cd. \ portion of the 10th
w.. were "a; Mr.. g. *. Thumas's nouSc.
several times the enemy line was broken
near the Thomas house, and their CUlOr~
fell Their attempts to rally and reform
their line were Intellectual such was the
position and firing of the 10th Vt. and
lOHh y. Y The enemy then made a sec
Ond charge with good lines. ana such a
steady bearing as seemed To- say no tie
feat this time This sccUnd charge and
rcpulSc was
Grand scene.
nh, GRANT n,,i,,.i,,. ,f tine .,r,n,. l,pn,c
not that portion of the Army of the Po
tumac had arrived here. but they were
a.
u.s. that they had nothing but Home
Guards to contend with rms. and tins
only, accounts for the rccklrNsneNs with
which they marched up to our guns. about
1920 Il. m. during the first charge, the
long wooden bridge at my left. over the
river. was burned by order of Gen. Wal
lace. to guard against Il flank attack upon
Gen. Rickctts's line from the enemy. Pre-
Niou~ to firing the bridge. the picket line
from the hill to the bridge had been with
drawn without notice to lis. Ih.s was Il
queer prcdicamcnt.
Nothing upon my left ; rtN recruits
upon my right : the enemy advancing up
ON our front : the MOnuCaCy River behind
Us. ! sent II soldier To- wade or swim the
river. and ask for ms rurt ions from Lieut.. t.
COL {. q. Chandler. in charge Of the diNi~-
iuu -kirmi~h detail. My orders in the
morning were 10 hold The bridge over the
railroad at all hazards My soldier
brought back M instructions WhtrNcr,
blt the comforting Ihi"!llgvnrr ihat Lieut.
Col Chandler surpassed tnHt we had re
treated over the bridge before it WAS burn
rd The enemy pressed Us 81 hard at on,
time that for Il few moments we sought
refuge in Il railroad cut few rod" to the
ItaI pi'i q"'rNlH resume" ""' P''"''"
,., ,,
queer ''i'""'' vi SMELL
During II momentatY pause in the ac
. ton, Lieut.. l.. \. Abbott. of my cumpany
was reclining upon the ground. resting
upon his elbow. \ rebel shell burst neal
him, and II piece of il passed between hi,
right side and the ground. in Il space OF
= not over two inches breaking into small
splintcrs a pencl-huldrr. comb. and uth hen
/ things in his vest pocket ,infiicting Il bruis,
upon hi, side from which he suffers al
: most constantly even now. nearly 20 year,
after its occurrence. vet no bones wer,
, broken. and no blood drawn.
sharp skirmishing and artillery firms
/ were kept up most of the time. Abou
- 3:}O y. M. tile third and last grand charg,
, of the enemy was made upOn the Who'll,