The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-27
THE BATTLE FIELD
As an Old Soldier Describes 1t III
His Diary.
gulte DlEercng from tIle Sentimental
Gush of the 0rafor-LOoAIng
over the FIeId-Bury
the Eeo3.

1N'-I L.i1'tls -'sfa''t=' t'-''' '.'|i.- ''--
Vsuid Ii have taken = tAteAig s'i='' TIE bat
.-s--a-d Of Chaplin 'il-.s. or NC" H'.,ca b'.FFi
ao io'A- 1t r@a. Inc ground to}igaJ oyer was
about nine mile III length, a-.a iroo' a'' 10
to'T iiies 'a ",~5a ms .ue~ a3' 3l-~
}As cavalry operations. mere were H", ''s.'
en- ugh ~ iysh armies t. .sj5eE' It ta."k.F
a every 'a- 81 them ma ne=a h'ted &ai
srItN7' a''l''- she 'taFE t'--'- "5i-' '3a
sEs.el q lie tslt-e vas 51Aea rot;aH. TIE
note u 'o'T oi portion c4 iae Held .ae
HeN' asY Which arr noEa reliable thaa ta7
@Si',s 'neA'al s''s' "i 'i'e orator. OF we i'i''
sketches @. t5is vat cnrieSi "'oeHl
FIELD HOSPITAL, eEAFtA5 H.'d.@' ~
u@t - Z At-ns Is na1 p0si@sss. IL is 'I''e';
1t is oa'"''a"-ei '''g tH'fe 3 OILY ron.
enough a Tins uNt1E l9f one nag. am jr;d
hag IS the stars G.d stripes. ssH NHsg
come and inca may s." rat t2e Oh lag shall
stay forever
Bragg -spQcd Of last night IN tan diseo-
ton o. Horrodsaurg. Oar batteries sent cut
feeieI~. but got no response. and 1t WIS rot
long at.et day light UEsl it was learned they
had all gone bag ana baggage. leaving ile.g
dead tor Us 20 bury. They senr III burial
squads last night, bat Instead Of locking
after their killed, they wont q killing car
picGets. wheTaupoa the truce was declared
Of. AMI their squads sent back All day
long amlu,auces kent coming IL with
wounded that had been picked up in ed
places Or overlooked last night
Tie rebels were kind II our wounded, 81
wavs giving them attention. but not until
after their own had been cared for. A. they
had possession Of that portion of the field
whore our regiment did most q its fighting.
number q our WOUNDED fal INTO their
hands.
In c7m-a1y with TWO other slightly
Wounded mon vrarr over that PARTON u
-, Ia -, -,,. .s-,-ist-, r,.,-5, The
10. - r,1+.,,,el enr9,-h and sav, for
h mn, r, ~ t,.f-s ana small limbs vsr
10 ~, ---0,,,,s s-d -,a s.,~S IN the traps
r., 80 ,,r+t,i~.r =, Snow. thar sr,-tb;n7
,,7,r-z-rs1 E4.q ~, --7inr an licked in vain
. - - 49,, -,7..ss ~ F,1-.5
- +.i.-., - ~ .-,,,r, s-,.s a~. 4,,T
s. .-.i~- IH'',. ''1r.''- .,.''--f -,
ppelS Up On -'e ann "--'F
the -Ts1 y2taAy rye leaht ;hlse si l51- "lA--7
Ihan following t1a direction -. I'll H--'-
men. SIS T. changed front, We .guu4 several
r-,-~7 p,.v- in the h1E,9vr. where we ham
- -, 71---,.t---.,.,-,7 Erfs.fss-rr5 bs-s
- - h.. 49,
80 - -Ts -,
stood up Oh. a - ",-e-7 80 N+7 "a ~
around toT ccils-leLao-e distance. a'.@ /
could only count about @ozeA @'.iaS -
near SIS We could estimate, our RS ..a -.
| f7urbt over fftv acres # ground Oar loss
:, 1;rl-.4 NJ, 49,, fsz77 VS. sb,r-- ,h--+v Sl0-
= - -. =, -. - v--,if
p'st-s .-'' '~'''S - -
max sixty ei q ii'-!e Hllle Sl-aA @''- l'i'' q"
+ TIE acre. 1ECt l. ll'- very cllNS sFfsEflI--T.
/ Sometimes there are two or t4lree IN I-a-e,
Z but generally they are Iy-uE ,.ac. eys-y
{ o-a ,, himself
+ r. - 5a-af-s e--r, each ra-in,au-
! - - - - IN +E[f~ 7..s nj mr..
buried under an oak sree 9n the hEl=~lis ma
/ where they tel St-lt staae, "sEe drawer
! in the ground al tie head - ea.