The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17
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uch pieces are dug up and /
Flowed mp every year. That must have
,een a fnghtful battle. /" continued Mr.
'.fOr near the place found this
Ras the remains OF peach orchard cut
Town by ahot and she'll, and on Gene
cry ridge is stone wall literally
plated with lead from tie rifles of Pick
'st's division of the rebel army when they
made their famous charge on the cen
or.
81 was there, ~ said the soldier. @Where
aid you get the sheiIf''
81 picked it mp at the base Of Culp's
hill, on she right Of the federal lines"
Eyes, said the soldier. that was very
warm place. Let me tell you an Incl
dent Of my experience on the slope Of
that hill"
Taking a chair, and assuming med
itAtive mood. he recited the following.
showing a side of army life not often
seen in the newspapers:
az was a regImentai staff fficer-adju-
tant. My regiment had swept down
the face Of Culp's Hill and took posses
sion Of breestwork at its base. Just
before, / had been ordered to the rear to
bring mp couple Of loads Of ammuni-
ton. When 1 returned. the regiment
was gone, but the brigade general, who
shall be nameless, because he is dead.
was standing with his aids under tree.
Just IS 1 came up to the group, the
lieutenant colonel came mp to US
from the front, without nat
or sword, and told the general that in
going in our regiment had divided. the
night wing taking one direction, and the
left wing another, 50 that New York
regiment was in the pits between the
wings But that was not of SO much i'm
poftance as the tact that the boys were
out of ammunition on the left, end he
begged the general to get q relief for
them, as they were being numerically
slaughtered without chance of reply
ing. There was no spare troops in
our brigade, as all were on
the front line, without reserve,
but on our left were two Pennsylvania
regiments, under General Green. He
had two regiments in the pits and held
two in reserve. To him therefore our
General went, but in vain. 1t was as
much as he could do to protect his own
front, and couldn't spare q man. The
General then went to the right. but with
no better success. Finally he returned
and under pressure of the statements OF
the lieutenant colonel. he gave me an
order to "take that left wing out of there
without relief" OF course. had only
to obey. It must be recollected that
the bullets and shells we're whistllng
about us from both front and rear.
There was absolutely no shelter, and the
ground was covered with dead and dying
men, who had fallen early in the tight
We were all afoot. having lett our horses
in that very peach orchard, from which
our servants took them when the shells
began, to plow through it, and it was
several days before we found them
again.
"WeL, set my teeth, and ran for
Rard. fully exposed, and q
splendid target. Obi how those
Internal bullets whizzed about my
cars had taken the direction indi-
Gated. and fell slap bang into the pits
occupied by the New York regiment
I did not know then just where to end
our men, for l had not heard of the
division when the boys went IN, so afteI
yelling in the ears of some Of
the of Ulcers, and crawling we'll under
cover over dozens of the poor mangled
fellows. gave up the idea of finding
any Of our boys, and returned up the
slopo{ with q run. and made my report
I was lagain ordered to take the ''lefi
wing out of there" with an oath. Under
more particular guidance Of
the colonel. 1 got the right point
of the compass, and again went
down that internal slope, covered
as it was with trees. immense rocks, and
dying men That time 1 struck them
and Ching to the extreme right yelled tc
both officers and men my orders, telling
them when they saw me jump up and
wave my sword, they should follow me
to the rear. went from the extreme
right to the extreme left, and then re.
turned to the center as near as 1 coule
guess it. Then 1 sprang up, waving
nv sword, and the whole line rose with
yell. Before We had gone half way
up the slope, there came old Genera
Green on horseback, with regiment or
the full run. Over us they wen
to take our places and save
that part of the line. The
old veteran, regardless of his exposure
on horseback in that hell hole, made di.
rect for me, and instantly stopped. In
the meantime his Pennsylvaniaus had
gaineh the ditch, and our men were over
the hill. think I never heard such a
torrent of oaths as he poured upon me-
He didn't take time to breathe. 1t was
all in "a piece. Talk about verbal fire.
works. forgot all about our danger
the hoIse. or the lines. I was more
scared of the old general than 1 had
been at any time during the
hghtj We yelled at each other, 1 in ex-
planaiion, and he IN denunciation. FL
nally he rode away reckoning me with
his hand to follow HIM, and finding my
general, asked in torrent of oaths what
it meant. repeated the story that 1
was acting under orders. You may
imagine my surprise when my general
cody said 81 never gave such an or
derry l expected bullet through my
head, or 70 have my shoulder straps
ripped of. I don't remember just how
it terminated, as the shells were explod-
ing around Us fearfullY thick, but per-
sonal staff officer Of my General sought
me and said: 81 heard the order, and If
you get into any trouble, you may de-
pend on me-"
In the whirI of the fight we parted
troms Green's brigade. and being subse-
luently detached, / never saw them
again. 1.-THE truth IS" replied the sol
Tier, II was like the man at the circus
who had his pocket picked before the
performance commenced. He couldn't
ell much about the show. And that
incident 30 bothered me
hat I cannot recall much that 1 went
;hrongh that day, which otherwise
would haye been remembered"
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