The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-14
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 lre asTt ever saw dussng khe var aaya Govefaor Adrsi&1was ikepai ID on holA sldSs fcR an AenE er mese. E vas neces. sAryl 70 cross lhe valley raked Ay this aee1ly Asnbusc&ae and assAil tAa opp0sige ssdge In uEder ts sszssvss seszsss sss sssS SssHr .sess Ais sAseeghnla. ss N'hen General lohnssun came up and saw the situation, he eAiA to Aia saaa: They are oiEegins saaAhogn sssissanca here shah have to pat the hArunes to them, 1t was the crisis of tho eonGict. The federal key vas lnfsuat ~ bis Assaulk were asaecessfRk their lefs woald bas completely tnsned. and the victory won. He deearmined to chatga He sent Governor HaryiA ot bis ssad. to lead s Tennessee regiment; and, assss a brief conference with BseekeaEidga wheN he loved end admised. tha, efliess, followed by bis siaf, appealed ,o the sol- diers. he = outraged them wth his 6ne voice and manly bearing, General Johnston rcde oet ID front and slowly desn she hne. His hat was eA. Ats sword rested in its scAhhard, h his right hand he held . littlaAjn cup. the memo. rial of an ineids1 Nnt had occurred earlier in the d< kssius through a captured camp, taken thls toy, saying, Le. this bare of the spols today It was layshing which, holding is betwel yo fugers, he em- ployed more efsec( 1ly tn his nalaral and sifnple Ssss,sasss:ca .Asa m oss men could have used . sword. His presence was fall of inspiration. He sat on his thor. ough-bfed bay, Fre.eater,s with easy command. Hts vo'ee was persuasive, encouraging, and compelling. His words were few he sail; Menl they are stubboin; ~e must use the bayonet.' When he reached the eeesse ot the hne, be turned, Il will lead yoa r he cried, and mesed toward the enemy. The Ane was already thrilling and trembling with that irresistible afdor which in battle decides the day. With a mighty shous the l,ne Rovsd forward at . charge. A sheet of flame and a mighty roaI burst rom the federal stronghold. The con |. lederase Hue wl,hered but there was no, an instant's pause. The crest was gAlnsd. The enemy were iH flight. .s .c.
 General Johnston h d passed through the ordeal seemingly unhnr,. His horse vas shot in four places his clothes were pierced by missiles; his booe-sole vas cut and torn by A mimic; but if he him. seA had received any severe wound, he did not know it. At this moment Gov. egnor Harris rode up from the righI AAer few wesds. Geaerai JoAnssoa sent him witA. an order to Colonsl S,sathAm, which having delivered, he speedily "a. turned. To the meantime, knots and groups of federal soldiers kept SD dss- ultory 6se as they sesrealea upon theis supports, and their lest lipe, now yielding, delivered volley alter volley as they sal- lsnly retired. By the chance of var, q minie-ball from one os these did lss fasai york. As he sat there, alter his wound, Captain Wickham says that Colonel o'HAya, of hts stah, rode up, and General ] ,hnston said to him. We must 10 to the left, where the fl 6ing is heaviest, ssAsAsn gave him an order. which O'HaEA rode of to obey. Governor Harris returned, and, fading him very pale, asked him. General, are you weunded r He m. sweFed, in very deliberate and en,- phstie tone Yes, and, fear, ssrieusly. : These were his last words. Harris and Wickham led his hofse back under cover oi the hill, and lifted him from k They searched ., random ior the woaad, which had cut an artery in bis leg, the blood flowing into bis boot. When his brother-in-lsw, Preston, lifted his head, and addressed him with passionase Rrief, he smiled fainsly, but uttered no word. His life rapidly ebbed away, asd is tsw moments he was dead. ....
 His wound was not necessafiiy fatal. General Johnston's ovn knowledge of military surgery vas adequate fos iis coa. uol by As extemposized tourniqust, had he been aware or regardful of its nature. Dr. D. w. YAndsll, his surgeon, had At- tended hls person during most Of the moraing but finding . large sumbss ot wounded msn, including many lsdesais, at one point, General Johnston ordered Yanten to stop there, estabiish hos- pitai, and give them his services. He said tc Yandeii: 'Thsss men wsse ous enemies . moment ago they are psison- CTS nov. Take care of them yzndell semonstrated against leaving him, but he was peremptory. Had Yandeli remained with him, he would have had little difsi cui,y with the woaad."
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