Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-21
THE BATTLE FIELD
As an Old Soldier Describes Il Il
His Diary.
Quite Different from she Scuiimeuia!
s:u.h Of the Orator-i ooisiu;:
Over 'he s'fc!d-.su=yiu:
che Dead.
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II lit>bl.Ie b4alAtOCHI
The Fourth Of July orator loves 20 talk
alb M The led Of carnage. lie says tie
ground * ned with blood, and that Head
bodies lie SO thickiy that one cannot walk
without trcadin% ul0n them. This = the
y.riest uush imaginable. How many men
would il have takcA t. thicbiy sticy' t. bat
tle-ieli Of Chaplin Il as, or how H,uc.l hlpad
to paint it red: Tie ground fought over ~as
about nine miles ia length, and from one 10
four inics Ia width. This Goes not inc.ude
the cavalry operations There were Il t men
enough in bah armies 10 'strew il thicaly
if every one al them hal been kiilri and
strewr around The diary from which The
sketch Of the lattle was taken contains tie
note, 81 tour Of portion Of the ID the
next day. which are r.ore reliaile than tn
sentimental gu,h 0: The orator. or lhs land
sketches of the war corresr Cadcnt.
FIELD Ho-H.rAL, CHAPLIS HlLI-, Ky,
Oct. 9-Fight.ns is bad business. Il i crae!;
il Is damnab,e; but there is cniy room.
enough in this c ,uutry for oHe flag. and that
fag is the stars and stripes" Men may
come and men may so, but the "!d "a /; slall
stay forever.
Bragg skipped OF last might in the 'iIca-
ton OF Harrod,burg Cur hatter.e, sent ont
feelers. but got no response, and Il vas not
long after daylight uu,il it was laarc,d they
had all gone, bag an beg sa-", leavi y, their
dead for us to bury. They san. III burial
squads last night. hui. ius.eai Of 10 liJG
alter their killed. the w.lt { killing oar
pckets. whereupon tns truce was declared
off. and their squads sent lack. All day
long ambulanccs kept corning IN VITA
wounded that hal been picked Up IL cd
places o. overlooked last night.
The rebel, wcr, kind to our wounded. n
WAYS giving them attention, aut Mt u1-l
after their own had Lecn cared io-. y thay
had posse ssion of that portion OF the ;iaid
where uu- regiment di: most Of l. fSI;Ec,
number OF our wounded fell INTO their
hands.
In company with two other slightly
wounded linen, | went over that portion 4
the field where cur division fought. Tao
place looked natural enough, and. save for
the number of twigs and small limb, cover
ing the ground and the scars on the trees
there was nothing 10 show that iiuythin;
unusua! had been gong on. looked III vain
for the heaps Of dead and the pools o. blood,
SO much talked about 10y stump speakers AMI
poets Up on the knoll whore We received
the first voiley we founl three or four bodies
lsll, lpiApst iA4t AiANNtAs-i "a 49, - -
meut as ii changed front, We found several
more. Down in the hollow, whore we ham
mered the Twenty-second Mississippi hari,
there We're a good many dead rebs.
l stood up on log, where | could SEE all
around for "A considerable distance. and |
could only count about dozen bodies rs
near as we could estimate. our regiment
fought over fifty acres Of ground. Our lbs.
in ki!lej on the field was about thirty. Sup
posing the rebels lost the same, that would
make sixty. or a little more than one man to
the acre That is not very thick strcwing.
Sometimes there are two or three in place,
but generally they arc lying around, every
one to himself.
There were details from each regiment
sent out Ia gather up their dead AMI bury
them. The foar killed in my company were
buried under an oak tee on thu hili'ide near
where they fell Stout stake, We're driven
in the ground at the. head OF each
grave on which was carved th-
name q the occupant Tho nam,
were also carved tho oak tree. To-
gether with the number Of the grave TIE
st we could do was 10 wrap the Toys in
their blankets closely. cover them over witt
leaves, and then tumble in the dirt. |. wa
not much like funeral-it was more f a
business marter The idea was IL Keep the
bodies in a good shape a possible, "a they
may he recognized II their friend come after
them
| suppose our folk ct hone ud think Us
a hard lot If they could see how iadliIcrently
We look on a deaf man. While uu' in the
the corl.iicll. near where Loo;nIs battery had
such long hard tusSie ! saw them carry a
10. OF dead rebels up % where q long french
had been dug. There Mu-t have been fty
bodies. ami when tac trench was ;in she
they commenced pa.;ius them %. At iir,t
they were dropped down carefully. boat th-
b vs. got tired. 81 wac very u0Tl "a 0u-
job AMI began rambling IN In 'gl;s i.an
pixies, aS they wo@li i.-
= met M, ais would tumble in face iowa
yard. ami the boys would sing out. ~AhdU.
face. Close ". on tie ,e.t. Cover yo.lr Tie
leader III you set t.reI tg-n over. AMI tir
like. II sounded liti.e IolSh, t,i, tlssa are
rough times AMI his = rough ba-iu..>. t,-
sides, tEe,e ara ruI.h men. TLey are y n
Kentucky, All .aes a.e = j., b.i seea al e.
he is ,.eai
While coming tack t. TIE hospital -re
found Ike Green, 81 I com! any. Langin-,
ncross the fence aead RE saw a;.t ycs,er-
day while s- were n the sS.rm.sh lnr. ami
lie was not able 10 get INTO a wagon After
getting rest Il ! suppose he started - hual u
up. ard while Climbing over The fence he va,
s;Tucl with u bullet. ana there b. stopT.d
The kali passed through MS sts-nl ana
ami spine. lie Wa 10 coward. g,Ss D. ". l.i
have IA ID to other way Nh u he hal such
a 'Od cl.al,e
Several "a al men have lsea ,snI tn mol .
low i1Es or behind log 05 r1css a, though
they hal De "a wosTl--l and cT..us-d 30 .har- Z
q proie-; themselves one Psa- fellow sat
beside biz r, with Bible - has haaL .
h had been passed dozen time, ami more !
during the ,iay D. ambl.aace driver, a1d
burial - Iad>, but hey .i th1lyit tHat be- .
was alive. lie bad been shot H. the tAiza. /.
and ne had gone Il this tIes ilT TrIiec.i1.s. B
Taking rs Bible cat, lie thought. ~ Doubt. 4
that Ee would fiu8 @ nso.ati.a n reading Z {
hut ahiic it-i2E ;c1Eea ;s-I c-.t EI:ii az ,-l .
the hack q tire mex deep enough 90 .-ras .
tie spinal c-gt h.s aeaa dy1F{--l forward .
5 lttle, a1t tier, b. sat
over ia tse zen Eell. vEars Horn IA {
tery va p,s=ta.. sis El1al as ta-r 1.f. -.y- .
fully Hal We II s.grt Oh r. With H. "
woull Eav- ttel ;e-rlliF GauMe-e5. Ta.re
mus have eel a: i-a>t . dorm .!51 F. El.rses +.
srcund t-era. tut somehow there ucre no;
mary Esen hart E-ses, shells B., ter most .
effective W.rS II s-EE.I.g t. Olys SHE'S
howl fTsSAtfGliy
There were a god ussuy sollI slit asi .
shell lying a-ouni. AMI tllAs,s yl7s JrlcS
enough whsu o-e 80 1CN1 and looszsj t.a~aiy
Tor them
Laying sentiment ASIDE SaJ Ll..i-sl F.,--r
nose - YOU couldn't smell =, dead r~--
You wuu.d ncc have been side 8 see 1rs
thing about that old curn5ali llTe0e -ss-l.
any other oornfeii i fast. q NJ -. zsE
aware Il what haas tsasn -1,uE q c-e.s a.l--.
easily IzSS from ol- end q the 1r.i l. -.
other without knowing 6a vs. On = bs..ls
fed There 5 9 great deal written abJas
battles and bate lel4s Ia. + LOT b5rus oCI
by tie facts
which Explained NJ.
y: was no= the dthrup bad taken, AZ 4
Kerry pcrss-: charged NTH te.nE drunk
and diso-:erlv. -bu. Lad = sh-aoke CT . 4
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