The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-08
WAR MEMORIES.
FIGHTING AROUND srorrsyLvASIA.
frank wnkcson In N. Y. star.I ]

he Wilderness Was q thing OF the past That dense |
M Scl nd an NJ Ky N w itsSsS IA % ii,e morning inc
!saa H.iaa rim Corps notified the Union troops I
mt ts;SS Sou,eucru,yv veeu iVnno, c.ru move.
nen 10 OH ,ne iei, OF ae Wilderness, and
,orps had marched parallel with It, and nau taken
position behind the river NY, which was more
properly 9 creek w, We were not IN this nuh,, bu,
lime did the battles rcat rise 10 Volume which u.
,,cs'es a aeree SnsaSe,nsns on May The STt,,S
Mound s'sl ocS ssssa
p Ne .SSs sssJS vs SSsy ug tsS snna %os ssH
Shooting. Al nisrvas tIcFe swoald,bs 3, ,StasS. OF
nv sss sSsa Sa ' nsss s ss a Ts aTe 0Sss Sss
70 seal lighting. That nigh, we heard that Gen.
I.edwtck, commanding the sixth Corps, had been
fcdepate pickctiinc; 80. / II h, M
sMsy 40, and TO nS!'Iee ncsan Tse I'D, an Q; the
louder than II had been In the wilderness. The
troops fought all day. solid roll OF musketry min
served, caused the air to CULVER After fighting ail
ay, We spent largo portion OF tho might ~ fruit
Sss ensaySIs n u aS ssS Uss s F ns
kesse ~ sNoHlhE III lay OF the land, which they
.evcr ild know, to nnd that VIC were again In front
u o ,narche,i by night nn,l Our homes were exceed
''ss sSSc IaS Inc halter, stryed wbh was marked Tor
res, nrar n tna,l down which woWn,ihd inch kere
sfsaniinv in s,raSSps coItpn. "TES ThsSe MeAyN yNeT
Sns,ss Of worm s; fences ,ap'SS nn
spsad their blankets from rail TO rail TO make shade
There they rested nnd patiently waited for their
army The sIrht Of these moor. stricken men mr. ihey
helped one nnohcr; M thay hound ono aiiolhurs
wnpnds, ma ihry na,uf,S hvbnled Ia and tro iot
water wa. n ,uosl naihc,jc rnr T,kev iinej thc
t,adsds Tor mali mia. Observation-Disclosures s',wcrr
g an gsa ss az nn YER % Ir n ,Ee re, 'I9se @ SUr
.s ,,irrny n,,,s, nf mar,ia, n ,nas S"on tho h"ad
of n column nj iroons game in sigbt UT,ceps were
tidinv an horses thnt nra,,crd nj the so,isrs The
mem were % ~, nesi,y cIn, and ihc,r brass shouder.
Mates shons Srioh,iv m ,Se s,,n ' ''"'' '"'''e'
ne HeaSy arerymsn @ ~ rom m 'ne ,piiImsa1"ns @
smvrn, ""'"'"e'o"' 0"0 VI my '"'"'"''' "''''
Thc fresh a,,I,era vxete uatt,,nv bean,ifu,,v
They were % singing IovdIs AMI ,WneialIy, Ihes were
nn9srn,iv isa .t,,i ,sI,h ~" nrnrnf -, ans,,ny ~
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NE INNS % an ,nr Sa,,le jIno rhcrc was sone,6lnS
,,sS,Ssn, IN IN ,Sn ,vnrr ~ fho nnnor. ond N, ihS
nn,p rE,ra or an" rannnn. mi ihan canraM vcts
eoStl rnd ~ ~ e y ssrscd SnN I,oih,v omsI
!aEy ,couln M uiu puivellne cnalgng c%oiumns. %
ra. na. eayg Sor. ,e. osn,osJ mo,,os o ann,, s
,net ;,oaa MOI, n, cui,scd in ,hot orr, hos,so @
nas @ tnese Sn aa " gh,sSm sn ~ nn. ai oeoshse ~
tney eApcc,eu ~ ngut ucmLhM eaItnWo,ss, VI uo
saieiy garrison HI tne LOTS wpun surlounu Masning
Ton: we uiu no. cotton 10 ihese troops inc neau
OF the heavy arllllery cOlM the inot a'ned N IN,
,a .an,Iy, ME ur"S. dlioIg !ne Wno lhsu
lsl, lH@usWA @ WA V,H wIenfS 9t s9HG,I w., w.,
ilusu tVe nGw comeis., MGn WOW. HaqnlnsiE no,iN
~ 1Ln vi III ,Ns, tvH ~ W riouuI M
Wyana oMmasgi M taGeyor ~ uceu 'nsn iylng n ,entS @
SViliers. a,u UeisNey snou.. i, ha. s WIN. W!
VIII catch up y"ndef TN IN Inc WOODS % anu tney wTms ns
solemhiy lnalcaue tne pof,on OI .ne Iolcst tiey
nesnt uy eH'enmk ais uiii u, wmSI @ pieou M
IN urops; l saw one group Oh unese womnueu men
repeatedly cover anu uncover WIN Dlanket y ueau
ma man Whose lace was % norros dso,ea nn% snSw
troops, and fAis,y, ohpr.,e aud cause the!r Pale
cnee4slo guaa VII, ws.is.ve .onsuctnIas.s az ,ney y
rrW .ee .;oavy atI'iierSnens IaGes Dlancn. SUI
tne LOCALITY OF tne,I cannoh, anu tneh tenuer'y IN
o, soe so.SI WHOSE OF ~, Mtess s caagms
your earlhwoIk behind you7n And they would hob;
b!e along and soelnnly assure the man thai ne mad
S serTus % ss NJ % S ns T. s"%" ,n voas me
~OOns pouna WIN ou,s!Ielcneu OloOuy arms 10 tne
loros,, SnGfe me parie toaL resonnaeu DUETS
ea mpuaeny Ses and nj at the ' iul Se rcs
men,s as they marched ny; Long before t9e heavy
artllerymen had passed through inc bloody gaunt-
what war meant. 1t was not play, 1t was no!
Sne with ese"ie Hs nser
saf!ee, WHO dealt death aud grievolls wounds with
impartial hands. THESE troops passed us AMI en-.
tered tue WOODS anu the Dattle, AMI am rroud "a
| say that Their lighting was superb. Ihcy iough,
with seadiness ami determination ,hat co''!d mol
he eXceled. the whom army nonureu tnem Aitei
Srot!sylsania ! never heard z word spoken ashlns
the heavy aflillery wh0m, Grant summoned from
Washington TO maks good Ills Losses III the Wilder
ness. .l1 n. ...
The movable hight draEged along Until May H.
we fought mere. Wc charged there. We accom-.
plishcd nothing, Bnt early on the morning OF May
IL the Second corps carried by assault the Conied
crate works held by JohnstOn's division OF Ewell's
| corps, capturing about $500 prisoners anu thirty
guns Our troops caught the battle exhausted Con-
federates asleep In their blankets The Confederate
| line was broken. Their army was cut In twain
But II amounted to nothing. II the advantage had
| been lntclligenty followed up. 1t might have had
decisive results. As 1t was many thousand Of en
| listed men were Killed and wounded In furious
hght which lasted all day and the next morning We
found that the Coffederaes mad fortified l'ne VI
front of the captured WORKS. and Uuf osseB OF thou
sands OF Drate ilen Tese IN nothing bit the cap
lure Of twenty gums ueh Of THE guns wiicll were
captured by Inc Secund Corps were wresled IRON
them by Ewells iien In the lights that cnsucd) Tc
capture guns In action is considered to be mighty
feat O arms IN war; SO II is II general possessing
military instinct IL In command OF the victorious
troops, nnd realizes the condition OF the defeated
army Indicated by the bss OF guns. But II the ain
IL To he capture the guns, aud tiCn daSdle await
priceless hours or itnteB IN d,imirnk them, whii,
the enemy is reforming thtit esi why, II might b,
as well not to waste good soldiers lives in tile as
sault, ani draw few guns from the arsenasor bu!
| some from % fOundTy. hut this gun.capturng hum
| hug was on par with other military shains whcl
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