Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-22
WOUNDED AND 70 the REAR.

Gettysburg, should say so, said Gen. r.
w. johnson the brave commander of the
LIST Division OF the 14th Army Corps.
Gettysburg don't compare with it. re.
marked Gen. Thos. Ruger OF the Red Star
Div. OF Hooker's goth Corps. at sur.
passes every panorama, is the decision OF
His Honor Judge Rea whose gallant squad
ron of cavalry settled suits with charges
far on the left flank of the 22d OF July.
The well known Gettysburg panorama
relegated to second position by the grand
Atlanta War Panorama. Veterans rs
they stand upon the platform gaze north
ward TO Kennesaw Mt. and tell OF at
tacks, battles and march that oc-
Cured in the valley beyond, Of the
desperate battles in the burnt hickory,
country, c. struggles along the 0ostanauIa
Resesa, Rocky Faced Ridge, Dalton, then
Chcamauga's field to the left of Dalton.
The veteran sees "A hundred days OF battle
and perhaps three hundred miles OF march
that placed the Union Army in the field
spread before him. Back again over this
distance he thinks OF the guarded line Of
supplies covered by brother soldiers ready
TO battle for the cracker and ammunition
line, the single artery OF LIES supply upon
which the army depended; remembers, too.
that beyond Chattanooga this same line
OF supply was guarded through to Nash
vile, nearly three hundred miles from At
lanta. This devious railroad ran through
a country admirably adapted to cover at
tacks by PARTISAN bands. He knows that
the battle OF Atlanta was fought under
every adverse circumstance and won
as General Logan says by the splen
did bravery and tenacity OF the men, and
the ability and skill OF the officers OF the
army of the Tennessee" Standing on the
pa Drama platform the respected
surgeon of the LIST Dav. 18th Army
CORPS, DR.. Geo. +. French, remarked Major
Hotaling. (All veterans call the Colonel
Major.l He was Gen. Logans chief of staff
Do you know that We burned over 81, OO0,-
600, worth ofour hospital property before
we broke up things at Atlanta previous TO
our march to the sea. 'Yes, and that is
not ali" said the Colonel. I'VE left the
foundations for the Minneapolis o. the
South. which Atlanta has since become. I"
Col. Goodnow joined the party and en-
deavored to repeat the roster of his 18th
Indiana, under his eye in line OF battle nov
as then.
II thought" said the Colonel. there was
only one battle of Atlanta but now ] am
at a loss to know which is the real battle
field this or the one downin Georgia. And,
added the Colonel, ''our friend Frank
DeGress il dead. ! can think OF him now,
MS iNo EuBiH ttso Ailth
off for safety, and Frank standing between
the two guns Of his It section, a lanyard
ia either hand and the shouts Surrender,
damn you. Surrender. and don shoot"
Don't shoot the plueky little Yankee"
which came from the confederate assault
ing column the instant before the two
rushing charges OF canister tore through
their ranks caused momentary check
that enabled Frank and Sergeant Wyman
to plug the vent holes with rat tail files.
Yes, Frank got away, a confederate bullet
killed Wyman as he jumped. The John
MES never fired shot from Franks big
rifles. although the ground was strewn with
ammunition. In three quarters OF an
hour Frank had his guns again. The Gen
eraI (LogauI the old I'd Div. Mersey's bri-
gade of Gcn. Dodge's 10th corps and Gen.
Wood with his first Division OF the 18th,
did the work. Five minutes after 20
poupd,r shells were going out OF the guns
toward a point where they were liable to do
most good(?) These same old guns, save
the one burst that afternoon by using dou-
bic rations of percussion shells, made the
march to the sea. Savannah's fortifica-
tiuns suffered from them. The Capitol
building al Columbia, 5. c.. yet bears the
shell mark of De Gress' guns. Gen. Sher-
man said they were worth their weight in
gold.