Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

When W. reached III line, ,oII thing
unusual occurred We were brought TO
attention: the colors, which always wers
covered with cases, we're taken out. til
drummers and ifcrs plnycd, Amt u
Cad t. e q, Out o de WILDERNESS |" while
we marched steadily IN the "cadenc'd step
across the border iatO free state. This
made a good deal Of Impression on Us, some
what weakened afterWard by finding that,
as TO wood and water, we were not SO free
as before
We were now in tka last days of June. On
the frs, day Of July We made our biggest
march-thirty odd mics fiom sun t. >un.
That day we found that there Were two
kinds Of people in Pennsylvania, ami iha.
only one KIM were Ike our own foli a.
we said In the Afternoon We heard firing
away off ahead and minors reached u OF
fighting in front ByttiS time there wlS Il
settl d conviction in the ranks that there
would lie big fight mar Gettysburg
That night we haltel at midnight The
colonel commanding ID brig Ide ut was tn
,ast fight for him) sat Al his horse close to Il
tree, at whose foot Eugene aud | had ruIle,I
.urs Ives u, ltt'rly nhlUsteI Mix, the
bugler, wa liHI,In his go-to- -b1 | call OF
tattoo. and that ,nloel calmly sail: Re
veie at g." think tiis was the m 81 IN
tensely di,aoreeahle remark ever hetrL
resolve 10 DEFY ti-c!Tdne and slesp a, long
a. liked, but when morning came got up
with th1 rest
The most of that ds we were lust on the
edge Of a fight, ami that is the time you ,eel
most uncomfortable II man ever tellS
you he felt jolly in suil circuustanc -, you
had better change tb su ject, as you are
not getting reliable Information To hear
lot Of firing Etls way of, and
lot of nasty, buznC. squealins, ~hin-
Ln- noises let lose uRomf .rtablY near you,
and 'hrn to have 10 5ep Still and think Of
everything you don'twant 10 think about
with NJ chance TO nze away in return, il
not so much mad IGing rs sickRnlng. |
know didn't like itR bit, and would have
been glad to he excuel Any man, il he
once gets whore n, hooting isn't all one
SIDED, can stay; he fsgcnarally too much in
terestei 10 think abdt going.
This day at Gettysurg. did not feel the
stase fri 'ht as unl. b'cau>e l WAS too
sleeuy, Every littlewhile, as we lav down
in various places, box Il snooz'. PerhaP-
| was saved a goo deal Of anguish this
way. and perhaDs c. Vincent did uS a good
tnrn In ordering tat very early reveills.
Certainly | would Rther feel sleepy than
scared
Along in the afternoon thing. seemed 70
thiCken up. They nd our regiment in close
column by division. and all the other regi
mentS in the corp. se ned to bs formed in
the same way, al these masses to bs in a
pretty compact lie l remember that the
regulars (whO constituted the buk Of tie
Second divisionl lIy on our left in same
formation; that ] saw the Hunirel an
For;y-sixth y w Yo'k, of that same lion,
in their singular light blue ant yellow
uniform, coming rpin place with the Others.
an noticed a col,e friend at the heal Of
his company Ash remember. we were on
pretty high groml, with higher still In
front. and back oI the plain cam long
sender ribbon Of h'antry The corps fig
at tie head with it Greek cross, told that
;hiS was the Sixth orps, who were finishing
a tremendous macn. such as we had made
the day before
But now our ia brigade call Of "Dan,
Dan! DAM Buttrfied. Butterfeld" rang
out in such an 'mphatic way as l never
heard b fore, anC brought US iustrntly 10
our feet 1t wassne last time | ever heard
1t in use. 1t seemed h Irdly a minute before
we were marching off. We weren't told
that we were goirg to hold the Little Rount
Top, but that was our mission Some staff
officer seemed to be riding ahel | and show
ing ths way, anda battery was piunging up
in The most reckless manner | ever saw, at
east one wheel ir the air all the while, while
we double-quickeI up at our best speed
1t is queer how n such a moment OF eN-
citement your mind is busy with some all
surdly trifliny thought, and how plainly
you remember this afterward At Freder-
icSsburg We were under very warm en-
ilading fire. and tle captain Of Company
reported the fact to the major. Ny thoughts
ran like this: "2ufi!adingl Never heard
that word pronomce!, though | have read
it all my life Now. first time hear 1t, l
am enfiladed Practical example, ike
Squsers' teaching at Dotheboys Hall" An
other time. at Cb Ancellorsville, was listen