The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-26
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Soldiers Forty-EIght Wounds.

- Among. the battle; scared veterans
the civil war who went from Maine 81,
John + Chase, on Augusta Heswa
rugged farmers boy, eighteen ~!
age, when, prompted by a sense eof lo5 5al s. s.
ty, he rallied to his country Is defense.
He was the fifth who enlisted in this
State under the first call dor troops ih
1861. Four brothers of his Rlso enlisted
two of, whom were killed .aadS two Weres
wounded. He took part ii all the hst
tiles of the Potomac, from tie first Bull 4
Run to Gettysburg. During hisS entifeN
term Of service the post OF. duty and dan
ger always found him present. his "a
the testimony of his Captain, which shas
often been expressed. He never aspired &
to rank, not even to wearing the cheyrmisS;
of q Corporal. He was content, as :Fells
as proud, in simply being carlnoneer
l, of the Fifth Maine Battery. Two
weeks ago Private Chase was in: Washs s
ington, when General Black Comnlisss
sioner of Pensions, in introducing him tbs
his friends, said !: Here's d man s:wh5s
probably has more wounds on his persoli
than any other soldier living. 2
General Black did not speak unadvis
edly. For nearly three years Private Chase
went through every arducus and trying
campaign of his battery without d scratch e
to be at last bittered and sbtok by A.
rebel she'll on the bloody field OF Gettys|
burg. He bears forty eight wounds as the
mementoes of that battle. dc scarcely 6
seems credible that one could have passed 3;
through such q fearful baptism of blood q
and still survive: The story may be 'oldk'
in few words: ,IIs
The Fifth Maine Battery was attached &
to the First Corps under General ReysE
nolds. It was the third day of the fight q
and the battery was posted on Seminary s
or Weeds Hill. The Confederate Gers
-eral Pickett vas makiDg. Ibis. famous
charge on our left centre, and S:ifee4
artillery duel was in progress. The battery }
was in hard place, being between cross-ig
fires. The air was full of the missiles of :
death. The heroic Chase, with his shirt !
sleeves rolled up and his face black with I
powder and smoke, was in the oct Of /
ramming home cartridge whena Com
federate shell fell about three feet from
him aud burst. The fragments flew In |!
all directions. Chase wgs thrown nearly |
q rod from his gun snd fell insensible,
His clothes were literally strippeed from
his body. Hisy right arm was blown off,
his left eye literally torn from It's socket,
while the breast and shoulders were CASH q
ed with wounds. He was carried to the s
rear. Two days after, when the dead a
we're buried, he was being conveyed with
Others to the grave. A groan from him
attracted attention, and he mas discover.
ed to be alive. Upon recovering cor-
sciousness the first words that came from
his lips were: "Did We win the1battle ." I"
Private Chase's pluck at elIorsville
received the commendation of General
Hooker. His battery was facing q most
destructive fire from the eneny's batter.
les. All the officers and men of his
battery being either killed or wounded,
he, with another brave comrade, fired
his gun seven times after the other guns
of the battery had ceased work. THE gun
was then dragged off by the two, the +
horses having been shot or disabled, to
prevent its capture dy the enemy, who &
shortly afterward occupied the. position
that had been vacated by our retreating
forces. s.-Lewis Me- Journal.