The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-07-23

Shiloh. it was with us at tEicksburc, and
at Mission Ridge. was in battery opposite
Howell's guns This day l stood by the
right section, talking to Lieut.. Smyth
and thought We had repulsed the
massed attack. We had, but it was
only the first line. The powder and
smoke was so dense and as was stooping
to look under the cloud when the second
pline OF confeds poured over our works
md through the cut, gaining our rear. Our
battery horses were being shot down. Lieut..
Dutch took in the situation at glance.
Those of his men who heard his order and
followed him, escaped. can't say precise
~ how did get off but one thing | do re-
membcr-that it occurred to me if ! hur-
ried | should probably go to Atlanta, so
Just sorter sauntered Off disresarding calls
for surrender, surrender, got into a ra-
| vine by the caissons and rallied some OF
| our boys, got them to shooting then picked
up another squad so that by the time /
heard old Col Mercy Dutch profanity, I
| had perhaps a couple ofhundred OF our boys
busy and Morgan l.. and Lightburn and the
other officers were doing the same. The
scene shown in the panorama describes
what happened Immediately after. better
than can tell it. To me it is simply won
tlerful and l feel every old soldier OF the
Army Of the Tenne ssee and his friends.
if they knew what they would
see, would gladly travel hundreds of miles
| to visit the panorama. Sergeant Sweenie
| says that one OF his gunners threw himself
across Lieut.. Robb's dead body, iegned
death and laid there until we drove the
Johnnes out OF the works. Then he
jumped up and got gun. The Rev. Sam.
| Jones and sam. Small came i'll the other
day said Col. Hottalling. "They were both
too young to remember the scenes OF TWEEN
ty years ago altho they instantly recog-
nized every point in the distant landscape
and commented on it's truthfulness, but
the moment they were told what houses
now stand on the ground near by US here,
they added roads and houses so rapidly
| that WAS surprised to see how thorough
lv they knew the ground which is now the
little town OF Edgewood, and yet the battle
field and its scenes which are SO familiar
to us veterans quite unintellisible to them,
altho' natives to the manner born. You
would be surprised could you listen us
do to the never ending stories and Incl
dents that are provoked and told con
cerning the ground before us.
That cloud Of dust which fills the air and
partly wells Stone Mountain has II clear
significance to most old soldiers. Nothing
but a wagon train or heavy bodies OF cav
airy create that cloud OF dust. The whole
army train was in that vicinity. More
than 1000 wagons moving up from Ros
vile to guard which one small brigade had
been placed at Deca tur. 1t was a brigade
OF veterans; Jersey men, Wisconsin men,
Ohio and Illinois were in that brigade OF
Col. Spragues. The attack delivered upon
it by Whecler's cavalry corps was vigorous
and well sustained. Wheeler, in his report
states that he could not, with his cavalry
disodge the division of infantry in fact
there were not IL thousand muskets. But
. Sprague was there and got his wel-earned
, star that day. Coddecks Jersey men would
not down nor fall back until Sprasuc witt
. to tears straining down his cheeks, begged
them for Gods sake to do so. Sprague
knew OF a cross roads and should he lost
this regiment as he inevitably must ii the,
did not fall back, there was every proba
bility OF the ultimate destruction OF hi.
command. But Lieut.. Col. Jerry Rusl
was battling back charge and assault ano
held the ground until his Wisconsin boy
were joined by the Jersey men. Every mar
in Spragues brigade was hero that day
They held the cracker line which that nigh
. was sale behind the solid front OF the armie
OF the Cumberland and the Tennessee"
Such panorama MS Atlanta must b
seen many times in order to appreciate it
wealth in historical fact. Its proposed t.
make it a permanent attraction OF Mime
npolis.