The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
WOUNDED AND TO THE REAR.

Gettysburg, I should say So" said Gen. R.
w. johnson the brave commander OF the
1st Division of the 14th Army Corps,
Gettysburg don't compare with it," re-
marked Gen. Thos. Ruger OF the Red Star
Div. OF Hookers Goth Corps. 'tIt sur.
passes every panorama, is the decision OF
His Honor Judge Rea whose gallant squad
rontoi cavalry settled suits with charges
far on the left flank OF the 22d 81 July.
The well known Gettysburg panorama
relegated to asecond position by the grand
Atlanta War Panorama Veterans ns
they stand upon the platform gaze north.
ward to Kennesaw Mt. and tell OF at
tacks, battles md march that oc-
Cured in the valley beyond, OF the
desperate battles in the burnt hickory,
country, OF struggles along the Oostanaula
Resaca, Rocky Faced Ridge. Dalton, then
Chicamauga's field to the left OF Dalton
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 tho guarded line Of
supplies covered by brother soldiers ready
to battle for the cracker and ammunition
line, the single artery OF life's supply upon
which the army depended; remembers, too,
that beyond Chattanooga this same line
OF supply WAS guarded through to Nash
WIG, uoLTly UuIec uuuurEu IulteS lEOIu Az.
lantn. This devious railroad ran through
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
rs 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. F. French, remarked Major
Hotaling. All veterans call the Colonel
Mallory He was Gen. Lognns chief OF taff.
Do you know thatwe burned over 50, OOO,-
900, worti OF our hospital property before
webroke up things at Atlanta previous to
our march to the sea. eyes, and that is
not all. said the Colonel. eve left the
foundations Tor the Minneapolis OF the
South. which Atlanta has since become"
Col. Goodnow Joined the party and en-
deavored to repeat the roster OF his 18th
Indiana, under his eye In line OF battle now
as then. III.
"I thought" said the Colonel, sthere was
only one battle Of Atlanta but now I am
at:n loss to know which is the real battle
field this orthe one down in Georgia. "And,
added the Colonel, ..our friend Frank
DeGress is dead. I can think Of him now,
his two right guns spiked, his mon ordered
off for safety. and Frank standing between
the two guns OF his left section, a lanyard
In either hand and the shouts Surrender,
damn yol, Surrender, and don shoot!''
"Don't shoot the plucky little Yankee"
which came from the confederate assault
Ing column the instant before the two
rushing charges OF canister tore through
their ranks caused nomentary check
that enabled Frank and Sergeant Wyman
to plug the vent holes with rat tail files.
Yes, Frank got away, o confederate bullet
Killed Wymnneas he jumped. The John
MES never firedla shot from franks big
rifles. although thu ground wasstrewn with
!. hour Frank had his guns again. The Gen.
eral Logan the old I'd Div. Mersey's l,ri-
gatle Of Gen. Dodge's 10th corps and Gen.
Wood with his first Division OF the 5th
did the work. Five minutes aftur 90.
FOUNDER shells were going out OF ]. the guns
toward a point where they were liable to de-
most good e These same old guns, save
the ono burst that afternoon by using dou-
BILE rations OF percussion shells, made tho
march to the sea. Savannah,s iortifica.
tions suffered from them. The Canitol
building at Columbia, s. c.. yet bears the
shell mark OF De Gress' guns. Gen. Sher.
man said they were worth. their weight in
gold. 81
MEMORIES OF THEPAsr.
355 "It was beautiful mo onlisht nisht that
night OF the Rd, Hottalltne, said the col.
onel, and in caring for, my wounded, and in
looking to the welfare q my boys Ineyer
saw a field so thickly tstrewns with The M.
turned faces Of the dead. i tl,ourht al vui,
then. Colonel Hottalling. and 81 the order
you brought us that tho Fourth division
must retake those rifle pits Il Ne Loaf baii
ourmetf Id doingso 81. z was IN Battery a -
said Colonel Hottalling and the general
sent me to Morgan q. Smith, to aid him Ia
holding that line. 4 was fond 81 BATTERY d,
It was originally the Dearborn Artillery
Militia company Of Chicago. 4 IL was With
Grant Of Belmont. p and a comprised the
artillery there. Peter Wood had il at