Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
BULL RUN.
XII, d,p's "Reminiscences Of Mano,.n,
ATLANTA tGa.) Constitutional

xul dsT's "Reminiscences Of Manas.n,.
ATLANTA tGa.) Constitutional
twenty-five years! A quarter Of a
stury has passed since the first battle
Manassas. What an awful scene !.
that first battle. At home It was
full when one man was suddenly
led. It startled o whole community
the news of it was carried from
shbor to neighbor until it was the
( of the county. Here were men.
ppg men, healthy and strong and
ave, shot down by the score. MANY
re dead and many were dying, and
ey we're all around me. The pine
cket and the open field close by,
bere the Eighth Georgia and Fourth
albania fought side by side, was
ccked with them. That pine grove
d field was o terrible shock to me, for
friends were there and some of nv
pdred. The dead seemed asleep with
cir arms near by. The wounded
ked for water. Their surviving COM
des had left them to pursue an
emy that was still fighting, though
treating. We hurried to the branch
water. We rode to the rear for
lip for ambulances, We found the
punded all along the route and the
Tvs was that Barlow and Bee were
lied and Col. Gardner was wounded.
ID prisoner. Shout after shout was
Pard as the front advanced and the
emy retreated. Everywhere there
as wild hurrying to and fro. Am
dances went on the run to the battle
bid. Couriers with orders flew in hot
pste over hill and plain. Generals
18th their staff galloped from hill to
i'll to overlook the movements of their
oops who were surging and swaying
double quick and yelling like wild
omanches as they drove back the
pemy and broke their columns. The
If was filled with smoke. The minnie
alls ratified through the pines or spent
heir force against the fences or upon
he ground. The cannonading was in
essant and was continued long after
he enemy was out of reach. The terri
lie sound Of it lent wings to their fight
nd they left everything behind them.
Night strut down upon the scene and
(rought rest-rest for the weary, but
(ot to the wounded. All night long
~ ,atched and waited, and nursed and
fQfd BED them as best we could. The
Cons knife was busy, and as one
fellow was attended to and moved
be doctor wiped the perspiration
lis brow and hurriedly said
There was not q groan nor
ms and legs were hastily
Won't believe that the
ling then. The ex-
= ictory had wrought
that smothered feel
and laughed and
IONS dressed their
Miller cut ball
zip that had come
other side,, and
done, and as the
octor's hand he
wouldn't take q
- this." TWAS Sun
day for such deeds of
le nea>blay was devoted to
ur own dead were buried
ected by their friends and
eadboard marked the name.
were lined in trenches
% feet in nameless graves.
a hick in some places, SO
ne could step from corpse
was the third day before
were buried, and they
nd looked fat and bloated,
their clothing had bursted
flesh. There was COM
Iaves in Turkish costume,
like race OF giants sleep
Dead horses strewed the
they were swollen too and
ID out without touching
d the buzzards sat upon
ID feasted upon their eye
weetest morsel to begin
b. horses fell dead on each
~ across and in piles, and
lad to be cut away.
are having reunions now,
see they are becoming
81 sc The South. It is sad to
few of company have sur
: rils of the war and the
of death since the war.
- icy go. But let them
comfort, and let their
ether as they talk over
(Ubfious past. A regiment
. about o company now, but
\ more years it will take a bri-
n But few are under forty-fye,
and many have q wound that has never
healed or disease that will not cure.
God bless them all, and inspire their
children to love their country as their