The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16
Battle of Franklin.

HOOD could not resist the tempta.
ton to pursue schoheld (who had b,.t
seventeen thousand men, while Ia hoa
over forty thousand, whom he honss s.'',l
to overtake and DESTROY before gIr {.
could reach Nashville. It was > roas
between them. Schofield had nasal
through Columbia in rapid march ~
enemy in hot pursuit. The next no;nt S,,s
ne was aiming to reach was the VILLAGE
OF Franklin, which lies in the bend =
a little river. that sweeps around f II
he could but get his artillery and ha.,
gage.trains safely across that rivar &
would afford him o. line of defense
which he could hold till he could con.
tinue the march in safety. Accordinolv
he had sent forward pressing mae.
sage to havepontoons at that point 10
construct bridge, that he might pass
over without delay. What was his
CONSERVATION on arriving to findthat
not q single pontoon had been provid.
ed! Nothing remained but to throwun
hasty earth-works across the river
and drawing his little army within n
to make his stand there, to live Or ia
die. The confederaJes came on IL
force, and attacked with the utmost
fury. Braver men never marched 10
battle. The events ofwar, as ofpeace.
sometimes depend on very slight
causes. 1t Is said that the day before.
Hood had been in i'll humor, and had
reproached his generals for allowing
the federal army to escape at Sprine
Hill. Such reproaches stung theproud
spirit of brave men, and they went in.
to battle with bitter feeling, deter.
mined to leave no chance forreproach
hereafter. Inthis mood Cleburne, who
made that gallant charge at Chicka-
mauga, led his division into the fire,
ard was actually squirting his horse
over the breastworks, when horse
and rider fell under shower OF balls.
His death recalls an incident OF which
Sam Jones makes very effective use.
1t seems that the confederate line, as
it advanced, was enfiladed by federal
battery. Seeingh his men cut to pieces.
Gen. Hood sent one Of his aides With
the following order: "Giye my compli
ments to Gen. Cleburne, and tell him
to do me the favor to take that bat
teryp' The aide disappeared, and
quickly returned with the message
"Gen. Cleburne is dead, sir. Again
the commander spoke: Give my com:
pliments to Gen. Adams, and tel him
to carry that battery"
The carnage was fearful. in those
FIVE hours 1.-THE battle began at fouI
o'clock in the afternoon, and CONTINUED
till nine, and at that seasonal was
the last day OF November, when the
sun sets before five o'clock lit was
chiefly after nightfall, so that botn
sides could see to fire only by the
flashing of each Others guns) the con-
federates lost SIX thousand men lne
number of officers killed was such as
was seldom known in the war. slr
Cunningham, Of the Nashville AMER
can, says that, though he was iittls
more than a boy he was In the ranks
and In the very front. The flrst cnargs
OF the confederates had broken oul
line in the centre, and though tney
were soon driven back, they stiil ne.o
a portion OF the breastworks; walle
our troops soon formed another llhe
behind it. The two we're but twenty
FIVE yards apart, and at this close rahsS
poured q muroerous fire into eaen
other, and that when he came 70 1''s
ditch it was filed with the dying ana
the dead, so that he had TO oclimD osst
them to get to the breast wolhs,' !, ~
Those standing in the ditchl9aueo 1i'o
rifles, and passed them up to those y
front, who thus keep up q coiis.''ns
firing; but expecting every momehe,: s.
the assault seemed hopeless, 20 recs'ss
an order from Gen. Stahi, wiio #s.s
standing just behind them, 70 resrea.,
but the grim soldier, with ue.ln@r aa'asr
stubborness, answered only h:eE
firing!v when ne, too, was rlddieu Nisn
bullets. AS they carried him ouoyllr
he called for his colonel TO turn ose5
the command to him, who continueo
the desperate battle till he, too, IN. N"'
shot down; and (as Gov. Cox, oi on14'
who was III the battle, and mas W.
ten the history OF the canlpa,'IEd III
tells the story he was 50 wa''s aat
in bv the slain that he could r. ',s
fall, and there was seen Y s'i 4
gray Of the morning still erect E. s. ! !
giving the word OF command g .nsa 81
sbivouac of the dead = ~ -
this rage OF battle, this boy -so'o'sr' i,
whose comrades were falling every ~ u
stant beside him expected thae unw ~
next minute would be his last -. Tx tb,a
he escaped, he cannot tell. Z q srs. y.
day a horror comes over nm a. -
calls that awful moment when
"cannon to right Of them,
Cannon to left 81 them,
Cannon ia front Of them,
yolIied and thundered,"
And how he was saved
ssOut OF the jaws Of deatl,
Os.sof the north OF helt =