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

Gettysburg, should say so" said Gen. r.
w. Johnson the brave commander OF the
LIST 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. ut sur
passes every panorama, /" is the decision OF
His HonorJudge Rea whose gallant squad
ron oi cavalry settled suits with charges
far on the lett flank OF the 22d OF July.
The well known Gettysburg panorama
relcsated to asecond position by the grand
Atlanta War Panorama. Veterans as
! they stand upon the platform gaze north
ward to kennesaw Mt. and tell of at
tacks. battles and march that oc-
Cured in the valley beyond OF the
desperate ba ties in the burnt hickory,
! country, OF struggles along the Oostnnaula
Resuc;t, Rocky Faced Ridge, Dalton, then
| Chiramausas field to the lett OF Dalton.
| The veteran secs n hundred days OF battle
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 the 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
willie, nearly three hundred miles from At
lantn. This devious railroad ran through
" country admirably adapted! to cover at
tacl;s by PARTISAN bands. lie knows that
the battle OF Atlanta was fought under
every adverse Circumstance and won
as General Logan says by the splen,
did bravery and tcnHcity OF the men, and
the ability aud skill OF the officers OF the
army OF the Tennessee" Standing on the
pa Drama platform the respected
surgeon of the ist Dav. 18th Army
Corps, DR.. Geo. +. French. remarked Major
iotalin.. tAll veterans call the Colonel
Major.) He was Gen. Logans chief of staff.
DO you know that we burned over So 900,
900, wortl -four hospital property before
wehroke up things at Atlanta previous tc !:
our march to the sea-. Yes, and that is
not all" said the Colonel. 1--WE left th,
foundations for the Minneapolis OF tho
South, which Atlanta has since become. y
Col. Goodnow joined the party and en-
deavored to repeat the roster OF his l2tf
Indiana, under his eye in line OF battle nov
as then.
81 thought" said the Colonel, ''there was
only one battle OF Atlanta but now l an
at a loss to know which is the real battl,
field this or the one downin Georgia. "And
. added the Colonel 'tour friend Franl
; DeGress is dead. can think OF him now
! his two right guns spiked, his men ordered
off for safety. and Fran!: standing between
the two guns OF his left section, n lanyart
| IN tltneF mana ana tle SHOUTS SURRENDER
| damn yoI. Surrender, and don shoot,'
t Don't shoot the plncky little Yankee.
which came from the confederate assault
I ing column the instant before the tw
rushing charges OF canister tore throu.
: their ranks caused n momentary chec
: that enabled Frank and Sergeant Wymn
e to plug the vent holes with rat tail files
e Yes, Frank got away, II confederate bulle
y killed Wyman as he jumped. The John
q | n % ia firp1 "a shot frnt Er, nj. q hi
I, rifles, although the ground was strewn wit
. ammunition. In three quarters OF a
$ hour Frank had his guns again. The Ger
h cral Q.oganJ the old I'd Div Mersey's br
: gade of Gen. Dodres 10th corps and Ger
d Wood with his first Division of the 15ti
n did the work. Five minutes after 2t
g puundcr shells were going out OF the CUR
o toward point where they were liable to d
e most goodt?) These same old guns, saw
d the one burst that afternoon by using dot
t. bic rations OF percussion shells, made tt
a march to the sea. Savannahs fortific;
+. tions suffered from them. The Capt.,
e building at Columbia, S. c.. yet bears IL
g. shell mark OF De Gress' guns. Gen. She
/" man said they were worth their weight
l. gold.
MEMORIES OF THE PAST.
y 'It was beautiful moonlight night. tn;
night OF the 22d. HottallngH said the co
3e ohei' anu III EatiiS loi my WouHueu, anu
f. looking to the welfare OF my boys rev
4 saw n field 30 thckly strewn with the u
m turned faces OF the dead. Thought OF yt
ia then. Colonel Hottalling. and OF the ord
II you brought us that the Fourth divsc
% must retake those rife pits if we lost ha
,e our men in doings Twas in Battery A
Is said Colonel Hottalling "and the gener
ia sent me to Morgan l.. Smith, to aid him
IL holding that line. i was fond Of Battery
4, 1t was originally the Dearborn Artilel
IS Militia company OF Chicago. 1t was wi
n. Grant at Belmont. b and A comprised tt
i. artillery there. Peter Wood had it