The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-27
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HM| hMAtNruolO.
len. +. w. Butterfeld had a yerv
npIets and interesting diary ofthe
erations Of = portion OF Gen. Han
ek's corps THE Seconal in that
morable campaign under Gen. Grant
ward Richmond. It is9a faithful
ord, written down every day
lnetimes after a desperate battle.
sile yet on the bloody field; some.
hes after long and weary marches.
is a record Of almost one continu-
5, bloody battle Of fifty.one days
ration, the corps being under the
emy's fire every day Of the fifty one
cepting two.
Following wegive extracts which are
thrilling interest:
May 1.-THE two armies have been
fowling at each other all day, the
nes being only seyenty-fve or eighty
ards apart, but concealed in thick.
econd growth timber. / received or
ers from General Hancock to place a
gun battery in position, on the
ont line OF battle. ] selected a dense
rowth of small pines, there we could
Fork without being observed by the
nemy. Got the battery intrenched
nd dragged the guns in by hand.
Bharpshooters busy all along the line.
18th heavy cannonading on our right.
May 12.-At IL O'Clock last night
Ne left our position and marched
lround to the extreme left. After
jumping our knapsacks and every
Thing that would make the least noise
We quietly andslowly marched through
Chick woods, brush and weeds until an
order came along the line in = low
Zone to "halt; make no noise; be as
luiet as possible" The corps num-
bered then nearly, if not quite, 80, 900
nen, and so quiet were they during
The march that one would scarce
u have thought that there
was mor than one regiment in
motion. Every soldier knew that
there vas fun ahead for the morning,
and that to make the fun more inter
esting it vas absolutely necessary to
keep perfectly still, in order to give us
the advantage, and we alwayslikedt TO
have the advantage in a fight where
our lives were at stake, and we all
knew they would be in a few hours.
Gen. Carroll commanded the First
brigade Of the Third division OF the
Second corps. As soon as our men
were brought to q halt, and lust as
Gen. Carroll and staff had dismount-
ed, Gen. Hancock and staff rode up,
and they, too, dismounted. Our men
were all in position. The moon had
gone down and the stars were shining
brightly. All put in the time as best
they could waiting for the signal at
breakof day. Some tried to sleep.some
were cracking Jokes, and Others dis.
GUESSING the situation; but all spoke in
a voice scarcely above a whisper,
When thefrst streak OF light appear
ed in the eastern horizon Gen. Han
cock, who was wide awake as to what
was about to transpire, asked one Of
his Etaf officers for the time. On be-
ing told that it was 3:45, he told Gen.
Carroll that he had better have his
men fall in, and at the same time sent
word to other commanders to do the
same. Our horses stood ready, hav-
ing stood saddled all night. We
mounted and then Gen. Carroll, in
rather q stentorian voice, forgetting
himself for the moment, called out to
his men: oFall inr' Gen. Hancock
spoke up quickly and said ''Please
don't inform the enemy that we are
coming, Gen. Carroll" Soon the men
were III line, and the order was given
to move forward as slowly and SILENT
ly as possible.
The lines Of skirmishers were fifteen
PAGES in front Of us. Slowly, steadily,
but firmly, we moved on. each soldier
carrying eighty rounds ofammunition.
Occasionally an officer could be heard
to ejacu, ace in a low but empathic
voice: "Steady there, boys; not so
fast; keep quiet" Finally the sus.
pense is broken, q single shot is fired.
The enemy's outpost has discovered
Of u skirmishers through the
gray morning light, and has fired at
him and reiterated in hot haste. Our
skirmish line halts for 9 moment.
Ou3 first line Of battle comes up with
and Joins them. Another and anoth.
err shot is fred, and then the line OF
battle is ordered to move forward
double quick. Then several Of the
enemy outposts are gobbled great
confusion Is heard IN our immediate
the slong roll is being beaten;
the buRle il sounding ssto arms" IN
the euemy's camp.
But it Is too late. The boys Is blue
have been ordered to charge with fixed
bayonetss Over the FIRST line ofbreast-
words they scrambled, and are in the
OF the enemy's camp; they are
right among their tents. The surprise
is most complete. Some of the enemy
are halt dressed, some not that, but
the whole camp, some z 1000 In oil, are
prisoners Of war, including Gen. JohF
ston, n OF Gen. Early s division com
manders. Many resisted capture, on
ly to be bayoneted or shot. Several
Of artillery also fea into our
7 met Gen. Johnston "a vas pass
ing over his own fortiications on his
way to our rear . prisoner and be
asked me whose troops these were L
told him they were Gen. Hancock'e,
and he said. nlk was the most galN
charge I ever saw. I replied;
Eyes, It was rather a gallant ahair.
Cen. CAROLS brigade took two
Of colors-glory enough Tor one
day. The enemy, much ~chagrInen At
the in~zlorious surprise in this quarter,
sSme upon us IN great forces but