Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-01
Fort He'll.
SOLDERING N ruAr roKriricAri N Dur
mo IHE FALL ~ 1864

ISo ms FALL ~ 1854
Fort setgwlck WAS its real title, named
for the lsmtht,d Gsnsrsl sedgwiok who
f,ll at spoitsylvsnia For obvious reasons
The men feehri.ttnsd IL Fort Hell, and
after time is ifst name WAS nearly for.
ao,,sn. The Johunies had q work oppo-
site, originally called For, NJ shob., which
like soldier license bad changed To Fort
Dsmnstiob.
Jauv Is, isGt, I had impruisntly run
against an sntsrpfisiog ballet coming frOm
The direction Of Petersburg Tue Effects
ofthe collision consigned ne ~ hospital
NE till the early part Oi the next OstoO.r.
Rsiufbiug - The front 1 found my real.
m.ut stationed 10 Port He'll This voft
va. q couple ~ miles further round 10 the
len bot - be.r the city 80 the pOlHt ~htrs
Ne bid The h1atiug In Jane, SPOUT mile
and a half ff,,ln the town sni three or four
hundred y.tu- IRON the eseIny's works.
Tue flrs, Mslne Heavy Artillery lay In
ut. forilnes,iou fotty days, losing In that
time BY missiles great aud 'msli twenty.
I've men The regimen, was then very
sm,ll, 50 IL 10 clear that IL W. not
healthy place W live 10 Oae msn who
went bach IN the convsivscsnt sqasd did.
was struck With q bullet the s,me day, AID
had To 60 back ~ hospital The tso hos.
tile nnt- were wittiu short ms range or
each Othtr. aud woe hstidc the msu Who
exposed an, part OF bic anatomy many
second. Shafpshootsts wvfe always
watching cufiug The daylight, aud TIE
piek,ts Kept upa fusllsis DAY Ani hisht
Picket guard. bal ~ b. stationed alter
dark Taose doing tn. duiv dli not ia.
moonlight uish,. We hsiio gs,asr ell
oar DEE wood ausr dsfs, sns then With
stray balists striking tn The timber ell
around us MEANWHILE
oar living pl.c,. h,d Co b. bomb proof,
for both siiss h.i heavy mOrtsrs aud ussd
them q good deal, too. A breast hlgh pile
OF dirt, that Afforded good protection from
level rarge Sun ~,s No shelter from
mortar shells. These latter rislus into TIE
air. would drop right iGto place. not foru'
towards The sky. 50 ~ had ~ make
a house banked thlckly with earth On tns
.iie nett The enemy, Jay heavy logs aide
by side for . roof. sni uppn this shOvsi
Two OF three feet % dirt A tsn.iuch
shell could no. drop through ibis. We
called these shelters gopher.
Up the llue. Just above Fort Hell. cur
NnIAM uAl WhNNNN " ~ -
svsuiug I fetsfnst, they bad prolonged
duel With coffsPoniing baitsry on the
other siie. IL va. Q bssatfal slghi aftsr
DARK. Ito tragic fesiar,s wsr, hidden IN
a.. ADD nothing cane near - insplfs con
esru. go Ne had the display without N.
accompanying psi!l The huruing fuse OF
, shell soald leave susn of afc, - 90
could watch 10 course a. II dysefibei US
perfect arch finslly oar eide efri sVol.
lev. ia shell. 10 ali 81 once. sh haze
.hsl. ~ drop inlo Fort M,hous a. oucs
We beard ih,m explode a. they reseh'd
thslf mara. .Id sf.sf that Ne heard no
nor, from the Johuni's that night The
silence tA,t fell SEEMED - say, I'VE wont
play any more ifyoa DO liss that, you Play
too rOagh
These shell. we're 80 lsfgs ~. could see
them in The dsytlmc When they wsie con-
lng W. would bear . rspJt In The
snsmys csmp. sni could tel iron ia y.
cuusf s0aod ifn w.sA mortar il,causc.
Ii.lsllns, ~ clgli hear. hlga In tae alf,
. fu,hlBg. -hltIlug .Jsnd, sEd ipo.lag
closely Cuali sys black ball moving on
pAf.bOlic unr tOsAris oar eide. az
b.l. anl al ths sam time 10, bal, shica
40 m,n was ~iiuug ~ tsss. Nsiafauy
much ibtsfss, 81. fslt I. % uhsfv 10
v0ali nghl Ia gOpacr vas hear. ~
wuu.d 20 Zoe 10 Bas even In that, thsfe
wss soms disqaistiug .kspticism - a.
.asthef thsfs ssfs dln snoagh on The
ruof When ssasll vsui lnto TIE vafih,
and then BART 10 wOuld spvut ih, earth
Mses NV STYLE of gvysef bafsung 10
III air would give ~ an unpleasant rain
o. ragged lfou. Ons day . man vas arsy
from % sophsr, hssfd . shell comlng.
ani lO1kiug up saw II IL vas p.Alay
Amlug - drop mar whsfv be ~ns stand
lu. Nhethsf be ws tOp fssclustsd ~
IA. pstll . move. of whether 10 could not
dst-f.lne whlca wsy - move, % oHs
lIos, lle stool slll sni VI. c0m9stc.
~ ps.vsrIed. A.irp la any dlrctlon
vua.i have .avc'i hin
oar fort stool Ca lJs bill. sni. 40
cold scatter drew 90. 80 bsg,n 20 bald
a. a.. foot. 90 the cafe .lis. ioug strong
bomb proof f1f -intsf qasftsfs. We vsfr
a. sofk bette onc AiIsfu ,ou, Oct .,h, g.
cofdiug 90 ny diary We hli DAG place
Coz ouf Cassmais sui bsgun bringing iim
beF from ne isiled growth. Tls rebel.
mas. have .cea tlAt tarfc "a. some an'
u,aA suf. fJr thsy bcgan dfup?lng SHELLS
iatl D. Hell AMI ne .p,ce 49, o,ct of 10,
where ~ we're When Oac sNs cpmlug
al hsni. ~oa.i stop work all loot up.
bat not "a astfDaomicsl thJaghts lnisnt.
1 wildly rccAl tfyiog - shfius into nOih'
log =, ugly piece. OF iron from exploded
She. cifcaistsi anJng us Aftst While
Ne % g. y heard 0se cDnc DIVA near
oar gophsr ani burst We ran ~, but
fiaui oar shelter uahli Thf-c of four
CO &. men had Dailg s.nsli cs.smals at
beyond oars %. man. Who bal been on
guard the night before. 90. 10 10, lylng on
Tue bed asleep. rhis shell struck where
The suis % ths logs cane over the door
way. Tots broke 10. 'all 90 that u rolled
down i1io The gOpasf upon The bed md
Jay there smosin. The msn Aai at
time - sies IL % wheu 10 burst lie Ga.
TERRIBLY cot ani bruised When Ne reached
hlm, Bat WI. not dead. lie died In the
ho,pli. . fsw days siisr. oar Object le,
q. gait work then. there ~r TOO mach
ri.E OF Ihlnhing down The rrginynL TAai
nisht TO division. Of the "a Corps, la one
% Which Ne were, were wllhi:a~n from
The froni 10 iake part To the movement
that brought on The BJynion Road battle
three days stsr-S. Z. w. In P.iisnsld