Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-24
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
4 BIT OF EXPERIENCE WHICH TWO
MEN WILL REMEMBER.

What Happened to . Federal AxtIIery-
naan-- Making Friends with . wounded
Confederate = Robbed ~ GhonIs
Close Cabin the Swamp.
Miles r. Cook, Of FEnt, Mich, went to the
front during the Rebellion In the Twentieth
Ohio Battery, ard had an experience at the
battle Of Chickamsuga which be win ever
remember. lie says:
"On the first day Of the fight our battery
was charged time after time, but we repuised
tho Confederntes each time until about mid
afternoon A raw regiment was then brought
mp TO act as support for the battery, and at
tAe very first charge they fed in wild disor-
der We were left stark alone on open
ground, and though we gave them double
-haTges Of canister the Confederate lines
swept right up to cur gums and over uA /
we shot in the arm and leg. and wac left "
ing On the ground with scores OF others when
The guns were drawn of
As soon as could look arotfnd me
found that the man on my right, who was
wounded In the hand, shoulder and thigh.
vas Confederate. He was member Of the
Ninth Alabama infantry ono OF the charg-
ing regiments and his name was A B. Car
ter. There were other Federal and Confed-
crate wounded around us, and tho ground
was covered with dead men and horseA /
dressed Carriers wounds and be dressed mine,
and with the roar Of battle around us-we BE-
came the best Of friends None Of the
wounded were removed that night, and early
next day the ghouls began to appear. saw
a number of Confederates robblng the dead
and wounded, and by and by member Of
Hoods Texan rangers approached MS had
on par Of new boots of fancy make, and
as he came up he ordered me to pull them
of replied that / was wounded and could
not do it, He remarked that he would have
them OF in a jiffy, and he seized my foot
and drew the boot of in q rough manner. The
other leg was the wounded one, and as be
grabbed my foot / cried out with the pain
was then braced up against a bank of earth
in sitting position, and the wound had be-
come very painful Carter reproved the
ranger for his want Of feeling, and with an
oath he dropped my foot and picked up .
masket with a bayonet attached
a CLOSE CALL
II believe he meant to kin me, but a. be
thrust at mo the bayonet passed through my
right hip and entered the earth, pinning me
fast The merciless Ranger then picked up my
foot, braced one of his feet against my body,
and pulled off the boot. Everything turned
dark to me, although did not lose conscious
ness He was going away with the boots
under his arm when Carter reached over and
possessed himself of revolver from caral-
ryman's holster, and taking careful aim
across my legs, be sent bullet into tho
Rangers back and dropped him dead In his
tracks / expected we would both be muir
lered for this, but the fellows own comrades
came up and agreed that it served him right.
They raised me up, cleaned the bayonet Of all
| dirt, and then pulled it out as carefully as
| possible.
| Just below US was bit of swamp, and
| Carter, myself and several others managed
| TO crawl down to it There was bed OF
| soft, wet muck into which we buirowed
clear up to our chins, and we were there
| another twenty four hours before the Fed
| erals came to take US on the field The mnd
| bath was doubtless the means CT saving CUR
| lives, as it kept the flies away, stopped the
| loss of blood, and acted as dressing When
| they came to wash me off in hospital the
| Gesh about my wounds was as white as
| chicken meat, ard the soreness had nearly
| all disappeared Carter YVES taken to tia
same hospital, but | never saw him after
ward But for him / should certainly have
BEEN murdered by the ranger, and it was he
| who revenged me. He may yet be living,
and if 50 would give more to receive word
| from him than would to be appointed a
| member OF the presidents cabinet.-Detroit
| Free Press.