Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-06-18
NUMBER 25.

| exchanged then the enemy came Out With
two fall batteries and begun "a she'll n,
but they found the Yankees were not
asleep. for they replied With battery ~
ten pound Parrott gun. and q battery ~
brass howltyrr., which sent them hack
Ia the reserves: We then lay down aud
slept till daylight.
ALA. ". We were again la line, hat
before Ne had got under way the enemy
sent two batteries down on the other sid.
~ the swamp and opened on Va with solid
.hoi aud shell Their infantry then
charged the lOth y. y. Battery, capturing
four ~ their guns, the men cutting the
traces aud saving the hOr.e.. so0n twO
~ the Federal batteries came IN position
on a high hill aud opened ON them while
the Infantry were forming for charge.
AZ noon All was ready. The column
moved a. steady a. though going on
parade down into the swamp aud over or
through the crrck. Up the hill With
shout went the 3d corps, and before the
Johnnles recovered from their surpri.e
had recapturel the four guns ~ the lWh
y. y. also full battery ~ brass howit-
ger. and all ~ the men prisoners, losing
hat men Killed aud ~ wounded.
For the last siN days Il has bern fight
all DAY and fall lback AZ night there has
been no rrst for the troops. Ncrcached
the Jane. River. June JOth Al II r. N.,
all worn out
.Iuly 1t. one ~ the hotts.t days on
record. our truop- were living on thsir
arms. some had thrown ihsms"l,es on
the ground for a few moments ret aud
to think ~ the h0me 80 many would
never sec again. Away to the left came
the sharp report of cannon, followed
by deafening roar ~ artillery the enc
my we're on ~. IN q moment the men
Were on their feet, knapsacks piled up,
guns loaded. aud ready o. receive the
foe. The artillery opened from the ris-
ing ground, and soon the air was iillcd
with a cloud ~ smoke, the ground
trrmble,l a. though shaken BY an earth
quake. Then charge after chargr Was
made: one hour the Tederals held the
hin. then the Confelerates. al the after
noon. neither side gaining any advantage.
About thrcc =. w. the gunboats had
got In position along the bend ~ the
river The hsg.hlp op"ned nrc, then
the whole fleet of nine ships followed
suit. the little Monitor throwing the
largest .hOt-JGO H.. hi. reinforce
ment saye'l the Union army; for, az one
~ the Iohnnies afterward told me, 10"
thought the Yankees wer. throwing
cook.toye. with all the furniture. The
enemy began a. fall hack, but oar troops
were 40 failgued and worn 0ut they
could not follow them. At night they
rrtreatei towards Richmond, leaving
their dead aud wounded la our hands or
rather on the field where they fell.
examined several of their cani"ens.
They contained the Indian frr water,
whlskey and gunpowder, which accounts
for their daring. a. they would charge
even 10 the cannOn's mouth. Many
soldier Who rad. this Will remember the
1t day ~ July. lsG2, AZ Malvern lllll,
how they suffered for water aud AZ night
lay down suppcrle.. with their guns for
pillow.
For the next few days hosilliiie- ccas-
ed. our men were worn out and needed
rr.t. aud the dead and wounded must be-
carrd for. \ drrnching rain set la the
next day after the battle. making the
work II picking up the dead aud wound
ed dl.agre.able. The suiisrings ~ the
wuunied can De- Imagined bat should De-
seen 10 he realized to their full extent
men with legs or arms torn or lying on
4 vet field without food or shelter. some
with their life blood ooTing out no gen
| tle hand to wrt the parche'i lip. or speak
q .ympaihiying worl for days. Think
Of the agony th0se pour soldier. suffer-
ei. Think ~ u. you Who .iaid hy your
| hrrsidr-. ju.t for one moment. Look
away to thr bloody field ~ Malvern llill.
~er thr thousand. that left a. pleasant
home. al. yours a. ave no" honor oi our
country. ~cr them living ther- torn
| limb from trunk. aud .ay. shall the poor
.oldier after BE- ha. given up All. suffered
/ in Rebel prisons. IN the sWnmp. ~ ma
/ hrla. ami on The hattleheld-sha he
nov b. forgottsnf God forbid Ia the
hattie of Malvern llill the Union Joe.
Va. fearful in the regiment ! belonged
To ~ were Killed. ~ome regiments
lo.t into the hundreds. the Held was
.trewn with dead aud WOUNDED.
July lth. \ glorious day. We are AZ
/ Harrison. Landing: the harbor l. full
~ shipping: al the government shlps
display the old hag at masthead. The
nr.t mail steamer for two weeks arrived
to-day. The steamers are landing with
the wounded 20 90 a. f0rres. Monroe.
Iti.agay day after the long anil bloody
hattie. ~ the past ten days. New
clothes are being Issued the river j. full
of soldiers bathing; IL l. a general clean
ing up.
July Yh. The rebels sent out bat
terry down the river tn annoy the neet
and intercept the mail steamers. \ de-
tachment 20 cavalry Na- sent cut and
charged them. capturing their battery
and some hundred. ~ prisoners.
July -th. 4. the mail steamer was
going down the river to-day, the enemy
flrel on Il with rihes, wounding the pilot
bat doing NO other damage. balloon
arrived bv steamer frUm Washington
aud la. been up taking the position ot
the enemy. Forty thousand troops AT
rived by transports from Washington.
2lst. n has hecn quiet Tor the last
few days. The mail Steamer was hrcd
into while coming up the river to-day.
I'D. The Gth Corps were reviewed.
thi. morning; the 2d aud 81 Corps IN
the afternoon. There l. hut skeleton
of the fine regiments that left Washing
tom last April, some regiments hardly
muster a company. one or more otiicefs
arr gone; also more or lees of the non-
commissioned officers are dead or
wounded.
Now 20 back to savage station In
Imagination while We dispose of the
commi-sary aud quartermaster's .tores.
There were eighteen ear loaded sith
store. which arrived the morning We
left. The cars were full. These cars
we're attached to an engine, the engineer
started the train toward Whiiehou."
Landing. pulled the throttle vide open,
stepped off aud let IL 20. Meanwhile a
crew of sappers and miners had bcen
sent to the Chickahominy River and tore
up section of the bridge. We watched
the train a. II sped on It, way to de-
stnicti0n. 4 few moments u sped Ike
a bird. soon the bridge Was reached,
which l. 3OO feet long; when u reached
the middle span. directly over the river
h.si. a crash was heard. down went the
car., the engine al the top. soon not a
car of the whole train was "a be- seen.
They had sunk la the soft mud Of the
Chickahominy River.
Another train was loaded with fixed
ammunition, with two engines aud ten
cars attached, with fuse all lighted,
and .ent Ia the direction of Richmond.
, We watched this train with great Inter
! est. II sped on for two miles or more,
then came to a full stop for want OF
steam In the Confederate camp. The
Johnnie. began to cheer a. they saw the
Yankee train approach and stop In their
/. midst. They huddled around 20 bid the
,, Yankee. good morning, when dense