The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-30
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s.Give u,e water! water I" 2aspe,i u
vs"tsh.ie.l general, rs he lay prone on
his back ina clover field, on the out
skirts of Gel' ysl'urg, on the evening Ol
.jniy l, 1868. The tide of battle had
swept over hist, and the combat ragged
IL the siliSee beyond. lie had heen
shot down ns his troops tell back, ana
Inu over by the advancing Confe,ier-
ates. A lieutenant af Georgia regi-
iu..,t. nnt,ri,,x that he was a general
"tti.~r, had sturlpl for n minute in
tue rusl, ru raise the Wnla'ted (irlle-
rsis. hpatl amt p!are under il u KNAPP
sack I've. lnuntt near al hand.
As I've spoke the words which open
u.y story, he had heen aroused to- con-
-c!ousness hy having Ills head again
ten,leriy tihe.i by n warn,- ,-heariel an
tas.m.is', himself general officer.
stan ,iaz ii hy the shock that had d:sa-
blei hiH,. his first thought and plea
WAS not tor lie, but for water tN Quench
thnt consuming ihir.t which always
seizss upon y wounded msN suffering
from the loss ut blood. The Confe.ier-
n,e quickly put his canteen TO the lips
1T ihs stricken officer, who drank deep
Of its contents. The draught revived,
t,ut lett ITO hope 1T recovery. lie
seemed, however, to think little If his
tate, sbu, only uf a soldiers present
iu'y.
"tiet,erAi," said he, addressing the
Confederate, ,synu hsve done all you
can for me-. Un now y"ur duty ia
ahead win your troops"
..N", 1 shalt not leave until see you
na.is more comfortable" was the
G,nfedesats's reply.
PAIRING the death Of General ts"y
uotd's no event uf the day had cost the
lH.,lsral Army more dearly than the
Iu,s of tie able officer whose cry for
wn,er opens this narrative Of one Of
the u,nst retnar kat,ie occurrences that
ever lnnk place in the war.
General Frank G. Barlow, whose
achievements upon the battlefield with
the Second corps had made him one OF
the most famous Of our volunteer gene
rais, was commanding u diviaion ot the
EJ.venth corps of the extreme right Of
the Union tine, on the first days fight
II Gettysburg. General j. Is. Gordon,
nov Governor uf Georgia, was aP-
preaching the field from the direction
If York. As lie reached the summit
of that beautiful range of hills which
surrounded one Of the lnvtliest valleys
nt ienusy,vania, he found the battle
rspIng, Onty glance was Necessary
10 shoy him that n great opportunity
awaited him.
Below lay rich and fertile fields,
through which flowed II creek fringetl
With heavy timber. Just beyond the
stream the right of the Union lin"
rested.
ave can strike them fairly on the
Hank" said he tc n staff officer, IA he
,urned the head Of his column int" the
field. Ii was less than mile on I" the
nolut of ATTACK. and all the way his
attack was we'll hid from the Frderal'
Ivy the timber along the creek. II was
but the work of q few minutes to bring
his troops within musket range. Ttet'
q moment 10 steady the line E; then
rush through the timber and across the
brook, and u hanu-t0 hand fight with
an OHIO brigade cleared the way
Uotdon's attack bad been so nnexPer.
ted and relentIess that all ohstructinns
10 h,s advance were swept away, and
the Eleventh corps were pushed into
tlsttysburg, This episode apply ilIus.
tratss the harhsz,rd way in whiri
the Union army reached this grea
battlefield and was forced TO fight unit
\ concentration OF the troops TOOK
I,lace on the second day.
The Eleventh corps had been prar'i'
csliy chung mp in the air. that after
noon, There was no cooperation q
forces aud every division commando
was really left to take care "l himself
harlow had paretutty formed his I'm
with a view ct protection from snddel
Attack. and Won Gilsa's Ohio br'gad
covered his flank by being thrown o"
behind the woods atuug the creek, fac
ing Hurion-1 movement. Rnt II hi
u.i seen, to seq the nrru!ning 'onitat
rate column. At least II did NOT rePn'
il, and BARLOW was wonnnsa hr'nr
u,r,ton threw his troops against Ia
Hank.
Gordon was following hard urun In
rush of his victorious troops when h
iumpef the fence into clover Rel
which lay in his path. HIS hor'
caught the ground within II few feet
the prostra:s bohy OF what he suppose
To- he q dead Uuion soldier. Anoth'
and closer glance told him that it w
clad In the uniform OF general ONCE
He quickly dismolnted and tender
raised the head Of the stricken man
sse If lee were dead or only disable
The blood WAS Il >wiug irnH! > w"u'