Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-07-23
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Iuly lnth. The rrl,el ram atlanta, u
leNpected % sink our nOtllla. our
ltrnop. have hcrn very busy to-day. they
lhs,e brought the seven ~isters down ani
lplace,i them on the hank of the river.
rlie.e gun. srv ~ pound. Engli.h
pnhlgrvus manned hy men from Con
ne,ticui. aui arr n,mcl the SEVEN Sister.
a. ther. arr seven ~ them I vas left
alone In charge of the quarter Masier's
quarters. aud hld the Colonels Held
glass taking observations. AWAY across
the river which l. over mile vide.
come. the rebel battery under cover ~ =
h~lt ~ timler AMI plsni their guns 80
they cannot D. .~sn 1heu aNtv 10 the
left and on q point extending into 10.
river come. another battery their move
mrnis Wefv hii hv heli ~ heavy growth
~ pine. bat ! .aW them passing hv gaps
in the timirr 80 I knew wherv mo.i -
their gun. were planted. our troops hy
back one mile frum the river. The tetms,
suffers aui quartefmlstrr's .ior's Wrrr
near the hank. Nv tent Was on the up-
t,sr hank some ten ruil. FROM The water.
The qusrtermastsr had l'eru gone III
dsv. When BE- returned 40 night the
colonel of nav regiment ~. With him /,
told ihsm ~ .hnuli b" shellei before
morning. They laughed anil stl'l. "Oh,
YOU arc tlmh." ltoll them a. walt aud
We would sse Who Nas timld.
Before morning went to bel but
could Not sleep. ~ I A. ", a. ! hy
looking acruss thc river. .sW tle Hash ~
a cannon. Which was The signal tu oIrn
the hall Then the batteries frum The
two paints ulencl uu The shipping tui
ih- teams and oar hospital got oui ~
mt tent iu.t lei. ,.pouni .olii .hnt
lanl,si plumb in mV wuul-pllc. Then
uas hen tl,e timil come lu. The colp-
nrl ani quartsuuastrr sprlng uut ut Do I.
got thcir hor.r. quickly, mounted ani
we're snuu diving like will men. vent
Ihlrk tn Whsnr The teams wsu plrkri,
when l piecr ~ uilroii iron q foot long
came howllng acru.s The river, pIssc'i
through one 81 uur wagons anl huricl
ii.rlf iu the ground. Finding they were
hnnc high rvturnrl to my tent.
IN frN momeni. the runhnit. got lu
/ line ani ot+uri flu then ihe seven ~it-
ter. from ihc .hurr. Dor hilf au hour
iis SCENE va. splendid The she'll. could
n. trir,.l hs their fiery trail. a. they
.isel on their deadly mission.
ttNus laughthlc to .cc an old Jew .ut-
ier. " h".e tent was lust We the u1r uf
mine \ shell came .hrirking ani hni-
"a plumb NE The cruisr. sending huNrs ~
I ranus,l ru-sis. pickle. aui clothing lll ln
a .hapslcs. ma.s. The old man run out
CRYING. "I'll give ans man two hundred
Itolhr. to carry me hod' Two hunlrvi
tollar.' .hiii hr kilt' Oh ave me .
N D L. i. 1 Ill 4 n. N.a ~
in Piltimor'." ilr started o. un, aui
the next hc1ul ~ him heWas fDunier-
ing in a cc.spool. Being man ot two
hundred pounds aNoirlupoi., b. sunk
deep ani couh not cNtrigate himself.
IT, called me to help him out. which !
asa. Nitcf that az I had io do VA o.
80 into hi. tent ani give i .niil, When q
bottle of pirkl~- or a can ~ peiele. were
.urr 90 follow me out 81 The tent, with
ih, admouition There 90 along; don't
De- fooling around herr"
August sth, there Was aTr,unuoissanc"
Ia tlir direction ot Malvern llill. The
gunbost. steamed up the river a. support
The tpops ~ jr. ", the hall op"nri
hN the Union army advancing, supported
by the h0lts and cavalry. iherv were
ten thousand Infantry With IN batteries
of artillery aud two regiments of cavalry,
They met the enemy at Malvern llill,
hemme,l them Ia aud drove thcm down
to the river. when the gunbOais opcnei
on them and they soOn surrendered.
There werr thrrc thou .and prisoners ani
seven pieces ~ artillery.
August lWh. We wer visited by a
tornado. Trees we're torn up aud broken
of like pipe stsins. Que tre" blew across
a captain, tent, striking him on the head
cutting a fearful gash aud stunning him ;
another fcll on q horse, killing him ;
many of the soldiers w-rr hurt. One
large lIell tent went up into the air I'LL u
looked like hawk, every tent was
blown down; the shipping was damaged
many Ves.el. dragging their anchors an'l
collillng with each other. Onler. have
come la for the men Ia have all their
clothing. knapsack., etc. packed on a
transport, which look. like forced
mavh.
Atlr. n. We got orders to pull out.
The whole army were la motion all the
afternoon. We went four miles aud
campel AZ WestoVer church. This has
lecn hospital for our sick soldiers
fourteen graves arr in front of the church
under some flne old buttonwood trees,
on the hank of the james River. West
over church lics four mile. below llarri-
son's Landing on the banl of the Jane.
River. II j. surrounded with English
poplar. aud buttonwood trccs. Thi.
was the extreme right II our army.
We were i've days going from llarri-
sons Landing To Fortress Monroe. We
parked AZ Hampton three days, when Ne
got orders to move up Ia Yorktown Ca
joln the troops. We left Hampton at
three q. NJ, and went ten miles and
c1mped for the night. The next morn
ing We again took up our line of march
atGA. W. and reached the troops at two
T.. ". The whole army We're waiting
transportation to 20 up the Potomlc.
Here Ne stopped a week, when flect oi
steamers arrived aud the troops EN-
barked, and at 3 4. ". cast of, dropped
|, down the river ani east anchor, ani lay
there tlll the next morning, when ihs
, tiect passed out into the hay and up ths
Potomac for Alexandra, Va. MI regi.
mental baggage and teams were left be-
hind, also the horse. belonging To the
! army.
.After living here week the steamer.
returned with scliooners Ia tow. We
loaded all teams AMI horses of our Ill
! vision aud the surplus stores AZ 4. ",
We had ~ horses on the steamer Donald
sOn with lOO men "a guari, aud I've
schOOners loaded with mules which ws
took In TOW. We ran Ia the mouth of
> the York River and east anchor for th'
. night. The next morning We hove ul
the anchor and stood out at sea; ths
( waves were running very high. We rsu
out opposite the lighthouse, when they
I let the schooner- loose. The sea was -
heavy or the waves ar high the captain
: thought best to return Into the lorl
River, where We lay In full view Of York
town. This town was one OF the note,
I towns of the Revolution. IL was her'
that the British General CORVALLIS, sur
: rendered 10 Gen. Washington la the veal
: l7sl. II l. but a small village, surround
| ed by forts aud breastworks. The whit'
, inhabitants have all gone south and onl,
few old darkie- are left. There are "