The Washington critic., 1890-03-15
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a Good story OF the Battle of Seven
Pines

A Good story OF the Battle of Seven
Pines.
The following sketch is furnished !
by Judge Whittle: AT the blttlo Of
Seven Pines, said DIR. r., 81 was
"a man under authority being deputy
w.bones for the 49, Virginia Regi-
ment. | was a short, stout specimen,
and notwithstanding the cares and re.
sponsibilities of my position aud
the antifat treatment to which the de-
pleted condition of the commissariat
subjected me, tipped the beam at 2SO
pounds, was good natured and Jolly.
and the boys of the regiment, many Of
whom we're old acquaintances, were
irreverent enough to apply to me all
manner of nicknames.
"The evening before the battle hal
taken up position somewhat in advance
of the army, being unaware of the
proximity of the enemy and of the fact
I that fierce battle was impending
Next morning | was intently engaged
making Confed. coffee out of toastel
crackers, when the army began to al
vance. As my regiment passed TO the
front, the boys would pitch knapsacks,
haversacks, blankets, etc, toward me
with such expressions as Say, Taurus.
take care of that for me, old fellow
'"Bull, look out for that, please, Dock,
hold on to this for me, ETC., until was
fairly environed by the baggage.
my preparations for breakfast were
disturbed by the scream of an occa-
sional shell as II passed overhead, caus-
ing me to quit my coffee and assume a
perpendicular. Nevertheless ] stood
my ground. Soon, however, the
crack. crack, crack pop, pop, pop, of
small arms showed that the infantry
were engaged; and the minies begin
ming to bark the saplings and cut up
the ground round about, commenced
a dignifed and organized retrograde
movement in the direction of large
pine tree some 200 or 300 yards to the
rear.
"As / advanced backwards, the firing
increased, and also my speed-first a
trot, then Ganter, then a gallop and
finally--well, the very best ] had in the
7 shop. The air was filed with missiles
of all sorts and sizes, and l was fairly
panicked. But, great Caesars ghost
II What sight met my eye as | ap.
preached the tree.
"There were six warriors sheltered be.
hind II, arranged according to size. No
sat with his back against the trunk
his legs apart and extended; No 2 with
his back close up to No. 1, and thus
they were strung out to the end No
6, a poor, miserable, worm-eaten, ut
tenuated specimen, had embedded hi;
heels in the earth and stuck as close tC
No. D as the bark to a tree; in fact, her
rings were never packed closer in {
barrel than were these worthless. Will
the glance of genius took in the situa
ton, and recognized the fact that tn,
authority of might entitled me to po
sition next to the tree.
Accordingly, without ceremony ant
without word, threw my leg owe
the head of No. 1, got astride of him
as it were, let go all holds and truste,
to Providence. My superior weigh
carried me slowly but surely to tn
ground, and ] became No /. Eacl
man was advanced exactly to the exten
of space occupied by me, and No. 6
now No. Z, whose position was most eX
posed, held his ground manfuly an,
. cut a furrow in the earth with each hee
us he was thrust forward. As gradu
ally settled down heard him exclain
with great earnestness: I say bacl
there, don't scrougel' -
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