The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-13

general officers SAT on their horses ~ com
suliatinn near no, ameng Hlitna VIZ IN s his
Gen, Thomas, calm ana lelnnlAp w w
WoVements. Gf stately proportions, hhn
possesslnq the confidence ana hnfpllpn
of his soldiers la perhaps aHtehlri upH,pp
ttau nnv other Union general also
gener.i N. 4 Wood, WHO was HeHlHuleE
n,, ylgorn,siy and pointing towards we
~ pesnt' Iikevise tha familiar ilRhfe pl
~, assttv. now commanding Wie ulFlh
i,a," ion' she sat ON lis horse lhe 4 eehleN.
nwnd iooked every inch a sollle,i Phu y
strange oflieer, said W W Nphple' tp"naa
formerly la command pl = Nplls w .ud. mtt
Army nf the fpipinhri hl, Nv ',.,,l ihev
Ing q division ot llt -'llspttllthe ,i9If
dlsuersed. ThnmRa rlllun pn lp W. l'hl'N
W. felt tbat anmethlnR NAV WpH
n,,,,'',ut 4, be deaiAiVe was eohtWplH'tNi
I,,',s ',ssss,it vas ordered on nc ltHpnl
~ snd IA Posts 9nd brigade, closely
WIN, W. by StraiahtH lst brigade was
hlpl,lIi ~ ,ssigued. ateadman'a eplnleu
,,W,,s WI sere Ri charge on Tie leil hl we
snne lime while the ard brigade ahl we
.rs,,iiery we're to cover their reWpA', W
csss they failed, The charge WE VII
ceeded hy "a concentrated hle pl w h'e'' .,
lery on tho enemy'e llnen, When we ''',ho ti,a
brlqudes AROSE and lnnVeu ip'Mepih ,a'n wv
lrl hhlilnN NY NN hli'Nlifl fpL.,5 lad
uoving ot, toward the works Ihry nav
,,'t ,nns f,r mill "A crash ofmuaherly was
beard followed by thr roar accompanying
/. cI.rge. which has heeu llkened p!he fr'
vniving m thepylndeTbp ~ countless lhiralf
ini ,uachines The nddh against men
H,Atin0 troops we'll covered ny hfehsl
''h,ll's ''lhs,ll sre terrlhie. Tho roar subsidized,
We iisiened eaqerly Tor the cheer thhl
would announce the Victory, llhu lhey
s,ieceededg Soon came we hhRWpl,
liac6 through the wall af hmphe w lt"n,
0f us, came the charging uplul,,,lp, w. ",
good order ateadlel lb lno,I I'ptFt,' ,,haI,
formed behind uh, lhpg nel w ,i'u, ,,,,
dead slrewn on thegfnuhu w ~ ~ ,,,a Wi
on ths enemy'R parhpth nul h1w nv w, w
v,ore dian they could endure, lne cWf
Non ronred out their defiance and We ~.
tsned iutently for tho return chhiHe, put
n ,id mai come, Suddenly q eheer Whh
heard eytendnp up from the nghli ths
o,,nrnaud forward was given, ana InfWhlu
,gs Yent across the ground lulleu WIN
,he dead and wounded men, toward we
rebei line, Coming in sight or " lhey
could be seen running away " p'luaue,
The break had begun on lheli loi' Wv,
lad reached Ouf front, Many lel'ellep
I'M the trenches and hurrenueruu W
wbsn we crossed their works, We iouhu
nINnnlnnIu AlAlllNNN NNN. "a.
,a,'si,ots ie.ning against the logs 90 they
hnd ieft them, or lying In the ditch, ana
iRe prisoners were continually iol GIG,ssldg,s GI,sod,s
H,l"as H,osas ~ cnnoWest was over, We pursued
blm Through ihe winter days aeroHa ihe
State of Tenneaaee Into northern Alghh,
ma, AZ Athens, Ala, hearing 'hal no ,.,I,, hsn
estaped across the Iennehhee river WIN
the remnant Of his army we gave up the
chase and enoamped at Hunleyille, q, o,,
The Union loss At Nashville Nv was a,U1, ,,,,,
one,hhlf of which was lohl W VIZ e.p'u,, Wv,
0yeTion INN, llood'H loss In killed and
wovnded was never nscortalned, but, 90 a
result Of the battle, he lost y pieces OF ~ ~
! tillGw, aud ia,OOO OF hla army were made
nrisoners by capture and deaertlon,. ana
| four Generals and q large number OF oli'
cers Of leasor rank, commanding. regl'
menta and brlgadeu, we're ohpaWr'9
10Th o, V, S.
Canton, Feb, "a.