The National tribune., 1890-01-09

Johnnies, who were not more than six o.
| eight rods distant from us. j had taken car
! bine from one of the horse-holders, and wal
making good use of it, when tho bugle sounded
| Bob Granger, one of my platoon, and | were
| behind large tree but we were in bend o
the bayou, and the rebs had a raking fire on us
and Bob exposed himself little too much
when he was shot through the body and NOR
| tally wounded. When the call TO rally sounded
the boys all broke from cover and ran NJ
| through the woods. At this the rebs all spranP
out from their hiding places, and j kept firing
at them until they got the range of me, when
/ quit shooting. / had been lying on the
ground behind a big root. Bob poor fellow
was lying by my SIDE never uttering groan
l could hear the rebs yelling and swearing, and
could hear them saying Lets go over; come
on, let's 60 over"
got up, stood with my back to the tree and
knew that would have to get out of there.
did not like to leave Bob. lie made no com.
plant, however, but asked me TO take his can.
teen from under him, as he was lying with his
breast on the canteen, which was hurting him
asked him where he was hit, and he replied
" I'm shot right through" At last made ready
TO run, and said: e Bob I'll have to leave you y
He said: Good by, Jimmy" and with Good
by, Bob" ldrew a long breath and started TO run
The rebs opened on me, and about the second
jump / made / was struck in the ankle. saw
log n short distance ahead OF me, and when
came TO II plunged head first over and behind
it. / thought they could not hit me now.
heard some one say, Hello, Sergeant are you
hurt much2" Looking around saw Ed Jones,
of Co l., behind n tree. He got over the log
and lay down by the side of me. He then cut
off my bootleg and poured some water on the
wound. We concluded we had better go on, SO
/ put my arm over has shoulder, and in this way
he helped me for quite distance, the rebels
still shooting at us.
After getting well out of the range of the
enemy's fire he left me, saying that he would
bring horse for me. Soon after Jones left me
our batteries opened, aud happened to be in
the range of the fire of one of them / was
lying on my back under low, spreading oak
tree, and the battery was firing rapidly many
of the shells passing through the branches of
this tree felt fear for the first time that day,
as / knew If those percussion shells should
strike the limbs of the tree they would burst,
and maybe strike me. lay there on my back
and looked up at them rs long rs | could stand
II, and then got TO my feet and commenced
hobbling away, leaning ON my carbine. After
going a short distance ! heard someone calling
me 10 come to him. looked in the direction of
the voice and saw soldier sitting on the
ground, and thinking it was one of my own
company / went toward him, but upon seeing
that he was not one of our company j Turned
10 go Oh my way. He said that his leg was
shattered, and he cried piifully for me to como
and help him. Ii proved to be Billy Guelick.
boy about - or 20 years of age. He was a
Corporal in Co. l.. Poor fellow, his thigh was
amputated aud he died on a cot by my side, in
Brownsville, five days afterward. While we
were fighting dismOuuted our horses STAN
peded aud ran of the field, but Jones came
back with some OF my company, and they took
me oil the field aud helped me into an ambu-
lance.
Our regiment lost y men killed and wounded
IN this affair. Among the wounded was Il.
NJ. Reynolds, who was First Lieutenant Of
Go. B, who was First auditor, u. ). Treasury,
and was accidently killed at the Southern
Hotel, in ST. Louis, No. in 1Ss5.-JAMEs NJ
RUSSELL, Captain, LIST Iowa Cav, Connells-
vile, Pa.