The National tribune., 1890-07-03

terry; but they could not maintain their po.
sition. Some 40 or 80 of us, under the leader
ship Of an officer j did not know, protected the
left flank of the battery by lying down behind
garden fence and keeping the rebs back on
the other side Of tho garden until the battery
limbered up and dashed to the rear down the
incline out of range. We also limbered to the
rear, and had we not done so the chances are
we would have been there yet. So back we
went-troopers looking for their horses pack
mules brayinR for water, shells dropping here
and there, coming where from no one seemed
TO know-back to the field hospital, where it
was scramble to get such of our wounded as
could be moved upon horses back out of danger.
1t was here that / assisted COmrade Daniels of
Co. g, onto n horse. no having been severely
wounded in the hip. and his brother succeeded
in getting him safely from the field. Near
here wo overlook our horses making to the rear
in charge of our No. 4s men, and mounting my
charger felt that Richard was himself again.
Still back we went The sun had set and dusk
was falling fast. About eight or nine o'clock
that night some 10 or 10 of us went into an oat-
field, and tying my horse TO a rail had taken
from a fence, / lay down, with tho rail for q
pillow, utterly exhausted, where lay uncon-
cious Of the surroundings until early daybreak
the next morning, when | was aroused by n
perfect babel of shouts, calling to the members
of various regiments who were just coming in,
" 10th N. Y, this way; 9th Ohio, over there |;
1st Me-, here; lst Mass, yOnder lst Jersey,
other side" and so OH down until nearly every
regiment in the division was named, and its
location pointed out.
After partaking of some hot coffee and hard
tack supplemented with a smoke of some Old
Virginia leaf. began to feel the sense of demor-
alizatiOn passing away. and set about taking an
account of stock. j still possessed my horse,
arms and accoutermcnts, and in addition /
found the ball that struck me the day before.
On entering the service | took with me two
old-lashioned daguerreotypcs in cases, the pic
ture OF one on glass, the other on sheet-iron.
For safe keeping / had wrapped them in two
folds of the cloth of All army overcoat, securely
tied with strong twine, and carried them in tho
inside pocket of my cavalry jacket. The ball
having struck Just over them, going through
cloth, cases and glass imbedded Itself in the
sheot-iron Of the inside picture. AT this day
consider il the best investment / ever made in
life insurance, and am the proud possessor of
that ball aud the remains of those pictures.
have not the record OF the losses of our regi-
ment, but it was heavy, among the killed be-
ing Capt. Page of Co. NJ.
That the Second Brigade was ongaged-at
least the greater part was-I know. As we fell
back from our first line, which we did in con-
fusion, / noticed an officer of the 1st Me. Cav.
cheering and encouraging his men, and right
well did they respond. While only private
and yOung one at that yet ] knew Buck
eye man from a Piuetree fellow, also the differ
ence between a Z. V. and Ny Yarker.-E. Nj
| IUroN, Bentley Creek, Pa, Co. L, 10th n. Y,
Cav, First Brigade, Second Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army OF the Potomac.