Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-08-12

his cigar "You probable knew Dick
-Enderlln enlisted as a drummer boy.
he was IN my company, and he beat a
drum for all that was out-beat It so
hard that you couldn't find drum heads
enough III the army to keep him sup
pled-and a short time before the
Gettsburg fight he came to me for the
sixth or seventh drum-head, and [ just
gave him gun. He kicked a little,
but took it, and made pretty good use
of it afterwards, too.
Coward the close of the first days
fight at Gettysburg our regimental
zine was stretched along the crest of
the ridge, adown the side of which was
q field of wheat almost ripe enough for
the reaper. Much of it had been cut
that day, and more was destined to be
cut on the morrow-cut by shot and
shell and swept by the musketrv of
of the field, and but frightfully short
distance away, were the rebel lines.
Twice that afternoon we had charged
across that wheat field in the effort to
drive the enemy from their position,
'sad twice had we been driven back
Aeaving many dead and wounded
IMAM among the standing wheat. The
Twkeat was so high that when lying
down one could not be seen by the enc
my, and for some time before the
charge was ordered we had occupied
the position described, keeping up
sharp fire on the enemy, and receiving
as good as we sent in return. [
: COULDN'T help but be amused at Dick
IL order to save the men as much as
possible, I directed them to lie down
ITO do their loading, and only rise to
deliver their fire, but Dick insisted
upon standing up all the time. Three
or four times yelled at him to keep
under cover or he would get hit but,
In few moments, excitement would
get the better of him and he would be
on his feet again, loading and firing as
rapidly as he could handle his piece.
sWhen the sun had gone down and
she shades of night had checked the
firing considerably several of us were
standing grouped together, looking out
over the field of wheat, wondering
what had been the result of the days
esEork and what would be the result of
she morrow, when We heard some
wounded man, way over in the wheat
field, grooming terribly. Taking off
my haversack, [ handed it to Enderlin,
who was standing by, and remarked
that / was going to that fellow.
This, as every one knew, was a
pretty ticklish piece Of business, for,
although it was then night, the moon
was shining, and at every rustic of the
wheat that indicated the possibility of
ats being moved by human being the
-Johnnies would send their musket and
xife balls through it in a way that
made it very unhealthy for any person
chat might be concealed there.
Still I resolved to chance it, and
getting down on my knees [ began to
worm my way through the wheat in the
direction of the groans. had got but
q few yards, however, when I felt some
one grasp me by the leg, and 1 heard
Dicks voice:
look here, Major he said, you
mustn't go out there. You might get
Ldiled, and we can't spare you; let me
go
why, I don't believe you could get
$S,e fellow in, Dick replied; he is
probably hurt so bad that he will have
TO be carried, and don't believe you
could carry a man in that way and
&hrough that wheat
Well, you just come back and let