The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-12-24

Gazette about Purcell ? Why, yes.
1t seems to me that they must have
been asleep the past year or more.
That rot about Mr.. Pureell's going
to New York on campaign funds, l
thought, had long since been disposed
of. Possibly Mr.. Purcell's acting
professionally for his clients in the
late liquor cases was too vigorous for
the Gazette's line of thought, and the
crank's are looking for something
with which to get back at him. Oh,
George, if hipocracy was crime and
80 days and 5000 the fine, what lot
of good ? people we would carry on
our docket for clients.
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James Golding: Yes, l entered
the service when hardly IS, in Co. X
4Oth New York. Was wounded the
night of the second day Of the three
days battle of charlottesville. Fight
ing lasted till away into the night,
and was trampled nearly to death
lying upon the field as the men
swayed back and forth and retreated
---or fell back. After the firing ceased,
| called out to the line Of confederates
that l would try and get to them and
not be trampled upon further, they
being formed in columns in masses
by battellions, two or three rods from
where ! lay. They said yes, come
OH in. l crawled up to them, they
lifted me along and lay me under. Il
tree, and asked if my boys were COM
ing again. said yes. they are not
afraid of anything. There were
some 5000 or 10000 union men
wounded and lying upon the ground,
prisoners. Then came my captain
and others and we laid there till break
of day when the battle opened again
in all its fury and grief. And we
lying upon the ground could see the
operations considerably, the smoke
hanging three or four feet from the
ground. Finally Gen. Lee came
along and giving an order, the earth
swarmed with gray coats and they
"ended" Hooker men right out of the
trenches the boys had dug during the
night. Hooker had left this flank
wide open, and he was routed
totally. Here stood young spirit
Of Il Johnnie and, seeing the boys in
blue retreating. clapped his hands
and shouted: That's right. 1 am
glad to see the d-n Yankees get
ting licked l was in fearful pain
and mad---mnky now, and foolishly
said to him !: "If you think it so
easy you had better get to the front
and help your boys. There's lots of
men in front of them not a d-n
bit afraid of you'' lie. looked
yicously at me as l lay there. Then
an officer who had heard me, in gray
OF course, stepped up and pushed the
coward along, saying, get out of this
and preemptorially ordered him away,
and, turning to me, said "That's
right boy.'' When the officer moved
away my captain said : "Golding you
would have been bayonetted before
our helpless eyes had not that officer
driven that fellow away. lie looked
you over very viciously. We are
prisoners now and you must hold
your temper" L had not realized
| the danger till my captain spoke.
, My cousin, Pat Golding, something
of u pugilist, was bayonetted to death
at Bulls Run, a prisoner, for saucy
! talk. We lay wounded prisoners
upon the open field Is days, when
, we were parolled. Awful does not
describe mems sufferlngs on those
occasions. That suffering and starv.
alton no man can depict. The stencil
from the dead was dreadful. l tell
you war is not like running this
bargain store.
Yes, Stonewall Jackson was killed
within less than 80 rods of where l
lay. We had been charging his forces
and when thedarkness and rest came
Jackson and staff passed out through
his lines, giving orders that his men
should not await orders, in case Of a
charge, but to turn loose on anything
rcsemblin 6 u charge---and passed out.
returning at the same point within
two hours and was fired upon by his
own men.--as lie had ordered. His
first request was to keep quiet the
fact that lie was hurt.