The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-24
AT CaICCK MAUGA.
What Happened in the Woods After
ths Battle.


From the Neio YORK World
The regiment had Just moved by the left
flank into the woods, where the smoke hung
so thick one could not see twenty feet away,
when the confederates charged us. There
was yelling aud shouting and hurly-burly,
and didn't even know where was hit, nor
| do | remember falling. 1t was perhaps ten
minutes later, and the struggle just there
was over, when l opened my eyes and found
| myself lying across a dead corporal. Just
as | crawled off of him some one called:
wall. now, If thar amt a dead yank
comm back to lifew
A few feet to the left, just getting into
| position. with bis back to tree, was a con-
! federate who had been shot in the leg.
"Whar' yo' hitp he asked as looked at
him.
I'm the shoulder, guess. It seems as il
the whole arm were torn away"
Come over yere."
| crawled over to him. With his knife
| he ripped up his pants leg, and then he
bound a handkerchief over his wound
! When he had finished he cut away my
blouse around the shoulder, examined the
wound as we'll as he could and kindly re-
marked:
THAT ar will take you to the hospital fur
month or SO. and then git you a 6O-day
! furlough. Purity tough scrlmmage, wasn't
! it"
(Which side WONG"
"We'uns, or co'se. You'uns was div out
in no tine It's powerful battle goin' on
| yere. Reckon eve'y man is shootin' as fast
as he kin. LeInme help yo' with that can
| teen. Waters purity warm, but it's wet
| I'll take a leetle myself. Listen to that
| yelin'. Pm jist a leetle Tit afraid GIneral
Bragg Is gwlne to skeer Gineral Rosecrans
! outer his butes."
~ am sure we shall win this battle"
"Shoo! You 'uns gwine to be whipped
| all to smash afore night. Hear that? That's
our boys gittin' right along. Lay down
| thar and I'll keep yo' posted as fur as
! kin. Reckon this leg feels better when l sit
| up"
| Had either Of us known where to 90 we
might have hobb.ed off; but there was no
! telling which was the front or rear Of that
! fight, and bullets were singing about like
| bees.
Nov, yank," said the man after a mo-
ment. that's powerful firing over thar.
That's youns tryin' to hold position, but
we'uns is gwine to git it away"
81 hope not"
"Got to, yo' know. Thar goes more can
non on the left. Reckon vo'uns hev bin
bringin' up mo- guns. No good, though"
There's more cheering"
| "Y as, and that's yankee yellln'. We'uns
| got driv back down thar; but it WON'T last
| long. Uncle Robert sent Gineral Longstreet
cl'ar down yere from Varginny. aud we'uns
have got to win. Good deal O. lead bein'
wasted around yere."
whats thatp | asked, as there came a
terrible crash Of musketry on Sherldans
front.
ATS jest our battle line breakin' cover
down thar Yo'uns was waitin' to git In q
dose, but reckon it haln't hurt much"
(which side is cheering now" asked,
as a great shouting could be heard above
the roar of the guns.
"We'uns, of co'se. Told yo' 'twasn't
much of a dose. Boys jest gitrin' right
thar. Got to do it, yo' know. Shoulder
feel any wus"
Good deal of pain"
That's material, but yo' keep quiet
| Whew! But hain't they havin' it hot down
thar! Must be hull bar'is O. lead fyini
around loosel'
"The els more cheering Which side does
| that come fromM
| He faade no reply.
WHO Is cheering nowp
He was still silent. turned over until
| could see his face. He sat there dead. A
| bullet had struck him fair in the forehead,
! and death had come so quickly that he still
sat erect. and his lips were parted as if TO
| answer my question.