Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-08-27
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
DEATH CALLED THE ROLL.
All Were Accounted for. Either on tn

All Were Accounted for, Either on the
Field or In the Trenches.
He had been lying very quiet for q
long time, and the nurse at his bedside
dozed and nodded-struggled to keep
awake, and finally slept in her chair.
Then a shadow stole into the room and
stood by the bed whispering:j
Fright dressl Back on the left!
'FRONT.'"
The sergeant opened his eyes and
looked about him in wonder. His hair
was thin and gray, his face pale and
wasted, and death had set its mark
upon his brow.
Attention to roll call" continued
the shadow. adams, Ansil Artman,
Averill, Airport, Amsden-" E q
"They do not answer" said the
sergeant as the shadow paused.
They can answer no more! They
were buried in the trenches at Manassas
Barnard, Baxter, Beebe, Burton, Bloom,
Bailey
81 do not hear them," said the SER
geant
"Their lives went out when McClcl-
Ian turned at bay at Malvern Hill.
-,
Claxton, Coleman, Caniff, Campbell--'
''Does any one answer for them?'
asked the sergeant.
AYE! do' replied the shadow. 81
saw them laid inthe shallow trenches at
Antietam after the roar of battle had
ceased and the cries of the wounded had
been hushed. They We're following
Hooker's flag when they fell. Davis,
Denton, Danforth, Dougherty, Dono.
hue, Dillingham;"
absent without leave?" said the
sergeant
NO! Absent forever. They crossed
at Fredericksburg, and their dead bodies
| lay nearest the terrible stone wall at
the base of Marie's hill. They could
not win victory, but they could die.
Enright, Eberman, Ecllliff, Epstein,
| Englenan, Eckart-"
They may be on guard" said the
| sergeant, as he listened for the sound OF
| their voices.
"Then the dead guard the dead" re.
| piled the shadow. II saw them lying
stark and dead under the trees at Chan
cellorsville, left to be buried by vic
torious enemy. Fabor, Fenton, Foster
Franklin, Fitch, Fitzwilliams-"
''They have been detailed for special
duty" suggested the old soldier.
Their duty ended at Gettysburg.
saw them lying dead after the Virgin
| ians had been driven back and thou
sands were shouting victory. Gray, Cor
man, Gobel, Gosport, Gansel, Green"
| "Where?' asked the sergeant.
| ssIp tba tbirlyntS pf tba p,p lra xx.il Il nv.
ness, where ten thousand men dice
without seeing an enemy. When nigh
came the songs of the whippoorwill
were heard above the plants of th'
wounded. Hall, Harmon, Hcnnessy
Hill, Hilton, Hurlburt-"
"And these too"
aye. every one of them They wer
left behind. Ingalls,, Irving, Isham
Imrie. Isabel, Ingersoll-"
''Ah. l remember" whispered TIL
sergeant. They fell as they guarde,
the trenches at Petersburg. l mysel
helped to bury them"
''James, Jenkins, Jordan, Jolly, Jus
tin"
Dead at Appomattox!'
''Larllins, Hampton, Larry, Lennon
Levering, Loring-"
Call no more. Only when the ange
calls the roll of the dead at the las
great day will the dust make answer
alone am left of my company"
The old sergeant fell back upon hi
pillow with moan, and before his dir
vision the specters of the dead SCENE
to form in line and await his order.
Sergeant Grim!" called the Shadow
The nurse awoke and cried out:
"Who has called him? He is dead"
'It was l." said the Shadow. "H
was the last on the roll and can ca
no more"
"And you-you-"
81 am the Shadow of Death"-N.