Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-16

Confederate. hcoxclnimcd, LAY me down
and save the Hug" Ills wish was obcyad
aud the banner was rescued but the Con
fcleratc lines soon closed around the help
less hero aud he died prisoner Of war two
days later
The hot little battle Of Franklin, Tenn,
Nov. 20, 1876, had the distinction of count
ing moro dead generals among it, slain
belonging TO one side than any ot the great
fields of the war The eight began after I
o'clock In the Afternoon. aud before the
sun went down live Confederate generals
lay dead. Chief among them was Mai.
Gen. Patrick H. Cleburne, the "S,onownll
OF the West" Clgburnc had % singulnrcn
rect He was foreigner by birth, aud en-
tered the Confederate sIryicr ns u private,
and with no other leverage thnu native
ability won his way TO major general
ship.
There had been some unpleasant Incl
dents In the Hood campaign of Invasion
leading up to Franklin, and Clcbuno had
been involved, but ON the eve OF the DIES.
pcrntc charge, after forming hls division
IN three lines Of attack, he said TO Hood,
General, am ready, and have more hope
In the ilual'succcsso Of our cause than have
had at any time since the iirst gun was
hrcd.n with these words he sounded tho
charge, aud TO both friends AMI enemies
hc seemed animated with unusual despvrn.
ton Ia one Wild rush the division broke
the first Union line aud then for the rest VI
! the short afternoon the fury o. the contest
! has no parallel. Where Clehurnc led, thir.
teen distinct charges were recorded by
Union officers. Commands oyerlapped aud
| intcrminglod, and generals OF the as-
slultlng column were Killed, 3 were wound
4 cd and WIS captured inside the Union
works. Gen. Hood said that the Held re-.
| called 10 him the terrible scenes NJ carnage
| lc had passed through 10 Gaines MIL, An.
| tletnm AMI Gettysburg No one survived
that could tell exactly how Clohurne met
his fate, but his body waA found at tho
ditch Of the Union works, where the Con.
| fedrrnto dead lay thitkest. and 1t Is be-
! licycd that ho fell late In the action IN Rt-
tempting to resist euuntercharge b.
| Union reserves
A lion Of the deck, who fell on the very
| threshold Of n bright career, was Col
Charles Ellct, father Of the Union steam
ram fleet Oh the Mississippi. Ellct WIS a
| civil engineer who volunteered to con.
| struct and lead fleet uf steam rams in
| imitation of the dreaded Confederate Mrr-
rmAc. When tho Union guEhoat fleet
| Htartod down the Mississippi In June.
| 1852, Ellet accompanied II with squadron
! Of wooden steamers armed with rams, The
| Confederate feet, cnnsistiug,uf eight Heavy
irnnclad vessels, steamed mp the river To
| meet the Union nrinHmgnt, and ltllct dashed
into the line. w face " a heavy FIRE, with
the rams Queen Of the West and Monarch.
He stood ON the deck 81 the Queen and Ill.
roctcd her with such force aud precision
As 60 send his iirst antagonist To the bot.
tom ~ one blow, Other Confederate YES
sels soon closed la around the Queen, and
Ellut received pistol shot In the knee that
proved mortal and though he sank under
II he lay on deck throughout the engage.
mcut directing his rums until the Conird.
crate nutlla was destroyed aud his fon
and subordinate oaicgr, Charles II. Ellet,
had uniurlcd the stars and stripes Ia
Memphis 10 siguAlle the victory aud re-
ceiyrd the surrender Of thu city In the
ngme OF the wounded hero.
GEoRGg l., kILMEh