Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-07
RATTLE OF CRATER.
=. r,rroiacliOn at The Exposition by
oI- Military and Veterans,
GENE OF BLOODY CARNAGE.
... ,f.Cah,'s vivid and PieturcsQue
,-.,.lt oftho confederate Forces
Great right

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rnt VIC movement o' 'uV
.. H..l llos WiH be shown IN the
.... tat4l
....4t .,lich tho mine wns sprung
...f "a milo s.nthcast Of Bland.
.... Petersburg. and by this
.I.,.1 .rsc.fcd toproluce such
......rI -rak, sucn "a breach IN
...r f.ie rs would render Pc
..... ,.4v prov. 1hc Confederate
-.r. aware TINT the enemy
..y.nr operations. but their
......',., ,eos not known and
NINA ,,,, started n wos
...r., ta the lack al pr0por
......r took u'oca NJ 4.4f 4. n.
tE,u followed the battle OF
ID ...rs of carnage and a Dis
....,.s vnl5r on the part Of the
..-. .c.- unelualloi during the
,..., ,,icturcs.uo and vivid
...r. ip CaU,ou w. Gordon
-.r,.s lofo,o the bssoc,ation
.~....r N.rfharn VIRGINIA deliy.
.....,.-t iS5f' From that Geserip.
.i.,.,n,, be t,ken.
.......,...,,>,,.,.,.
-.>' 49, "l ~ 'N'' ''V 'NN"'
M king rs az an earthquake, ana
VIII. end pas burst when rent the
..- beyond vast column oil
smoke shoots upward 10 great
.-3uk side, flashing ont sparks Of
..-..1 t.r a. fr.fu.rf ~, mid
.. showers OF STONES btokeh
... ..t HiHch"ned human llhpS, Suo-
Oh. gloomy pan oil d@iTenlng smoke
.' al angry crimson as IL hOats
tt 'he morning sun.
'1> tone MS "ork Win terri
'h">-, Tor now tbe site OF tue
-...tt is marked by horrid chasm,
al H. l.r,~. ,ar ,','['I o." MI
.. ID. Guards. when thus snr-
rt.-lfi.u death. lie buried beneath
...i blocks of blsckened clav-in
..r- and men of the Eighteenth
.l.--r.oa3 South CarOllna-2
.. u,u 20 Of pccram's Petersburg
r-.I uuhVaval has rent in twain
... .rI-aic, and the men 20 therleht
......f 'le huge ABYSS recoIl IN terror
Nor shall We censure them,
..-.. b. VA, the explosion that even
I'm minutes elapsed ere it could
..-.-u of fire bursts in red fury
i,Iai front, and IN an instant
...,. between the hostile lines lies
.. hlpWIug smoke. Then Mar
.. himself at the head Of the
n
-e comes 10 response betting
.-, Grandeur of the scene: no tramp
..... Dr., rolling drums of Auster-
..tc. shouts of warllke Joy burst
t..rcu Of the Light Division F"
t.. mounted the breach of BadIiOS
... u-..'- " ROYALS as they crowned
......, -'.ua- of ST. Sebastian.
lA'''LlNG LINZ OF AkN'
'. Of tins. Is mere but strag-
...' men II the Second Brigade,
'.t..r. utterng mechanical
mounts the crest, passes I'M
...' across thelutervening space. ana
instinct tostered toy long ser
'" N.nches' PiuheeS INTO lue
.r hI iue lTltHaly sheiler Oh us
'..
- cemetery I'M IN pam view,
.... u... hard beyond the brave Ola
tus Wmtcly IN Its wealth ot
-'.l 5c,-ne along the Coh'eue-
.t .- t-. ItI'le'S men dld not ad-
..3 low the supporting brigade
'.- -.w. DIVISION, running forward
..- '. crr-', aad with an lhcreul9le
"i.s lu upon thelr cGuiIaues
..'i.rI together ID the shelNlhS
tueDuI and COMPANY organila;
H.- lost. aud the men speedily passed.
.. control OF their officers.
~ flllott, who, WIN the rem
'".' ana IedI oi 'ue NIatol; no
..... ..i. -, sumo immediate direc-
r.F..-- and a con.iderap!e time
....rs Enaurrrard and Lee-both
o.. ,uplDattox-w were informed
... . Paul Of Beauregard's staff, of
... and locality of the disaster.
.. .....t,u the moment John Haskell
... Carolina. "a plOrlDus Young bat
.... ..,.a.,nder. whose name will be
.ra,ei with the artillery corps
...t.. frort. followed by two light
........ ..l having disposed these pieces
.... ..-L r,46 and opcued Planner's
SIMS nom tre Gee House. passed TO
.... d. sneak a word al CHEEKY com
...... - .Irulfip. of his battalion.
..- ..r.qtv ANNOYING the swarming
..t.t ,.. .r.rr,. with his Virclnia hat
....t ..... t,.rte-- Passing THROUGH
t..l v4L HASKELL sought Elliott.
...,..r. .uf ., I,m the defenceless
...... f+.a crrs ON the Plank road
.... ...., D., uSte srcb disDositiops as
u. .I.,f .bow prntoetion. Essayinp
.. -..ran. forward followed by a
r.. .u| .f frave follows. but almost
..t. instant f.u stricken bv a erievous
ALI. MAS h,rpa from his last field Of
r.
,.fr>.rprr,n IN ppN5.Ts.
10y ihe enemy 3 artillery was now
were, OWING - ther superior
.' METAL ana the guns on the
. road exposed, in addition 70 the
trp-Ionters, were suuer .ug
..'t u was dcterlnlneo 70 fe''re
h pieces, and as the SITUATION
r.,..r inpeiess, 10 eau TOT Noluh,,
'an 'h'se. To baskells prcud
.t.tF -Uu detachment volunteered
ti" artillery 70 the right anu
t.ar themselves Win the reSo-
men conscious mat Ior tle
''1 or the army was VSn-
l.'H steAlihvSs' anu t ue
a-'he uarfcl tHe Ioh1 70 q
i.'. lrt me repeat, CSiloto'ys
a'srl on mon mo Qluceis q.
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