The National tribune., 1892-12-08

E- WISH Won 10 publish the following rem
iniscences Of the battle of Gettysburg
- given me by n. H. kIinge, citizen of
that place at the time of the fight there who
later an in the war became soldier. He took
filings very deliberately; was cool IN every
fbing he did, except in getting down off of
Little Round Top.-L n. DURBoHAw. Co. h,
LIST Pa Reserves. wa Taverns, Pa.
Mr. Kljnrle states that he lived in the house
Between the Sherry house and the Roger house.
sn the cast or southeast side of The Emmltsburg
.oad tan2 / know that il was s"}, during the
battle ot GetrysBurE. in July, 1868; that ne saw
the troops passing during the LIST day of July,
but his recollection is HAT it was at later
hour in the Gay: that there was a hating III
the marching columns and all at once there
was a swinging of axes at all the posts on the
left side Of the road aud, after a few strokes by
each. one push all along sent the fence HAT, ana
out on the left the troops spread over the
Susneler farm, and across by McNilIlanss
fhev went at a doui ie quick. He says all the
statements he has seen give the hour at /, or
as early as II a ~. lie thinks it was near )
o. m when the fence was cut down. HIS
re;cLlor Sherry Came to has place that even
ing: told him thar there was too much excite
men. to kill cai -lhat Mr.. klingle was going
70 kill Mr. Sherry said Keep il till tO-mor-
On the evening uf he LIST, when the Union
army fell back. thcy brought II or 16 wounded
Eonfederates to his house, and laid them on tie
floors of the rooms II The lower story. There
was no one left to are FOR them; that he gave
them water and bat he'd their wounds during
the night The wounded men called for doc
tors lie went SO see several but none would
90 with him. About the middle OF the day,
Jnlv ,. he was notified by enc officer after an
other TO leave; that he gave ali the same an
swer If ] must die ! viii die at home.
AT last an officer insisted that they must either
20 10 the cellar or leave; there were plenty OF
soldiers that would help carry the two children
sud their clothing.
LII. Kiingle started with his family, and
when down on the Trostle farm. an officer
came riding obliquely directly toward Mr.
Klinelc The officer was bareheaded, ana as
soon as he was within reach. he grabbed Mr.
Klingles hat, and MIR. klingle grabbed the
horses bride. The officer told Mr.. Klingle
that he was in the charge, and had lost his hat,
and could not get another then and that Mr.
Klingle could. Mr. kliugle said it was the
only hat he had, aud that he did not know
where to get another. The officer paid Mr..
KIinnlc asked if it was enough, and left him.
Klinrle brought his family 10 the foot of Little
Round Top, where they thought they were
safe and he started for home again to get
bag that was filled with his wifes best wearing
way IN Trostle's woods he met his neighbor
Sherry who wanted to know what he had done
with his hat; told him be could not get home;
that the rebels charged. and when be left they
were fighting ali around Klingle's house. Mr..
Klinge returned TO his family; came across
pool of muddy water, in which was soldiers
cap. He fshed 1t out, washed the mud of,
and put il on his head and passed to the left of
Little Ronnd Top. An officer stopped him and
took him on top of Little Round Top. Mr..
Klinge looked through their glass, and told
the places the rebels were putting their
wounded of the first day in, names of roads,
distances. and where they led to. And it was
not long till the first gun of the rebel battery
at Wardeid's blacksmith shop. on the extension
of Seminary Ridge opposite Little Round Top
was fired. 1t was not long till Signal men
sQuatted behind rocks aud began to slip away
and Mr. Kiingie followed suit. 1t was getting
too noisy to be comfortable about that time.
Dir. l. Jingle then went TO his family, and they
went 10 friends along Rock Creek, and on the
4th of July il took him nearly half day to
get from Round Top to his home. The pickets
would stop him, take him 10 their officers,
until lie was nearly at Gettysburg. Then he
went y gag until he arrived at the house.
There were Union officers sitting on chairs
aroanG he house. and would not let him in for
q long while. He then gathered up what
chairs he could find; took them into the
house. Later in the evening another neighbor
Eckeurodei came to his place and asked for
mis- wheel-barrow. Mr.. klngle said he looked
for il could not see il. Mr.. Eckenrode said
the solo ;ers had found his last barrel of -four;
that il was half empty. They were carrying it
in their caps, caBteens and in their hands.
Mr. kingle told him 10 20 home and secure il
he w0nld be down. aud they then carried it
TO Mr. Klingle's and they baked pancakes.
witheut salt, and rs the soldiers smeit
them they surrounded the house and coaxed
and plead for cakes They kept baking for a
while when Eckenrode suggested that their
families needed something 10 eat when they
would get home.
Oae soldier would not leave the window, and
Mr. kiingle went 10 him. broke his cake in
two. aud gave the soldier half He showed s.
biil into the room; refused taking it back; said
money was no object then; that he was sick.
and had had nothing to eat for two days.
Nearly everything was taken or destroyed.
Mr. KIiagle strolled all around ON the battle
feld TO find his two cows and calf Found
tho hide Of one cow. with part of the front
quarter Of meat attached to it, on the Trostle
farm.
On Sunday be saw some dead soldiers under
an apple tree in the lower part Of his orchard.
a shell had struck the tree, splintered il all to
pieces and the limbs had fallen all around the
trunk. He notified the officer in charge OF the
party who were burying the dead, and the
Ct1CeT ordered tie men 70 clear away the
limbs, and around the tree were four dead SOL
dierz. They had pan, with a portion of cake
remaining in the pan, showing that the ex-
p3osi0u Of the shell had killed the four men
while they were enjoying heir meal
One month after the battle Mr.. Klingle heard
where his other cow and calf were, about two
miles northwest from his place. Every place
he inquired for his COW the folks got angry at
him said they had lost all their cattle too
lie got the cow and calf and Mr.. Sherry got
his quarter Of veal. He could never get pay
from the Government for any property, ex-
cept 8 for a small lot of hay that officer had
taken
Nj. klingle says that the army during the
battle made So many changes that it WAS hard
for those that were living there before the bat
lie TO recognize places. aud it certainly would
be more difficult for entire strangers to do so.
lie says that Mrs. klingle baked for the officers
during the LIST and I'd days of July, and could
not bake as fast as they came, the officers pay
ing ia advance and then waiting till the bread
came out of the oven. Two of the officers dis
puted about who was TO get what was then in
the oven. They finally agreed that as Mrs.
kliagie decided, il should be. Mrs. KIipgle
was called, and explained that one officer had
paid when she put the bread in the oven and
the other paid afterward, and was to get the
next. but what was in the oven was not the
nexi. and il was satisfactory.
Mrs. kiingie died soOn after the war ended.
mE klIRgle now lives at 500 Madison avenue.
Baltimore and would like to know whether