Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

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There was lnil in The firing tn frunt,
bat out 70 the leftward volley after vol.
leg poured. cot upon the morning air
the sun ~ | INC over the hills to our
right. had followed At tine Raliop the v
general. who was hurrying to the front q
He was more silent than had ever I
known him. suddenly he halted and :
Turned TO zee who all were about him. /
What troops are those" l asked him
doubtfully. as l saw long line Of in !
fantry men double quicking behind a
high rail fence distant not $50 yards
away. could not distinguish the uni.
form. and | was not aware of the direc-
ton from which all our riflemen were to
enter the battle
My God" said the general. .that Is
| the enemy.
We were upon them before we were
aware OF their close proximity. They
discovered us, too, at once, and We're
preparing FOR the greeting.
.'Get ont Of the roadr' shouted the I
general. There WAS "a ciump of trees Oh +
either side Of the highway upon which /
ne had thus far advanced.
Get ont OF the road. Don't you see
they are bringing the battery to bear
upon US from the hin yonder;"
looked. and white pnff Of smoke
greeted my vision, aud the same instant
wmz whur-r.r- chec-e,s-ee - went
she'll right between the general and his
staff. and ii bounded down the road. ex
ploding in our rear.
The general addressed me again:
'Get ont Of the road, and gallop back
and have The cavalry moved on the flank
Of that line yonier in the field"
Another shell came in the mean time,
and made the air resonant with the Il,
ing fragments
Then there was volley Of rifles aud a
faint cheer near 10 our flanks-fOr our
infantry We're how moving ont of the
skirt Of the woods and opening the hat
tie in earnest
Capt. Hart. too. had come, and he un.
limbered hts guns on the battery on the
hill in our front. though he soon turned
his aim to the infantry line that was
: nearer. AMI | heard the shots rafting
= upon the rails behind which the enemy
: had fallen
y Thank God. the infantry are here.
said one. They are the men who's
/, bnpulltTS move inc NhttlS on 10 NiCbDIl
y heard the commanding general shou
rs the long line came hurrying on jus
:, as the men emerged from the skirt o
= woods, Move on that line behind Won
y fence!"
a red and white aud blue line of fir
. answered from the enemy.
Fall down and fire. heard an Off
Ger shout.
II Alas many had already fallen-falle
az to rise no more
~ Half hundred meu Of a regimen
u stood up, and their irregular fire rattle
81 mockingly along the fence.
81 Ii was the work Of but IA moment, e
whole brigade in our front anSwere
Tn the fire of the little band. The batter
eo rained grape and canister and shrapn,
~ against the brigade, aud now the bait
" had joined IN vful earnestness all alon
the line.
Battery replied to battery, hostil
ae brigade replied TO hostile brigade, wit
sheets of iron and leaden fire. Thei
ne were in the terrific din the hurtling sho
the screaming screeching shell. an
ny whistling whirr of the deadly mini
ne Amid the roar were the shouts of con
en- mand the wailiug shrek of the wuundt
I'd. and the means Of the dying. The hon
- were passing. the musketry was roariI
at with an unhruken note, the batteri
nd were believing at each other, when su
tlii denly there was deep, dull thud-
Ger p,;,,htv fn,,, ,,,I,ich ~ op,a shock ii
IN whole battlefield. Two heavily lad
caissons We're blown mp simultaneous
I l Then there was another sound with
L.
lull in the firing ON our right, and 1
lnd whole earth seemed t0 be laboring al
m. grnaning. Thousands stood lstenil
~. amid the hprrid hell
n Oh. 1t was the charge Of the cavalry
nu- charge! chargef shouted the throa
as Of dozen officers, and the bugle bias
ny. ringing out family in the din. mingl
the and died away in the fierce shouting
leu the sqnadrons.
ng Boom! boom! boom! went the artille
'.hr bosses.
'er, Clang! clang, clangi rang out the 81
cal tering sabers as they lcaped from I
scabbard
Ter, II was. however, but an instant OF a
nd full chorus when the waiting cry of WI
erloo. sauye qui peut!-''saye hims
'tnl who n,'-went up before the onrushi
MY squadron of furious horseInen, who bro
nge out ia the wild shout Of victory tn
deadened the guns along the whole Ii
and troops on the right-troops ON {
y, left troops in the center-all caught {
nj, notes, aud there was one long and terri
ind thunder note Of victory. The cheers
are infantry men greeted the shouts of ca
airy meanwhile the little squad abu
nat the artillery brave fellows, with ban
ar Of rcd upon their uniforms, cried out.
till tbe aaf.a,,.d u.r. s.cn fv;no in strict,
an masses in 'front.'
aS "Hurra for our battery"
Don And we'll might the living yict'
shout
led
i'm Aud well may the dead fest-friel
and foe in zone red burial blent. M,
are Moore in Atlanta Constitution.
ard