The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-23

THE RUSH OF orDYcKE AND HIS MEN.
ont orders and with an ardor equal TO
that OF Opdycke's followers upon the
swarming assailants, soon to bc inspired
by the arrival OF their commanding gen.
eral, Stanley, who had leaped into the sad
die the instant the first rife report signal.
ing that the battle was on reached his
bivouao north OF Harpeth river. Galloping
into tho throng Of friends and foes COM
mingled, Stanley cheered on his men until
painful wound laid him low. The Con-
federates on the right and left Of Gle
burne's column, catching up the advan-
tege gained by his laundering blows,
joined In the assault to drive the wedge
homo. Stewards belated corps, having
como up after Cleburne formed his line,
found tho space too narrow between the
pike and river TO accommodate It's brigados,
and these surged To the left, following in
Cleburne's footsteps aud fighting over the
snmo ground. Union officers In the works
along the pike counted l8 separate and
distinct Confederate assaults on their
front. The slaughter In the ranks Of gray
was frishtful In the extreme, the officers
leading their men fearlessly upon the
Union cannon and bayonets General
Adams OF Stewards corps spurrcd his horse
upon the parapet, and rider and stsed fell
there together, comrades In death, with
hundreds who followed their daring lead
or. Five Confederate generals, including
Cleburne, were killed and eight severely
wounded In close contact with the Union
works. Cleburne rushed from point to
point, leading charge aftcr charge against
the most stubborn positions of the enemy.
Finally one Of his subordinate officers,
General Cranberry, commanding the bri-
Rade which had preached the second line on
the pike and was fighting hand TO hand
with Opdycke's reserves inside the barri-
cades, fell dead. Cleburne, seeing at that
moment Union charge that threat
ened to sweep Grsnberry's struggling SOL
diers out of the works, rode to the spot to
inspire the men In place Of their fallen
leader. He galloped Mt dashing pace
across an open field swept by a hail Of mis-
siles so thick that both horse and rider
were pierced with many bullets before
reaching their destination, and both fell
within few feet OF the works which OPP
dycke and other reserves were struggling
manfully to recapturc.
But not generals alone bore of tho hon.
ors for valOr or he field Of Franklin. SOL
liers vied with their leaders In reckless
tApOsurC Oi tDelr llNos. olten riVh naGs
ioated side by side on the same parapet,
and their bearers or defenders fought
around them with dubbed rifles and with
bayonets used as rspiers. The seventy SEQ
ond Illinois regiment Of Wsgner's division
was nearly wiped out, every field ofIicer,
Its color euard, consisting Of q sergeant
and eight corporals, and $50 men being
shot down. The Forty fourth Missouri
(Union), lying next to the gap whore the
first break occurred, changed front under
fire and maintained its ground, with q
loss Of "a killed and 81 wounded. The car.
mage on the Confederate side was still moro
terrible, tho killed and wounded reaching
total OF quito Q, 600.
Schofeld held his ground and atnight
crossed the river unmolested by Hoods
shattered army. GEonGE l.. HILMEE