The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-03

we "a part of the Nineteenth Corps and
the remnant Of the Thirteenth Corps) we're
soon on the march for the said ford which
we found and commenced the passage of.
How cold that water oas but we put arms,
ammunition and grub above our heads
and succeeded in wading across safely and
commenced our march in line of battle up a
long, low bluf thickly covered with trees
fallen longs and underbrush.
AT the summit of the hill. or bluff, we
surprised the rebel rear-guard who fired a
few shots and started on run down the
opposite slope into and across a little valley
sbout one hall mile in width, closely pur-
sued by the Nineteenth Corps boys, who
were ordered to charge them, closely follow
cd by our (rhrteenth Corps boys.
During this charge, aud while the Thir-
teenth Corps was following closely Upon the
heels OF the Nineteenth Corps, | came upon
a little dry run with here and there quite
high banks and Just Ms crossed this run |
met two men with wounded comrade from
some Maine regiment | helped them to get
him into the run behind one OF the high
banks for protection and got our Assistant
Surgeon, DR. o. n. Wood, 10 come and dress
his wound This comrade was shot in the
forehead; his brains were oozing out OF tho
wound and The nose. lie kept ASKING the
Doctor IL he thought he would live IL seems
he was the only son OF widowed mother
who together with one daughtsr we're
dependent upon him for support. lie told
the Doctor that he had a few days before
received furlough for 80 or 90 days to go
home and visit mother and sister.
Although so used and hardened TO scenes
of this kind, II is as wildly impressed upon
my mind as though but yesterday OF
course we know that there were thousands
OF just such cases, but they seldom fell un-
der the notice OF any one man, hence were
not so realistic to him.
There Is also one other little episode OF
which would like to speak connected with
this same battle. After having crossed this
valley, and while ascending a very steep
bluff, heavily covered with timber, brush
and rocks, found a wounded rebel sitting
with his back against tree. | heard him
cursing and groaning. | got Comrade G. A.
Langdon, ffer Of my company, to, go with
him asked him where he was hit His re-
ply was: "In nv stomach" He was con-
scripted from Richmond Va and sent away
down In Texas and Louisiana, so he could
not easily get away. At least, that was his
version Of 1t. He told Comrade Langdon
and me that he had wife and two children
back in Richmond, but had not heard q
word from them for over two years.
We fixed him up as comfortable as we
could, gave him canteen about half.full
Of water and as we turned to leave him he
told us that he would like to ask favor OF
US. We said to be quick about 1t, as the
troops were gettlnS quite u lonS ways iroH
us. He therenpon pulled out house
wife" such as our mothers, sisters and
sweethearts used to make for us, which CON
tanned the pictures of his wife ard two
children. That and few trinkets that he
had saved to send some day to his wife and
two children he handed to Comrade Lang
don and asked him. If he lived until after
the war was over. to send to his wife, whose
name and address was upon the back of her
picture. After this We left him to die.
After the war was over and we came
home ComradeI.angdon wrote TO the address
and received a very nice letter in return
with instructions where and how to send
the trinsets,--E A. CRAHDALL, in National!
Tribune"