The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-10
The Century War BOOK.

In the Century Wax Book Martin I.
McMahon writes the tOllOWlnS BidpHlc
sketch OF the death at SpO.tsyNanla o.
General John SedgNlch' ,,-,,
After the First New Jersey brigade,
by Sedgwick's direction, had Deen win
drawn through little opening 10 lne IeIl
OF the pieces of artillery, the GENERAL N"o
had watched the operation, resumed Mo
seat on the hard-tach bOA anu S1iiiiiioi,' :.
ed talking about members OF MS SIAN
in very cOmplimentaTy terms. ne was an
inVeterate tease. and ] AT once auspecttu
that he had some joke on the stan Whlch
he was leading up 70. ne was my. up
ed i'm his comments 10y observing that the
tro0ps who during this time mad been MI
ing from the left into The rlle-plts, hai
come to halt and were Iylhs 90" H.
while the left Of the line partly overlap
nod inc positiOn OF the section OF aflll-
Icrv He stopped aDTufuy ana sald.
.',rhat j. wrong Those troops must De
moved farther 10 the Ilsht, uVh WISH
them 10 overlap that battery. started
out Ia execute the Oricr, ana ne arose
- ~ sane moment. and We Sauntered
ont slowly 10 the gun on the right. About
an hour before, ] had reIhdIheu 10 inc
General. pointing TO the TWO pieces III
half-testing manner, Whlch ne Wen UNDER
stood, General DO you SEE ti,a' seC ~ 10.
III artillery? Well, you are not 10 90 near
If todavF He answered gOod-naturedly'
"NcAIahon, i would IKE 10 know VINO
commands this corp, you or sdiu,
ulayfullv. We'll, General, sometimes an
In douhi myself" but added, seriously,
Gsnsral / beg OF you not 10 go 10 that
onaIe. VERY officer VINO has shown hlm-
10 tbere mas been hit, both yesterday
md today" He answered quietly. Nv Ell,
I don't know that there IS any reason LOT
~ eoing there" When afterward We
,.3 ,il,od out 10 the position In Heated, this
Conversation had entirely escaped the
memory or Doth. . - -, .
- ..r4H u
evecute the movement the enemy opened
y enrinkling IRE, partly from 5harpshOOt-
ers As the bullets whistled by, some OF
he men lodged. The General said laugh
inglv. what. what! men, dodSinS TINS
80 for single bullets, What Will you do
when they open fire along the whole line?
am ashamed Of you. They couldn't hit
an elephant at this distance a few see-
Onds after a man who had been separated
from his regiment passed directly IN 'front.'
of the General, and at the same moment
sharp-shOOter's bullet passed with long
shrill whistle very close, and the soldier,
who was then just In front Of the Gene
raj lodged 10 the ground. The General
touched him gently with his foot and said:
'Why, my man. I'm ashamed OF you,
dodeing that way" and repeated the re-
mark. They couldn't hit an elephant al
this distance" The man rose ana saiuted'
ed. and said gOOd-naturedly; General,
/ lodged n shell once. and II / hadn't 1t
would have taken my head on. | believe
In dodging" The General laughed and
replied "All right, my man; go TO your
place" IN ,.h,s,,o
closing with a dull, heavy stroke, inter-
rupted our talk, when. as ! was ABOUT
10 resume. the Generals lace turned SLOW
~ To me the blood squirting from MS
ieft cheek under the eye IN a steady
strsam He fell In my direction; was
so close to him that my effort to support
him failed. and | fell win G nun, War
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