The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-18

THE RUSH OF oPDYCKE AND HIS MEN.
ont orders and with an ardor equal to
that of Opdycke's followers upon the
swarming assailants, soon to be inspired
by the arrival Of their commanding gen
eral, Stanley, who had leaped IptQ the sag
die the instant the first rifle report signal
ing that the battle was on reached his
bivouac north of Harpeth river. Galloping
into the throng of friends and foes com
mingled, Stanley cheered on his men until
a painful wound laid him low. The Con-
federates on the right and left or Gle
burne's column, catching up the advan-
tape gained by his laundering blows,
Joined in the assault to drive the wedge
home. Stewards belated corps, having
como up after Cleburne formed his line,
found the space too narrow between the
pike and river TO accommodate It's brlgades'
and these surged to the left, following in
Cleburne's footsteps and fighting over the
same ground. Union officers in the works
along the pike counted ID separate and
distinct Confederate assaults on their
front. The slaughter in the ranks OF gray
was friohtful in the extreme, the officers
leading their men fearlessly upon the
Union cannon and bayonets. General
Adams of Stewart s corps spurred his horse
upon the parupet, and rider and steed 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 after charge against
the most stubborn positions of the enemy
Finally ono of his subordinate Officers,
General Cranberry, commanding the Drl-
| pade which had preached the second line on
| the pike and was fighting hand to hand
| with Opdycke's reserves inside the barrl-
cades. fell dead. Cleburne, seeing at that
moment a Union charge that threat
ened to sweep Granberry's struggling SOL
diers out of the works, rode to the spot to
| inspire the men in place Of their fallen
leader. He galloped at a dashing pace
| across an open field swept by hail OF mis-
siIes so thick that both horse and rider
| were pierced with many bullets before
reaching their destination, and both fell
| within a few feet of the works which OPP
| dycke and other reserves were struggling
| manfully TO recapture.
But not generals alone bore OF the hon
DIS for yalor on the field of Franklin. Sol
diers We'd with their leaders in reckless
exposure of their lives Often rival flag
1oated side by side on the same parapet
and their bearers or defenders tough
around them with dubbed rifles and Will
bayonets used as rapiers- The Seventy-sec
ond Illinois regiment Of Wagner's division
was nearly wiped out, every field ofncer
its color guard, consisting OF sergean
and eight corporals, and $50 men bein
shot down. The Forty-fourth Missouri
(Union), lying next to the gap where Tn
first break occurred, changed front unde
fire and maintained its ground, with
loss of 81 killed and 81 wounded. The cal
mage on the Confederate side was still NOR
terrible, the killed and wounded reachin
total OF quite 6, 600.
Schofleld held his ground and at nigh
crossed the river unmolested by Hood
shattered army. GEORGE l.. KIL.MER.