New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-03-20

fails. There must be another. "a second
waves goes roll Hing on and dashes against;
the logs behind which the one armed
Army of the Cumberland is fixed. It
recedes without making breach. Tt
will need more such waves a constant
y beating surf. Surely that curve, with
tanks bent almost in a circle, almost
touching, cannot be called a line Of bat
tie. Itmay be a curve Of battle, but how
can such curve stand against the.
whole Army Of the Tennessee? $50
But this curved array of bayonets
is too tough to be broken in front. tt
must be taken in flank. There is a ridge
just beyond the right heel Of the
horseshoe. It has been abandoned by5
the Unionists. No one seems to know
why. Climb up, COME erates; seize this
ridge. It commands the Union right.
Once firmly lodged there you can ham
mer them numerically.
And the gray coats do climb the ridge
and drag artillery with them.
The Union commander sees them and
at glance discerns that without force
to drive them from it his army is lost.
There is no such force Every man is
engaged and needed where he is. The
generals brow is knit, and his square
mouth sets even more firmly than before
There is cloud of dust rising over
there to the north, general, and men
marching under it," said an aid. 81
wonder who they are. - 49,. s." ---%
1t makes a great difference to the
bounded general whether they are
friends or enemies. He looks anxiously
in the direction pointed out by his aid
and orders him to reconnoiter the un-
certain column. The officer rides for
ward to point where he can get good
view, draws rein, dismounts and climb
ing a fence brings feldglass to bear
on the advancing troops. They are far
from him. They are covered with dust,
and their flags are furled, so that he
cannot tell whether they are blue or
gray. If they are gray, that means de-
struction for the troops defending them
selves in the horseshoe. If they are blue,
they may serve as a forlorn hope on the
ridge commanding the Union right.
The. aid not only sees these troops,
but the troops see the aid. They, too,
wonder if he is blue or gray. Neither
can"tell, but from his position they sus-
pect him to wear blue. At any rate,
they assume that he does
Suddenly every flag is unfurled, dis
playing the stars and stripes.
Enough. Mounting his horse, the aid
rides over the ground between him and
the head of the advancing column.
"Who are these troops?''
'The first division of the reserve
oorps.''
Posted at the opening of the struggle
to guard a bridge across the Chickamau-
ga on the extreme north of the battle
field, with orders to hold it at all haz-
ards, this division had for two days
listened to the sounds Of fighting with
out firing a shot. The Confederates had
made crossing without using the
bridge watched, and the division was
useless guard. On Sunday morning it's
commander, chatting at inaction, yet
dreading the consequences that might
occur, the blame attending disobedi-
ence of orders, determined to burn the
bridge and march to the relief of COM
rades whom he OWNED were being hard
pressed. Gathering his principal officers
in church near by, he announced to
them what he proposed to do. The little
church, unused at that hour Of that holy
day to anything more vigorous than a
minister pounding the pulpit or the
strains of cold Hundred" rang with
the asserting acclamations of soldiers.
Marching through fields of yellow
corn, guided only by distant but con-
tinuous roar, the division each moment
lessened the distance between it and the
army whose fate hung on it's quick COM
ing. The direction taken led them to-
ward the north side of the horseshoe
and the rear Of the Confederates. First
a small body of Confederate cavalry,
guarding hospital, were met. These
were easily scattered, and the column
moved on. Striking the Chattanooga
road, the division marched on down it.
There We're heights to the east, and on
these were guns. It was plain to the
gunners that the advancing column was
q rescuing column. They opened fire to
delay it. The Union troops did not heed
them. There was more important
enemy-a more important work farther
on. #~
But they We're marching directly in
rear OF the Confederate line. Filing to
the right, through an orchard and open
fields beyond, they came to a point where
the dim outline of the troops engaged
could be seen through the overhanging
clouds OF smoke. The reserve halted in
a field between the two bent TANKS
the two heels Of the horseshoe.
CHAPTER XIV.
sToRMING THE RIDGE.
Mark Maynard was standing holding