Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-26

RE 51HAN1 OG AMI lOOh fLAChs
tions, or the bewildering expanse of
cotton and corn fields has so changed
the appearance of the country that the
positions of the different regiments are
with extreme difficulty ascertained.
On Cheatham's hill, where the fiercest
fighting occurred, the old Notifications
and the rugged, rocky aspect of the
hill are unchanged. st is one of the
few places" said an old soldier, "that
l can find myself in. had no difficult
ty in finding our position there" The
twin peaks of Kenesaw were always
considered as one mountain by the
union soldiers. Cheatham's hill was
known to them as little Kenesaw.
New Hope church and Winnings Sta
ton were other points of interest on
the old battlefield. Every inch of the
ground was faithfully and indefati-
gably gone over by the veterans, not
withstauding the oppressive heat
Many of the veterans were hard-worll-
ing people, representing thereby the
very bone and sinew of the nation.
The point next in interest to Kene-
saw mountain is the national cemetery,
where lie the bodies of over ten thou
sand union soldiers, gathered from sur
rounding battlefelds. The cemetery
Is favorite haunt of the visiting G. A.
K. They look over the records and
find the graves of many n favorite COM
rade. Nearly every dead soldier in the
cemetery had living comrade to hunt
him up. The love that these soldiers
bear to one another and to their dead
te haa,,tift,l trait Of oh or
They wait their turn in the crowded
superintendent's office to look over the
musty old records.
"Here is the name of my adjutant," !"
exclaimed distinguished looking man
with a Loyal Legion button. "The
day he was killed three color bearers
were shot down one after another. He
sprang up and took the place of the
third. In another minute he fell dead
by the others. A fifth soldier took his
place and stood his ground. Illinois
never sent a braver boy into the field
than this color bearer"
II have found twenty-five of my
regiment buried here" said a one
armed man. Here's that smooth
faced youngster, Hewitt, as good boy
as ever lived. There's Davis-I carried
him off the battlefield, and he died in
my arms; and Blank, buried him my
self, and cut his name IN big oak
tree, so his body could be found easy,
and Brown-the day he died we were
both on sentry duty. He was talking
about going home on a thirty days
leave soon, and raised up casually to
see what was going on. 1 heard the
report of rifle and Brown rolled over
lead beside me-shot through the
heart"
"Why, here's my brother" exclaimed
another man. II was very much afraic
that he would be among the un
known"
Here's boy that died in my arms
this man took my place when was
wounded and was shot dead minute
later-his boy and l were schoolmates
we enlisted together" Such were
many of the remarks heard.
A handsome old maid hunted up the
graves of two of her former beaux. 81
was engaged to one of them" she re
marked. She was anxious to decorate
their graves with flags, but United
States flags were commodity not OBJ
tainable in the town, so she very in
geniously manufactured the nationa
colors from red, white and blue strips
Washington Post.