The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-11-29
SSIPPI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895.

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help admiring those brave, detcrmin-
ed men. There was a crash, a blur Of
smoke, end then out beyond the ram
parts ranks o. dead men. They were
cut down like grain by the harvesters.
The regiment was blottcd out and
gone, save for a few men who poured
into us the vollcy that killed poor Clay
Ewing. | have always believed that
it was Hassenduebel who led that
charge, and il it was, can under
stand why his men idolised him. He
knew the peril into which he was
walking, and he walked into IT as
coolly as | am talking to you. 1t was
absolutely impossible for that first
line to reach us. 1t was Il sacrifice,
and | think it was Hassenduebel that,
knowing this, made himself the chief
figure in the slaughter"
Major ROsencrantz said that the
incident that impressed him more in
the war was at the battle of Pittsburg
Landing 81 had only entered the
Union army a few weeks before that
fight, coming from the Austria service
directly into the American and being
assigned to staff duty as a first lieu
tenant. | spoke English badly and
was Il very unhappy man, because
when l had applied to the War De-
partment l had expected to be as
signed to duty in Virginia, where the
real war was going on. Instead of
that, l was sent out West, where
some generals named Grant and Sher-
man were, as | thought, carrying on
kind of guerilla warfare in the forest.
| was speedily undeceived, and ] want
to say that | consider U. S. Grant the
greatest soldier Of the century, not
excepting Napoleon or Won Molke. |
was added to his military family, and
was sent out very shortly TO destroy d
railroad bridge about ten miles in the
country. l had some thirty men
will, me and we burned that bridge
all right and then were captured by
Capt. Taltonstall and "A lot Of Geor-
gians after a fight in which nobody
was badly hurt. They took US to the
main body and Quartcred us in hol
low near the river. Next morning
the fight OF Pittsburg Landing began,
and as luck would have it, one Of our
batteries were so placed that it played
into the hollow where we were and
killed six of our own men. TaltOn.
SAIL who is now one of the directors
of the Atlanta Exposition, left his
troops and came back to where we
were and sized up the situation. He
tried to get Us behind a hill that
was there, but it couldn't bt
done, and he started out toward the
Federal battery, holding up his hant
dS Ilc ulu 81, uuU iIOu oiO"IhS any
white flag or handkerchief. Ther,
were a couple Of volleys, but he cs
capped, and kept on toward the Unior
lircs until he was near enough to b.
heard. Then he called OUT 81 wan
to say you are killing your own men
There are prisoners in the valley
You have killed half dozen of then
already" Then he turned back ant
, almost as he did so he was struck b.
a stray bullet from his own lines ant
fell right in our sight. Then was
charge and furry and the blue lin
swept over and past us and then W
went to hunt that Georgian. W
found him badly hurt and very mad
!, He wanted to fight us and evcrybod
; else, but we took him up and CARRIE
. him to the hospital, where the doctor
: pulled out the bullet and turned hin
over to the authorities To be sen
North as a prisoner. When l hear
that | went to see Gen. Grant an
:, told him what had seen. The ger
:. eral instructed me to get the captai
=, and bring him to him, and | neve
y will forget that interview. Gran
was always cold and Unconditional ant
;. he talked to Taltonsall as though |
we're mere matter Of business.
> 81 understand that you were she
a while trying to save some OF m
a men,"
=" 81 was shot and captured" sal
N Taltonstall, land am ready to sufft
% what may come. will not give an
Il parcle."
n II don't want any parole" Gran
n said. "Y0u strike me as a good de;
:, of man and ] don't want you to
"a to prison on u capture while you wei
q, engaged in u work OF humanity.
a. wouldn't be right. I'm going to sen
- you through the lines to your Ow
4 command, with my personal thanl
4, for your effort to save those soldier
:, and | shall send a note to our gcner
is explaining this"
a, "The man burst into tears as
Ia grasped the hand that Grant held OF
4. to him, and had the honor OF beir
!, the parliamcntarian who restore
n him to his own people. or cour
M that made us pretty warm friend
10 and we kept track Of each other; al
,s 1t rather closes the story rightly
a tell you that Taltonsall was prOmot
To- twice after that for bravery on q
y - field OF battle. lie Is a thorough
n reconstructed rebel now, although
"a was n mean fighter In the old days
In III saw one curious phase OF .
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