Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-11-14

wildly for other oars and rushed into the
field some OF the sturdiest bands of fighters
Of purely American blood mustered In
either army. Fer this reason the hearty
handshaking between the blue and tho
gray, which was q feature Of the 6. A. z.
encampment at Louisville has u sgnifl-
canoe. There was no politics in It, neither
forced nor morbid sentimoctaliSy in the
demonstration. In social and public
sense tho Union veterans were the guests
Of the mon who fought them 80 years ago.
Not that kcntucky was one sided in the
conflict. Her SONS served in both nrmies
the horrors Of civil war, families and
neighbors pitted against one another, made
tho contest for them one of terrible fierce
ness; but, like brave men, whom the white
Gag of smity was lifted on high they
grounded arms forever.
For kentuckions fought each other fnoe
20 face. On the field of Shiloh a father be-
longing to the Sixth Kentucky, Union,
lay dead fucing the body Of his son, be-
longing to the Fourth Kentucky of the
other side Upon that bloody spot Ken
tuckians oontended with Kentuokiens
with all the tercepess of their race. Ira
bue Confederate brigade containing four
kentucky regiments and two Kentucky
batteries, stood in the pathway Of Hazen's
Union brigade as II led Nelson S column
in the grand advance the second day.
Hazcn charged up TO the muzzles Of the
guns and captured two of Thorn after
fierce struggle with the oannoneers and
Trabuo's infantry. Trabue's Kentuckians
we're Of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and sixth
regiments; Ha2en's Of the Sixth. The
Union Sixth and the Confederate Sixth
met in the struggle over Cobb's guns. Two
Of the guns were taken, but over a third
most terrible combat was waGod between
kontuckians ouly. During the meloe Pri-
vate Young Of Company a, Sixth Union
rogimont, spiked the third pieoo when no
saw that his comrades were not able to
bold it. Tbs Confederate Kentuc6ia ns
rallied TO defend 1t and finally gained con-
troll. Private Irving, also Of Company 4,
Union sixth, killed five of tire enemy.
Colonel Whitaker OF that regiment sejzcd
bowie knife from the hands of a Conied-
crate kentuckian and cut down one Of
Cobb's cannonoers. Lieutenant Chiffon OF
tho same regiment was taken prisoner by
six kcntuckians in gray. Two Of his COM
rides rushed to his aid, and the trio killed
all Of Chllton's captors, he himself dis
patching ono with a revolver. The Fifth
Kentucky, Confederate lost four color
corporals killed and three wounded Icing
that fight and a color sergeant Md.
Cobb's battery lost 81 men Killed and
wounded. In that same remarkable COM
bat tho Confederate governor (proYisiopaD
Of Kentucky, George W. Johnson, was
killed. Bs.lizing the desperate nature Of
the southern cause when the battle opened
chat morning, with heavy odds to contend
against, he took muskct in HIS HANDS
and joined the ranks Of Trabue. iie fell
In the struggle over the guns where the
ground was three times lost and won again
by IrAbues men, only TO be surrendered
at last.
1t was Mt Stone River that TCabue's
Kentuckian5 next met with antagonists
from the blue grass country, Meanwhile
kentucky valor had displayed itself on the
Union side at Perryville One Of the reed-
mcnts in Rousseau S division in the terri
bic Eight on Chaplin bills, was the FIT
tcrnth kcntucky, organized ard led by
Curran Pope, West Point graduate. 1t
"a IL matter Of history that the Union line
hat day WAS caught mapping and literally
yun down b. overwhelming numbers OF
Conf-derntes oxulting In their easy suc'
ccss With0' II moments warning the
enemy broke rom cover on charge ard
opened fire upon Rousseau 5 men, most of
whom were away from their gun stecks.
getting water from creek between shs
lines An officer OF the Fifteenth, doscrih-
ing the fight, says The regiment was
lying on the side Of q road In rear OF a rail
fence with stone fence "a short distances
Ia front. A barn of logs and boards partly
sheltered the position. The enemy ad-