The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-01-04
CAMPFIRE
LOSSES At THE BLOODY BAT
TIE OF FRANKLIN.
~ some Considered the Most desperate
right Of Modern Times : Tale ~ IN.
Death ~ Lincoln The atst Iowa
fohn 4. Logan.


browns dtNision, brown anu his -FOUR
brigadiers were all killed or wounded.
In Clcburne's division. Cleburne and
Cranberry. 10 Loring's division.
Adams and Scott. in Frcnchs division,
Cocsrcll; in Walthalrs division,
Qunrlcs, aud In Johnsons division.
Manigault; total ~.
"On our side Stanley was wounded.
No other battle Of the war shows
such a loss In general officers There
were also q large number OF colonies
killed and wounded while In com.
mand Of brigadcs. agree with you
most emphatically In what you say
regarding fox's 300 losing regiments
think the fighting qualities Of
regiment are better established by
large number Of the enemy lying
dead aud wounded In IT, front than
would be by the deaths Of all the
members OF the regiment"
Now. hnd In a copy ~ the Nash.
willie World Of 1854 an article by Cap.
tain C. T.. Morrcll C. ) A., aud give
the following extracts from H.
The good people OF Franklin may
enjoy the distinction Of having fur
nishcd the locality Of the bioodicst
battle In history, ancient or modern.
Il is recorded that Grant In one hour
lost 10000 killed aud wounded at
Cold llarbor, but hc had nearly iO1.-
900 men to lose that number from
10 per cent la 10 minutes General
Hood, just before sunset November
30, 1864. moved about 1900 or 5000
Conicdcratcs, all told against tho
strong brcastworls at Franklin,
where his casualties were reported
d, sO0--or about 80 per cent in g min.
utca have not read General Hoods
history ~ his campaigns. but the
above Il the estimate as given by par.
Elephants ON either side.
The casualties In this handful Of
men may be estimated when II n
stated that we lost thirteen generals
killed. wounded aud missing Down
this red valley OF death rode no drawer
soldier than General George w. Cor
don, the youngcst briga tier la our
/ Western army. eau see him Ia
fancy now, a. I saw him then for the
first time, mounted ON fiery stccd,
| his long hair swept back by the
breath Of battle, ~ lac rode into that
maelstrom OF iron hall believe he
went over the works and was cap.
turcd. There fell, his noble breast
pierced through. tho invincibls Pat
| Clcburne, the idol OF his division aud
OF his stats Gsncral John Adams
aud his little bay both fell dead to.
gether across the encmy's breast.
works. General Thomas VI. Scott
was endorsed by the explosion OF u
sholl
ION the right Of McGavocl pike
stands the old gin where gathered tho
central whirlwind Of the storm
Across the broad, open fields leading
from the McCavock residence our
doomed battalions marched. Along
that line OF fence beyond his house
the brave ranks were formed look
back across tho tide Of twenty fatoful
years recalling the then light heart
and thoughtlcss words Of youthful
nrdor as we moved into the fight /
see now through a mist OF unbiddcn
tears. the unrcturning brave. who. In
the face OF that leadcn doom with
dauntlcss tread passed over the
pcrilous edge Of battle a. tho harvest
home Of death, swept In the twinkling
OF an eye from oar sight forever into
the shorolcss gulf, wonder now. a.
sii here and recall that terrible day,
how we could have bccn no thought.
less and unconcerned. A. we formed
Ia line TO move upon the Zoe, youthful
eyes flashed IRE aud downy check,
glowcd with the rapture OF the com.
ing fight. All. A. we looked upon our
loved ones then for tho last time. a,
brave John Weller said, knowing that
death lurted just over the hill, why
did we not clasp one another la q
long ombrace?'
Think Of H. thirteen Confederate
generals lost In one battle, 4 corp,
commander aud four other general,
killed, seven generals wounded ant
one taken prisoner Instead OF hay'
ing is,O)0 mon la this tarrible charge,
whom tho Confoierates admit to q
floss (scc abovsl OF G,sp, they had
nearer to 5000.
Now, Plckctts division nt fttYs-
burg numbered about IA, 600 men, his
strongest brigade (Corse'sl having
been left at Gorlon,ville Tor the dc.
Tense OF Richmond. There were four
hrlgados In Picketts division Corse's
consisting Of tho 18th, 18th, Goth aud
lOth Virginia Plcketts division OF
10000 men charged across an oper
plain upon tho center OF our army o
200 900 men, when 100 guns and 20
900 muskcts vomited death agains
their ranks, aud yet their loss was les
than 5000 killed, wounded and prls
ouers.
Al Franklin four divisions Of $500
Confederatcs made terrible rusl
from cover behind a ridge across d
narrow valley upon force of les
than their number sustained BY hu
few batteries and met with re-
pulse aud the loss OF 0,sO0 men, In
Guiding thirteen out Of the seventeen
generals leading them, aud half thei
field aud line officers, Their los
was almost entirely IN killed an,
wounded; the McGayock house, with
l ia, ssuushut of tho temu1rurv breast