The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-02

"Here was a battle going on" said an
Oh sol1ler- according - tne New orleans
about lt nor anythils very tremendous,
except that more or Jess men were getting
Killed and wounded ali the time Fdl..nes
OF woods with open spaces intervening,
the line stretched along lu the edge Of the
woods and across the open spaces. Along
IN mont an open space and on ne otner
iiAc ourselves, Where there we're WOODS
but In light arfhWorks and rife pits be-
tween That was their position and We
nad advanced toward IL as a part or
some general movement. and oar business
was to stay there and keep the troops
in front engaged
Neteran troops, ours were, except Tor
sucn recruits as were scattered among US
and except for a few enthusiastic men
mat liked 10 shout. using ammunition
spalmgy and not shooting much Hnless
they thought they had some sort OF chance
OF hitting something. Thougltless.
sometimes, about themselves but pretty
careful generally, and protecting them
selves as much as they could. But even
with that, and with the fighting slow. we
managed In the course Of the day 90 lose
a pretty good lot OF men.
Here, now, was a man in my regiment
shot through the body. He craWled away
toward the rear 7 don't know why he
wasn't picked I'D by the hospital men.
but he wasn't Just back Of that part Of
the line where our reglment-was stationed
was little farmhouse. In front Of this
mouse was a sort OF open yard or space
IN which there was one tree; II wasn't a
very big tree and don't remember vrhat
klnd OF a tree = was. but I remember
tnat TWO OF Its roofs ran away from the
trunk little above the ground for four
or tlve feet and between these roots there
was httle hollow, lust a htrle sort Of
depression III the groUnd- The front ward
was mayne eIght or ten rods back from
lne nne' tnaU IS, II mTght have been that
n,ueh back TO the tree. The man crawled
along slowly until he came TO the tree
ana he crept partly into that little de-
passion. l suppose Il looked sort of in
yltngi u was a place. II wasn't just out
doors; but was a sort OF place itself,
ana the tree gave n kind Of companion
SUD 700. he crenr partly into the little
no,s ana tnen stopped end raised him
SELF IN so that he was half sitting up.
propped up on one arm and hans. and he
so up IN that way. and looked ri the
ntlsade comm ander. who was standing IN
me yard. i ne BRIGADE commander had
been the colonel Of the wounded man 3
regiment. and he knew the colnnel-the
general be was now-and from knowine
az come TO rely on him and to look to
Red was creepinr out around the
wounded man. and staining the little
hollow - he sat there. Dropues M on his
arm IooklnF ~ the general There was
,hs SCR on %lstf'Il look on MS face. as
tnough ne thoueht the general could belD
MN, ana the f4neral looked down on him
very sooeriy' N fact, with a very great
~ Iust rev feet away. more or
iess. men were being killed and wounded
all the time. hut that was going on in an
orderly. business fashion. This man was
JuSt dying. lust simply dying bv him
sell, and YOU could see his life fade as
yol looked at him. ard Won could see the
red staln spreading in the little hollow
ana making scallons here and there where
u ran IN into little shallow CULTS and
sion '''i es-
He was getting weaker and weaker
ana was going fast, but al the time look
ing IN at the general with that look on
~ | could only have one more shotp'
ne sald. y on see, he Wasn't thinking Of
nome or friends. i7e wss thinking of the
palile; MS last wish was for one more
ssh22t, AMI a second later he collapsed and