The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-08
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
A SCENE OF TERROR.
It Was Run or Andersonvilis''-An
Auecdote OF Lincoln.

During the month OF June, 1868, tho sec-
ond Brigade. Third Division, Seventeenth
Corps, occupied u position In the siege-line,
just to the left OF Fort HILL The brigade was
composed Of the 18th Iowa, 10th Mo-, s0th
Ohio, Goth Ill.,, aud 9Th Wis. battery, CON-
manded by Col. y. A. Holmes, Of the 10th
Mo.
About noon, on the 25th OF June, an
Orderly from Brigade Headquarters deliv-
cred an order to Col. Clark IL. Viewer, 18th
Iowa, 10 take his regiment and the 66th H.,
and JOIN the detached forces that were to
make attack On Fort Hill when the mine that
had betn prepared should be exploded.
AT o'ciocA y. IN. Mai. John Y. Walden
moved the regiment to q point directly op-
poslte Fort HiIi and TO tue left OF a large
white house. placing them In u gap running
parallel with tue enemy's Hue.
Soon after we took position tho mine was
exploited, after which all the batteries In
reach opsned lire, which caused the boys to
exclaiu! H. broke loose!' Under cover
OF th.s tre the Goth and 45th III. made the
first assault. From our position We could
see these men attempt to scale the works.
going up as against u hard hail storm, which
IN this case was hail OF lead, and the num-
Der OF men that went down with II was
terrific.
Later on these troops were relieved by the
31st ani 10 h ILL., At 10 p. IN. the l7th Iowa
was ordered into the reach by detachments.
1t having been found that too many men were
In Mt Que time, making tho casualties greater
During tho next three hours the 17th Iowa
he'd tue crater, taking their position b. the
glare of the bursting smell which were throw
over the putapet by the enemy, behind which
he was safely lodged. As many men as could
tire to advantage were put upon tho broken
| wall that separated them from the enemy ;the
| talauce loaded tue pieces
In this way u constant IRE was kept up,and
tho enemy was successfully foiled In tnelr
attempt to occupy the crater. In addition to
the steady rire IRON their rifles, they inces-
| sanity threw In upon US grenades (six aud 10.
| pound shelD, which Instead Of intimidating
| our men served to make them Are more rap
idly aud fight with greater determination.
A detail from McAllister's battery, lst III L.
| A., attempted to throw shell from our side,
aud would have been successful had not ths
| ammunition issued them been too heavy.
| For this reason several men were badly hurt
| by premature explosion. The shouts of the
combatants at the top OF the parapet, the
glare Of the bursting she'll and the curses
aud groans OF the wounded, mingled on the
| night air, made 1t a scene OF indescribable
horror. A little after 1 q. m. OF the 26th the
| 9lst III. came IN and relieved US. OF the 200
men that went in, nearly one-half were killed
| or wounded. The total loss Of all regiments
engaged being over LOO, gave the place the
name OF "Logan's slaughter-pen." I never
knew who was responsible for this worse than
useless slaughter, but am satisfied that Gen.
Logan was only acting under orders from
some superior officer.-H. III. KEsDERDIsE,
In National Tribune.