The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-13
STRUGGLE FOR THE UNION.
Trials OF Boy in the Gettysburg Cam
paign.
Continued from last soeel.)

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Four men
of our company, under charge Of Acting
Lieut.. Joseph r. Jones, were soon down the
western slope of Little Round Top. Each
man set about to pile up such loose rocks
about him as were available. This was a
miniature breastwork. The hours wore on.
/ soon found myself doing, and was pain
fully made aware of the fact by finding my
face coming in quick and hard contact with
the rough surface of those granite rocks
had just piled up TO serve as protection for
the night and maybe for the morrow. l
could not keep awake.
l put onion juice in my eyes, and still
nodded. ! resorted to some pinches of pep
per which had on hand still found my
self nodding. Finally, as a last "awakener,"
Jim Thompson chewed up and handed me
some tobacco, the uice of which l freely
put within my eyelids.
This, of course, along with the other more
or less heroic remedies, smarted and irritated
my eyes, but did not drive sleep away the
fact was i was " done gone" for rest.
Thompson then proposed that we report our
condition to Jones, beg him TO get one or
two TO volunteer to watch for us, say, two
hours, and then We would "hold the for"
till daylight did appear, and all day, too, if
found necessary.
Stephen II. WINNER and Geo. Phillips
both of whom after wards gave up their lives
for the cause of freedom, kindly took our
places, and we slept for two hours by their
sides, and then, when awakened, at p. M,
again took our places, and watched without
torment till morning.
At daylight / was ordered to return to
my company, which did, but was moving
target for many Confederate marksman
that was near by under cover in and around
| the rocks and creyices of DEVILS IDENTITY
named. The Fourth of July found the
writer in possession of abdominal cramps.
| had slept all night upon the ground while a
soaking rain poured down upon me.
i was in so much pain that / wriggled
around there and went through such gym
nastics that the Colonel, observing me from
a distance, shouted:
Men, take that wounded man to the
regimental hospital"
/ was taken there, and etherized or chloro-
! formed to ease the pain.
] was offered 80 days furlougb, which
| fatty refused, saying, in way of refusal,
| that soldiers were needed here now, and not
at home By the way, my old home was
only about 60 miles distant up the SusQue-
hanna. The town of Marysvilie is now
built IN great part upon the old homestead
The 9Th found us away from Round Top
and on our way towards the Potomac, look.
ing for Lee, who had stolen off again.
was badly in need of pair Of shoes, and
stopped down TO unlatch pair of blOckad,
English shoes upon deceased Confederate
feet.
he had lain so long in the rain and alter
nate sunshine that decomposition had set IL
to the extent that bubbles of gas emanatet
from his mouth, and it scared me so that
J almost imagined that he was Directing, SO
quit the business and left him. That il
) about as near as j ever got to robbing deaf
: man. So the son of this boys mother, VIII,
taught him TO be honest, had about 10
miles OF barefooting to do for few day
5 thereafter.
2 The summit of South Mountain and place
upon its slope have what is called red shall
e rock. This rock has a sharp knife-like edge
!, which cut my feet,-this was to me the un
a kindest cut of the campaign,-and 90 l jus