The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-09-02

. You shoot, and be sure that your ramro
I is 10 It's thimbles
! There came two cannen shot from Gan
/ ption hill just as we started, One bal
, sttuok ience corner not tan psces ION
J where Xii was tied, and beard the poo
creatnre snorlng and sluesling in terror
Forsard, ma oh, suide ecenter Steady
steady
On my left was young carpenter nan
ed Joe Fowler, while on my right ant
two or three removed from me was Mil
Davis, farmer boy whom knew.
gain The cannon from Gumption hill fash
cd, aud lodged l could not Lslp it,
When We reached Gumption hill We halt
ed behind some treee aud bushes. which
screened us
Right face! commau1ed the major. A
soldier seized me and turning me bali 9
round TO the hight. Forward, dolble
quick, marohl
RnnI interpreted the man behind. We
tipiled arms and made u dash soross The
nsfrow space. The head OF the column
was over before the musketry from the
bill began blazing away at us. Before
was hardly aware Of it ! was ont 10 the
| open space, aud the bullets whiazing like
hail about my ears
While the officers were dressing our
lines, | saw young farmer named Sears,
who had been impressed into the ranks,
suddenly drop bis gun and begin to
scratch bis leg near the ankle ! could
not imagine what allied him until saw
the tears OF agony trickling down bis
cheeks.
The fire was slow at frst, but grew more
rapid until it cracked like the burning OF
a brush heap. When our skirmishera
fell back and they began to FIRE voleys. it
sounded like the tearing OF cloth,
Look ont for your rsmrod cautioned
the file coVerer In my rear. remember
ed now that was a soldier and gave no
heed 10 the noises around me, but bit 81
the end OF my cartridge deliberately and
was proud to see that my hand did not
shake as poured the powder into the
barrel OF my muske. and thrust the ball
into the muzzle.
bad suddenly become ss a veteran,
mau roaonueaJ by tba aufnI ca, ~ - ,var |
and capable of any desperate act. re
member how carefully | aimed al a spot
where there was bunch OF men gathered
about one OF the canaons for which they
had no ammunition.
! loaded and fred and loaded again, as
We slowly advanced up the hill. Then
some one shouted something. and the men
all lay down on the ground, and began TO
lie on their backs and load, sDd turn over
on their sto schs to shoot. | i'm tsted
their e1smple as well as il bad been q
soldier for three years,
Suddenly the mOior came galloping
down the liae aud was nearly opposite me
when bis big white horse made sspssmod
10 bound and fell backward. The msjor
Ieaped II bis back before be touched the
earth. The poor animal was dead in
moment.
Fix bayonetsl
The shooting stopped for moment, and
we began to put on bsyonets. A soldier
It my side showed me how to put mine
N. The com msnd was given TO rise, and
ge did 80.
Charge bayouets forward, march .
ioube quick. Gumptlon hill now seem
d transformed into belohing volcano OF
ire aud death, in continuous wresths aud
,uis, through which We charged. tried
0 keep up with the others and shouted
nd cheered just like the men.
The sides OF ption hill we're almost
,sre, la some places the stumps Of sap
ings bad been cut away. ] remember
gben about hall way up the ascent stunbi
ng over one OF these snags and falling to :,
Dy knees. Just ss got Strengthened up
dilt Davis, the boy near my own age,
taggerei iorward and fell on his isos,
Did you stub your zoe, Milli ] asked.
je msds 10 snsUfr. aud after the hght
sas over we discovered be was dead,
outlet having gone through hi heart.
We went within forty PAGES OF the
nemy they poured In such q terrible FIRE
Ipon us that our line bossn to wsYer and
Ill back. all my courage wss gone in a
minute, WITH the fsshness Of raw re ,
tult bad charged up the bill. sud nov
with ~ tie fesr Of psuIe-stTieken sol .
Ter iu ini battle, was ersz,d with
hight o
never topped TO reason, bat ike
ialIsu - 4o~n the Li until vas seiz -
! BY cue u the uon-cou q lsaioued officers y
I'd told to stop .
We had bees beaten about hall way L
ouu the bill, when suddenly there sross ''
tremendous thgut from the northwest
do, sBd Tollay sitsr solley snnouacGI
be sruv. Of relpiofcements for some one. ~
A Grst We could uot tell on witch sids o'
le relliafcemeuts had cone. bat We we're -
Vt long lsit 10 doabi. The stars std
npes II the head Of 900 co'ored troops 70
ere soen ascending ou the other side. =
j leas ihsn I've mir utes after the drkles W
isgd the srst yel the ersny we're fylag
Esy tow.rd the deuce iortst on the soaib
tst Of The siliage. leaving us mssters oi 10
le aed, with the artillery ssd ali Of The &c