Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-25
FRED V0UGRT DEAD,
HE LIVED Sax HOURS HFTER
BEING SHOT.


Last Monday evening JAS Vought
received telegram from the officials
at Washington informing him that his
son Fred of Co l., Bird Wisconsin Vol.
who had been reported as seriously
wounded at the battle Of Aibonita, Aug
y, only lived six hours after being hit.
la onr next issue we expect to be able
to furnish our readers with portrait
of Mr. Vought and sketch of his life
with q more complete account of the
battle IN which he was killed.
The Milwaukee Sentinel sof Tuesday
has full account of the battle written
by its correspondent In the field from
which we clip the following particu
lars
9hen Faiis Into Capt. McCoy'e Conn
pany
In ulla dozen shells had been thrown
by the Spaniards when the fatal one
came The artillery was still advanc-
ing and had not yet opened fire, when
q Spanish shell struck in the midst Of
Capt McCoy's company on the hill,
sloping toward the outpost headquar-
tiers. Capt. Mccoy, Cotrorals Swanson,
King, Boyle, Burroughs and Privates
McAultfe, Bacon, Anderson, Edwards,
Vought and Loberg were lying under a
tree, believing themselves in safe pos
ition because the hill shielded them
from the entertainments, when the APP
proach OF a she'll .was heard. Palmer
and palmer came the noise, but still the
boys were not frightened. Tie other
shells had sung the same tune and had
passed on over them This one how
ever, was lower, Itstruck the tree un-
| der which the men lay. There was q
roar and cloud of smoke as it exploded
The fragments of the she'll fell with
deadly effect. 1t was all over In a frac-
! ton of a second. Before the smoke
had cleared there was panic among
the little group Of blue-clad men ard q
stampede down the hill followed. -Four
| remained behind: Their comrades soon
recovered from their temporary fright
and the wounded were thought Of
| Capt Mccoy who himself had q close
escape, asked for volunteers to carry
the men down from the elevation in the
road below where hospital ambulance
awaitedsthem Not amanin thecompany
w1s'thcre who did not want to so. Then
amid shot and shell which continued to
! fall around tho wounded, Corporal f..
Yanke and privates McAulitfe, Abbot,
Harr, Oaks, McCillis, Davenport and
Wilcox faturned to the tree. Private
/ Chiffon Of Co ID. accompanied the party.
Dead and Wounded Wisconsin nae N.
1t was sad sight that greeted the
/ volunteers when the tree was reached,
There lay four blood stained soldiers.
| Corporal Swanson was first seen. Only
an hour before at dinner he had de-
clared in the presence of his company
| that if anyone was to be killed on
.wounded, he hoped he would be the
imam, AS the boys reached himhe said
weakly.
IL Boys, I'm shot.
He died a few minutes later. piece
Of the she'll had hit his arm and pene.
trated near the heart. His body was
I tenderly carried down to the road
placed on hospital stretcher and
covered with the ponchos of several Of
his comrades.
The others found under the tree were
Priyates Vought, Yankie and Bunce,
Poor Vought was in q sad condition. a
piece of shell four inches long had torn
open his abdomen. Bunce was wounded
in the right brest. Yanke was the
least hurt, his neck and arm being in
j jured. Once safe in the road the in
| lured were hurried off to Coamo and
were placed in tho division hospital.