The National tribune., 1904-02-04
THE REBELS AWFUL LOSSES.


What record will compare with that :
wounded three of the brigade commanders
, killed and the fourth captured. Surely.
Chea than and Cleburne had kept their
promise of the early morning that Hood
with their bravery and determination. and
the Generals under them had by their
peerless leadership sustained them i'm their
efforts: but. oh, at what fearful cost At
ter the hattie il was found that in some
parts of Browns line the dead were lying
officers were found supported stiff and erect
against this barrcade of dead. with their
CHASTITY. eyes, wide open and their chins
dropped down, as though looking in horror
and repreach at the enemy who had made
such rutlless havoc.
CD Gen. Manageable fell severely wound
ed in front of Aioore's Brigade.
The loss of general officers in Stewart 8
: Corps was also large but not so fatal.
(1O) Gen. Cockrell. brigade commander
wounds.
+ "UD Gen. Quarles's command Of Wal
thall's Division suffered heavily he him
self was terribly wounded; his staff Off
GERS were all killed.. and the regimental
field officers were all killed and wounded
SO that the ranking officer of the brigade
who led them off was only a Captain.
II l12) Gen. Scott brigade commander in
Loring's Division, was wounded by a shell
during the first charge.
l. f13) Gen. Cranberry, OF Cleburne's
Division, was killed on the pike in one OF
the desperate charges that were made to
carry the center. This terrible loss of
general officers is probably the greatest
known in SO short battle. The loss of
field and company officers was also sur
of French's line there were no commits
stoned officers ready for duty, all being
either killed, wounded or captured. Many
of the field and line officers gave them
selves up. and came over our. lines, the
most of them reporting to Gen. Cox, and
their stories We're gloomy in the extreme.
They said the organization of the whole
army was broken that there was hardly
a company officer that knew where his
men were.
Atlanta on the ODD day Of July (the day
Mcpherson was killed. This was the zee
ond fierce battle that Hood made after
he superseded Johnston, where the Confed-
crates assaulted our works and We're re-
pulsed: Then their right wing enyelopcd
our left flank and attacked us in the rear
our men springing over the rebel side of
the Notifications and meeting their assault
Idefeating them with great slaughter and
lpursuihg them with loud shouts, which
the enemy in our front mistOok for a she
cess by the fanking columns. and again
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rlbly cut by the fire of our men for the
third time. They thought that was hard
fighting. but it was nothing compared to
this. and they added: "What is the use
in fighting any more? Haven't we had
enough of it?"
AN OHIO HERO.
14) Right here is where Clarke died
The men of the 7th Ohio will need no other
name to understand whom / mean but
others will know him better as Merwin
Clark, who went out in the very begin
ming of the war as Orderly-Sergeant Of
i DeNillier's Zouaves. lie was the light,
delicate boy of, II who was so brilliant in
the bayonet exercise. He was the idol of the
old 9TH, and soon received commission for
gallantry. 1t was his example in front of
tie firing line with his bright smile and
/ apparent uncbncern under heavy firing.
that stimulated many an older officer and
impeled them to deeds of bravery. lie
lad the lovely character of gentle girl
and the lion heart Of hero combined.
4 After his term of service as Captain of the
18th and mlster-out, he returned to his
Deigfiboring TOWN on the lake shore he be-
ceme engaged to a beautiful young woman.
whom he had known since childhood but
parental consent was refused, and in his
despondenGy enlisted in the Regular army.
Some of lis influential friends secured a
commission for him as Lieutenant Colonel
Of the 1S3d Ohio, and he was with it,. in
command. They were mostly young re-
fcruits, with a few veterans from old regi-
ments. To large proportion, though,
this was their first baptism of fire. When
the solid lines Of Browns Division rushed
against them. one wing broke. and Col.
Clark seized the colors from the bearer and
rushed to the crest of the works, then
I tnrned to his men, holding the flag above
his head and begged them to come back.
They did go back, but found poor Clarke"
dead. @ .ai}42'i ~ 1tst.
He fell in the arms Of Col. Zollnger. Of
! the 122d Ind. 1t was great loss to the
men, with whom he was so popular. but
under other brave officers they remained
i'm the works until they were relieved with
| the rest of the line. His loss was to me
n source of great sorrow, for we were
schoOlmates and he was my boyhood chum.
| After dinner, Col. Easement called at our
headquarters and told us that Clarke, with
/ his new regiment, was over in back of our
house on the line My first impulse was
slant was called out on the works in our
front. When l heard that he was among
the killed! regretted that | did not steal
even a few minutes to go over and greet
him before the battle commenced. They
| captured some Of orr colors while crowd
ing Wagner's Brigade back from the front,
/ and at the breaking of our line: but We
secured great many more of theirs.
| CAPTURED COLORS.
MY recollection now is that 2O-odd
stands were taken in front of Reilly's
Brigade and that Lieut.. Brown. of ReiIIy's
staff, captured eight of them. and carried
them III person to Washington. About
10 30 o'clock at night q staff officer from
headquarters rode over to our line, and
told Gen. Cox that Gen. Schofeld had re-
ceived dispatch from Thomas to immc-
diately fall back on Nashville Gen. Cox
then related TO the staff officer the true
condition of affairs in our front, and the
reports we had received from the prisoners
of the terribly cut-up condition of their
whole army, stating that, under the cir
cumstances, it would be u mistake to re-
treat, and begging him to go back to the
General, and see il Thomas could not be
prevailed upon to countermand his orders,
to send on in the night fresh supplies of
ammunition. and. if possible, Gen. A. J.
! Smiths command. He also sent his Adj
jutant General Col. Theodore Cox. with
the message that he would answer
with his head for holding the lines;
and that we ought to assume the Of
fensive from that point, without delay,
and reap the full benefit of the terrible de-
feat we had already inflicted upon Hoods
army.