Western Kansas world., 1904-07-09
WITH THE
YETEDANS

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---lSwered: To your rear in the woods
there Thereupon Turchin solilo-
Quized: In my rear? The tam rascals!
L drive them out
Instantly he ordered his men to
about face, and with cheerful alacrity
the lines charged to the rear, over
whelming the rebels swarming in the
woods and driving the rebel fianking
column back. Turchin's men were
at first bewildered by the unusual
change of front, but when they saw
the rebel line in the woods they
shouted It's all right. It's the same
old fight,' and. sweeping forward at
bayonet charge, they simply ran over
the rebels, capturing $50 prisoners and
scattering the rebel brigade that had
reached the rear of the hard-pressed
Union army AS the boys marched
back, one of them asked, Which way
are we going now, to the front or
rear? and another replied, 'Darnfino
and darnficare. We don't have to
hunt long to find the Johnnies any
where. Chicago Inter Ocean
Between the Lines at Kenesaw
Charging an enemy in fortifca-
tions,' said Lieut.. John McGinnis of
the Eighty-sixth Illinois. lis uphill
business. Whenever 1 think of the
Japs going up those fortified hills
north of Port Arthur I am reminded
of our own experience at Kenesaw. On
the morning of June 27, 1864, our
regiment was ordered to leave in
camp all camp equipage and to march
with rations, full canteens, and
blankets. 1 was then a sergeant in
Company K, Eighty-sixth Illinois, and
1 remember well the talk of the men
as we moved forward.
after a long march the regiment
was halted and the captains went for
ward to receive their instructions.
Each captain returned to his company
with orders to charge the rebel works.
go into them, and hold them. We
moved forward until we could see the
rebel works, and there the brigade
was formed for the charge. We wait
ed some time for the signal gun, and
when it was fired went forward with
bayonets fixed, in good order, and
without excitement.
After we crossed James D. Mor-
started at a double quick. In spite
of a calling fire, we kept going and
were in pretty good order as we near
ed the rebel line. Gladfetter and Lair
of our company had outrun the rest of
us, and were within a few feet of the
works, when the rebs let loose vol
ley, right in our faces. Lair and Glad
fetter dropped to the ground. unhurt,
and the blue smoke from the rebel
guns enveloped us.
I'VE fell back a few steps and lay
down, and each man acted as his own
commander. Lying fiat on the ground,
we were partially shielded from the
rebel fire. The enemy's works were
ten feet high, and to shoot at us the
men had to raise their heads above
their works. All our boys were quick
to take in the situation, and by pour
ing a rain of bullets into the head
logs opposite us kept rebel heads
down.
Our wounded, however, lay be-
tween the lines, in danger of being
shot by both sides. Just as l realized
this Coburn called to me: John, Andy
Keller is out there, and he is calling
you Leaving my gun. l crept out
to Keller and lay down beside him.
He said he was badly hurt, and as he
could not move, he feared mortally.
He asked me not to let him fall into
the hands of the rebels, and to be
sure and write his mother that he fell
at the front, doing his duty. 1 called
Coburn and his brother Billy, and they
crawled out to US. We three, hugging
the ground all the time, placed a
blanket on the ground, rolled the help
less Keller on it, and then, the two
Coburns taking him by the feet and
1 holding the blanket about his head,
we dragged him down to the COM
pany.
HStretcher bearers carried Keller to
the rear and he died in the hospital
and is buried in Chattanooga ceme-
terry. Julius Bridegroom, a recruit who
caught three bullets that day, one
through the shoulder and two through
the arms. He recovered and is now
president of a bank in Boston, Kan.
AS he went back that day 1 thought
he wouldn't live an hour, and here he
is, forty years later, with children and
grandchildren, happy and prosperous.
Many a poor fellow wounded in the
charge, died between the lines We,
who held the advance line stayed
there until the morning of July 8, or
until the rebels left their works, not
more than eighty-five feet away
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