The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-28


cess of the meeting and my kind
est regards for each member of Co.
+, and all my old friends, 1 re-
main your comrade and friend.
BEN b. APLIN.
After the business of the meet
ing was over, such as the election
of officers, appointment of COM
mittees on memorial and resolu-
tions, also fixing the date and
place of next reunion which is TO |
be held at the residence of John
Tritsch, the last Thursday in
September 1906, the campfire was
opened.
Quite a number of talks were
given during the campfire, and
some very funny stories were told
to illustrate the life of soldier
during the Civil War.
One very interesting feature of
the reunion, was to see the old
gray haired veterans and their
tottering steps, with a map of
the Chickamauga battle field
spread out before them, locating
the positions occupied by them
during the battle and mentioning
some incident that took place on
the field. One of the comrades,
pointing to a certain part of the
map says, "Here is the Brock
Field, where, on the 10th of Sep
tember, the old Doth fought
Wright's Brigade of the Confed-
crate army and droye them back
into the timber" eyes," says
another comrade, "but they did
not stay there; for in few MIN
utes, they reinforced their line
and came across the field at US,
and, being out of ammunition, we
had to fall back to the brow of
the hill, under cover Of our artil-
lery." Another said that short
time after falling back and having
no ammunition, Sheffield's Brigade
of Confederates, who were fresh
, troops on the field, came through
a gap in our line, about four
o'clock, and gave us an enfilading
fire and we were compelled to
change front and fall back some
distance. Joseph Marshall OF
: Sugar Grove said, while looking
at the map and pointing to GER
: tain position, that he almost i'm
I. agined he could see a little hol'
in the ground that he dug OF
Y Sunday morning for his nose, 81
t as to get his face as close to the
+ ground as possible to protect him
f self from the deadly fire, for w
: were lying on the support and hat
= no protection. "Right you are,
8 says Hi Brown, "For the rebel
o that we fought, that beautiful
$, Sunday morning in their terrifi
q assault, were Cleabuern's Divi
n sion, the flower of the Confeder
s. ate army. Polk's Brigade, wit
(, their gray uniforms and stead.
is line, with their bayonets CLEAN
d ing in the morning sunshine, ad
1t vanced to the deadly assault
y with determination to force ou
,e left wing back and cut off ou
d road to Chattanooga. "And here,
/ says Sam Poland, pointing t
r where the right wing lay, "i
Of where our brave and gallant At
a. jutant, Daniel Kingerz was killed
t. and over here is where our lat
i'll comrade, S. S. Mauk, who answe
IN ed the last roll call short tin
n, ago, received the deadly bull,
a that shattered his leg and left hi
n a cripple the remainder of h
tn life." And here," says To
ne Meldrim, pointing to the p
es Corn Field, sis where we lost
1g number of our brave and gallal
We comrades on Sunday evening
we passed through it under Il
We withering fire from musketry ar
M artillery, among the number, b
to ing Capt. Cady of Co. c. al
be SCENT Patterson, who were left
to the field to bleach under the sout
De. ern SUM-" "And this strip
he timber" says Ward N. Wooda
lid pointing to the same on the ma
ow sis where the desperate hand
hand fighting took place on ST.
9se day afternoon, and saved us FRI
ny beinp cut off and cnptured,