Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06

another fierce volley, followed by rasp-
ing fire by file that is far more effective
than the downward aim of the COM
mand, schooled rather to charge than
to shoot. Sol Meredith's Hoosiers ar,
sweeping at double quick straight from
the pike at the west of the grove
Arms at the trail, at the shoulder or
anyhow, all eyes to the front, Indiana
is heading straight for the left of Wis
consin, and in five minutes more it's
long front is hidden in it's own fire
flashing cloud. Another five minutes
and another brigade is in line for the
south, another battalion for the union,
and still not man has thought of
retreat-save only the thick stream
of wounded hobbling painfully back
for the rear.
Shall iron break the northern iron
or steel?" mutters Old Jack, in the
words of the prophet, his eyes filled
with trouble, his teeth firm set as once
again the cheering, banner-waving, fire.
flashing ranks of his devoted battal-
ions sweep down the gentle slope un-
til almost lost in the smoke of the op-
posite lines, then slowly settle to a
halt, astounded, for though full half
of it's left wing seems shot out of line.
and the Hoosiers and Black Hats are
shrunk to half their original strength
there, shoulder.to shoulder, daring, de-
| faint, indOmitable stands the brigade
| the swart faces of the men lit by the
| flash of their guns, and Ewell, grim
| old soldier, borne to the rear with o
| shattered thigh, sroans to his mourn
| full aides that at last the division has
met it's match.
Jacksons pale face is rigid as he
himself bends over his loyal second in
command, and his lips move in prayer,
never in imprecation, ere they issue
their next order, TRY again." And
this time, Trimble, too, drives in with
Lawton, only to see that machinelikc
regiment to the east of the Black Hats,
despite the numbers dropping in their
tracks and dribbling away from the
extreme right under the deluge of
shrapnel from the southern guns, doing
more fancy drill in front of the foe,
changing front forward by company
under command of that gamecock of
a lieutenant-colonel, and then pouring
whitening fire into the left of the Louis
lana men. TRY again. says Jack, and
try they do, manfully, loyally-but
heavens, what can human valor win
against iron resolution? Two of Doub-
leday's battalions, one mere skeleton
like most OF those of Baylor's and
Tallaferro's, have ranged up in the
gaps of the union brigade, a shadowy
fabric now, visible only in the flash OF
the guns, but as Paul Ladue trots
} through the groups where surgeons and
stretchermen are trying to care for the
vast numbers of wounded, he looks in
vain for a division commander to
whom to deliver Jackson's last order
and the news that Ewell is down
Taliaferro. too, has been borne to the
rear, and Ladue rides on after Starke
to bid him take command. Gods, wha,
, sight. what a shambles, he finds al
J the rear of that line!-dead, dying and
crippled by scores of the "Stonewalls.'
Three colonies, Neff, Grisby and Bolts
J have been shot from their steeds, two
OF them straight to their graves; fouI
majors are down of the Virginia com.
mand, and Walker, colonel of Italia.
ferro's Tenth. Full half the fightins
, force of the Second and Fourth vir
ginia are stretched on the field, as
l for the last time, they close In on tn,
. center in front of the now almost in
visible line of their foes. and Will