The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-07
BATTLE OF SHILOH OCCURRED
FORTY-F0UR YEARS AGO TODAY
Two Old Soldiers In Cairo Survivors of the Frav
Review That Awful Day

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7 ton they possessed, ! do maintain Ina
: most Of The rank and file fully eS
J pected such an attack as we eucouul
! cred on that ever 90 BE- remembers,
Sunday morning)
We reached Pitlsburg Landing OF
the first day of ApsIl and were as
! signed place in Gen, McClemandt
line well over TO The right Your Kan
sds JayhaWkels were not far from rs
so you DO not need to be told what oc
CURED the morning of the 9Th. forty
four years ago today. nor of the ter.
rihle scenes and incidents Of that aw,
ful day Nightfall found our command
miles away from the line We had oc.
! cupled in The morning MY regiment
/ had become scattered and disor-
gani2ed: | had not seen one Of my
company's officers for hours and al
dark | was lying on the ground be-
hind semi-ciycle of seige guns which
had been brought up from the fleet of
gun boats lying in the river ! was
hungry fer as the attack had begun
before we had our breakfast, | had nor
eaten mouthful for twentyfour
hours To add to my misery, | found
that ! had sustained a gunshot wound
through my left thigh, though just
when or how | had no knowledge. be
cause | had been so full of excitement
all day that half the scenes and Incl
dents appeared but hay sort of
dram | discovered that no artery had
been cut and that | was in no I'M
mediate danger though the wound
was then becoming very painful | can
not even now comprehend why ] lay
down be hind those big guns instead
Of following the almost endless pro
c5ssion Of scared and wounded who
were seeking safety below the high
bluffs along the river front where they
We're completely ont Of range Of the |
enemys rain OF bullets Bur / did stop !
and had been there bur a very few.I
minutes before a man dropped down |
beside me and recognized my towns /
man who had been in the Hornets
Nest all day with Prenti-s but had |.
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