The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

slaughter would not have been so great had not our men found negro soldiers in the fort with the Whites This was the first time we had met negro troops, and the men were ep ragged at them for being there anu at the whites for having them there.
 Compartments Oe the Pit Made AT tne
 Crater.
 The explosion had divided the plt into two compartments As scon as we had possession of the larger ohe.' s inc Yankees in the smaller one crlen o,,t that they would surrender We | told them to come over the cmbank- ment Two of them started wlth tgeiI guns in their hands, and were shet | and fell back. We heard taose is maining cry: They are showing us no quarter: let us sell our lives es 1 a',a,iv as nossible" We then told
 oesr them to come without their guns which they did, and all the r~enialn- ~ der about thirty in number, surFeh-
 dered and were ordered 10 lhe M re@. In the confusion and their cage to get beyond that point, they wene aoross the open field, along tbe same
 ro,te over which we had charged them. Their artillery, seeing thS1i men
 goine to the rear. as we were tolu. Ender the flag of truce. thought lnae ' lit was our men repulsed ana retIeaS, n, ing and they at once opened te nIe 0 a
 
 number of their own men. One POo fellow had his arm shot off Just as
 ba started to the rear, and returhihs E, g,
 seid. "I could bear 1t better II my
 own men had not done IL, 4 t
 This practically ended the nsnl ru-
 side the fort but the two alHiaeS ae',,, 0n on
 side continued firing at thls con eoI.iinSi, tS,a
 centre and it seemed to us that the sbnt shell and musket balls came
 Srom every point of the compass anu anu
 the mortar shells rained down lIoili
 above. They had previously sS,', from below. So thIs unlorte 'te oS me
 was one of the few points or @ @tnS 'ei2,erse which had been assailed from
 literally every quarter c.-o,
 The Aftermath and Incidents--SeneE" Rnrtlett's Cork Leg. ,,, The slaughter was IearLu aaT . dead were piled on each 9'nnr ntr,,+ hodie, part of the fort l counted elsht pouie Hei
 fean There were but few Wouhue' , compared with the killed. ,,.h oc
 Tbere was an incident which oe : curred in the captured fort that hau' , Inuite an impression on me AIiloii, '.s , the wounded was the hahkee So,,,n an, . l Bartlett He was lying dowh an an
 could not rise Assistance was olleIe' . him hut he informed those who WeI assisting him that his leg was broken I and so it was, but it proved 10 pc GU f artificial leg. made or corn. ou | t 4 o,e of negroes to move him. but 2 protested. and 1 believe he was sNe' . white assistance. ,,,,,
 This general afterwards, so na s been informed, became an honofed W cl, ,, izen of Virginia. though at that t1il' . A must say, l never woulG haNe O S iieved such a thing possible one u our soldiers seeing the cork leg an d snrings knocked to pieces wasBisi l said "GeneraL you are a traua, a thought that was good leg when e Az the dust and smoke cleared ava ava 10 the firing seemed to lull but thei @ n was no entire cessation of nrins Una 'l evening. Indeed, 1t was continued U m nn3ths by the sharpshooters. ...,. ir After dark tools were brought WI n ,na which we reconstructed the %N eeks kts ,e fort In doing this we buried tL lb dead down in the fort covering the mn m S,,ttb earth. The fire of tho eneu iS ,',as entirely too severe to carry the % %S ont We were therefore forced M iu etand on them and defend our pos is iss 9tons while we remained in the TOT le Sybich was until the following MOI is day night