The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-05

of the hill. which was a very com manding eminence. was a second line ard artillery. The sth and 9th formed our second line of attack The writar being still prisoner at Fort Delaware was not present at the engagement, the battle by General Wilcox the fol- lowing:
 Nothing could surpass the yalor and fmpetuosity of our men. They encoun- directly in their front. behind two lines of breastworks. the second overlooking the first. and from behind this as well as the first q close and terrible fire Of mnskstry is poyred upon them The and between them and the enemy is | used as a rife pit and from this strong line of fire is also brought to- pear upon us. Thus exposed to the three lines of fire they bravely con
 front It all and press forward and close in on the enemy Now there is a slight halt and some wavering and a few line Is near-the sth and sth Alabama press on in rear of the 11th and 10th Alabama, and Eeatherstone in the rear of Pryor. The first impulse Is more in on the left of Pryor. and in rear of where we are so hotly engaged. Our men still press on with unabated fury. The enemy at length with but a few yafuS BGtWGfn tHSm ana our men are
 shaken and begin to yield. Our rnen | full of confidence rush with irresist- 1 iDle force upon him and he is driven from his rife pit pell mell over hts
 first breastwork of logs, and here he
 vainly attempts to reform and show a
 bold front, but closely followed by our men, he yields and is driven over and beyond his second banquet of logs into
 the standing timber and finally into the
 open field. Now for the first time cheers are heard from our troops and the en- emy is driven from his strong position. Our loss has been up to this time se-
 were. but now the enemy Is made to l suffer; no longer screened by his breast
 works or standing timber his slaugh- ter is terrible. Our men have no diff ficuaty in chasing hird before them in any and all directions The precision The number of the enemy's dead in regular lines mark in some places dis tinctly where the lines of battle of
 their different regiments were formed. l loses his battery of Napoleon guns. Many prisoners are taken. We pursue them far across the open field to the
 Sosv weeds of .nh the ss of the ocIx choka
 rested "Hdsi by d night ' Psa Victory 0y IS com %
 plete. the enemy Is repuised and pur- sued at every point and those that es-
 ang nso Snf e9ds f so se under "Before closing this report I beg to say that the magnificent courage of our men as displayed in this action is worthy of all praise, To properly ap-
 sSd n the the Of of a2is tSs b liant victory. we have only to examine the position occupied by the .enemy's
 infantry and to recall the fact that the vanced was swept by a d. rect fire of artillery shot. shell. grape and cannistsr. from the rear
 of the snemy's infantry and
 or rified cannon from beyond the Chick ahominy. The enemy's infan- l try. as previously stated. occupied the
 and on the ascending ground in the rear of this were two lines Of log
 breastworks. behind which sheltered in comparative security were heavy masses infantry ahslr nasadIy dSad thus Arss Ss ssi nss against our men at the same time and l within less than 100 yards. In driv- | ton our loss was heavy bat we should
 be profoundly grateful that 1t was not
 or the officers killed and severely wounded. l may mention the names of
 sCapt Thomas Phelan. Lieuten- ants O. M Maynard. Lane and August l Jansen of the 9th Alabama killed.
 msndns ths sth Alabama SaS wtS hs | regiment during the entire engagement and mandedit with great courage and good judgment. and the losses sus- | in numbers. is evidence of the severity l of the contest in which It was engaged l Among the medical officers on duty
 tss BsiEssf Rosept may is Roy.on o yGg sPs
 Alabama. acting at Brigade surgeon1'
 etc Q. Rec, Ser 1. Vol. xI. Part II. pp.
 FgIIISwlngs S {; gs,,;. .s the msn'' roll Of honor
 cort, samuel L. Cochran, Co. A. kill l ed.
 mPrixass m E; & T, grgssh1: gs1:,cc e.. B B
 | Private W .E. ponoho. Co. D
 l Sergeant J. B. Milner. Co. F.
 Third Sergeant E Waiker. @. O.
 PPTiiyatts Priyats Alsb M; H, MeSswn MSsTaw co So' II Private S6hnn" W. GrIfin. co. K. | Tn this bloody encounter tic regt.
 Inent numbering 400 on the field lost Among the killed was our gallant Color bearer Sergeant Michael Sex ton. of Co. I. He had been wounded
 mf the fs shrsH s5srs % cosbSa wbss the Fhesn Harris carried the colors bravely after the fall of Sergeant Sexton and waa.
 on the field appointed color sergeant
 Y ca9tain Harmon Gf co B. received a rewards died. It Is singular that this OfflCHr SnOui0 nave ndU SO slEOHS A presentinent that this battle was to he his last that just before entering It. he gave to a friend his watch. and a message to his family. He was very brave man. had never before been troubled with any such preseptiment and even now, In spite of the feeling that this was his last battle. he was cool and collected. and all the time at his post l mention thiss to add that such conduct was by no means un- common.
 was engaged in burying the dead and gathering arms.
 Fraxler's Farm.
 On the 27th of June the regiment marched to the Riehmond side of the Chickahominy. and in the direction of the battle field of Frazler's farm.
 This action wns fought on the Soth of June The regiment was now quite small It took post on the left of our line The enemy was in our front with artillery and infsntry-and had a line of reserves immediately at hand. Just before the advance was ordered, an ofti- Ger, supposed to be. an Aide, came down the line ordering the troops to give
 naving to the left created . gap of