The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-18


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gher Ia-law The old gentleman In rs
yeafa old bat is sllIl lively and "a
good aalbeg he used fo i've near
Rankin The day before I vas there,
be bad returned from western Ten
usgaee and northern Mississippi
while there he weat over the battle
grounds uf Hhi.sh and Cofiuth lie
aaid Shiloh wAs nos park five
miles square aud that It was boaati-
ful wiGA flowers. oyargreeus, and
statuary The cannon are all In
place just az they were during the
awful battle
The bloody pond and the "hor-
nets nest were pointed ont to him
and an exact replica OF the old Shi-
spot. and every Sunday people 20
there to worship. Bronze tablets tell
the positions OF the different dlyis-
ions. More than 5000 northern sol
diers are buried there and their
graves are kept in perfect order by
the federal government But the
brave southern boys who gave their
lives there for what we all know to
be right are sleeping In unkept
graves. But time will right all
things aud some day this great ma
ton will understand. and on decor
alton day flowers will be put on the
graves of the men who wore the
gray as well as on the graves of
those who wore the blue. Mr.. New
man went to the war in the First
Mississippi cavalry, Company K I'M
der Col Moreland. While he was
gone on this trip he travelled the
road that 81 years ago he rode over
horseback with his bride behind him
as was the fashion in those days.
The battle of Shiloh was the first
battle | ever heard of for my father
had brother shot through the lungs
there, and my step-mother had
brother killed there. | have heard
the soldiers of our neighborhood
tell of how they charged a battery.
They were all in Col. Grassland
command and had been fighting all
day. They were relieved about 5
0 o'clock by a regiment of Louisiana
Iouaves. The first thing the Zouaves
were ordered to do was to take
battery on an opposite hill. The
Iouaves started but soon came run
ming back and never stopped till
they were under cover OF hill in
the rear. Here Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston rode up with the blood
streaming off his boot heel, for he
was already wounded and asked Col.
Grassland if he could take that
battery. Col. Grassland never replied
but gave the order, forward" He
took the battery but at an awful
loss of men. He saw it would be i'm
possible to hold the position so he
spiked the cannon and retreated
When they came back they came
yelling, IF YOU want to go to hell
just charge a battery" Capt. Morris
of my county was a beardless youth
of twenty, and slender and as pretty
as girl The flag of his company
had the whole staff shot away from
it, He picked it up wadded it into
bundle and stuffed it into the mouth
of one of those Yankee cannon. \
Yankee boy captain who looked as
Young as he, was standing by the
old gun and with cooked pistol in
his hand. says. you darued rebel,
I'd XIII YOU II you were not so
Young Capt Morris replied. 81 am
no Younger than yourself. SIR"
They shook hands and were soon
each going his way fighting for what
they each thought was right Col
Grassland was noble man and
everybody loved him. Col. W NJ
Mcknight Of our city VAS member
% the court-mauial with Col Cross
land that tried the doctor who KILLED
General Van Dorm In q personal diff
teulty They acquitted the physician
for they we're men Who stood on
honor
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store aud blacksmith shop both
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