The National tribune., 1908-12-24

has" said. "and will this ume.
Garcelon WAS hiehg esteemed oy an VI
the 10th Mes Capt. Adams, OF 90. a,
and myself were washing the evening
before the battle AS he wiped one OF
his legs he said: aIf lose that leg TO-
morrow It wifi be clean one" Eariy
in the fight the next day bullet struSn
him in the leg; the next morning ne
was In the hospital at Culpeper ana on
the amputatfon table. Capt. Adams
saw DR.. Garcelon.c and called out: "For
Gods sake, Doctor, save my leg. car
celon pushed thelyoung Surgeon asloe;
saying, This is my man." and saved
| the leg, buteit was many months be-
fore he found the rest for duty. He 10
now safe on the "other side.
| The Battle at Cedar Mountain.
The sth of August. 's2. we were or
dered to fall in, and took up the line
Of march thru Culpeper. Our Dand
(Chandler's) played while we marched
thru the streets '"rhe Girl Left BE-
hind Me-" We marched few miles
out, and then bivouacked for the night
in sight OF Cedar Mountain, called by
the rebels Slaughter Mountain" About
o'clock IN the afternoon we saw
movement on the side of the mountain,
and by our glasses we found the rebels
putting their battery In position. NOT
long after they found our tanks with
several shells, and then our regiment,
which was supporting New York bat
terry, / think, returned the rebels hre
A sharp. hard artillery duel ensued.
Our position was changed just before
sundown to a belt of woods. There
was a battery on the left of cur regi-
ment, and we were sent over as sup
port. The firing was very severe. The
rebels, knowing that the battery had
support. sent most Of their shot and
shell thru the woods into our regiment.
The orders to the regiment were to lie
down. And we did lie down, and II
there had been hole that could have
crawled into I would have crawled In
and pulled the hole in after me.
Soon the order attention." was CIV
en-, and our regiment marched thru the
belt of woods in line Of battle. Limbs
were falling frem the trees from the
rebel shots, and soon we were placed
in a position where we could see the
! fash of the enemy's rifles. 1t was about
sundown. The sun as 1t sank behind
the mountain shone in our faces, leav-
Ing the rebels in the dark, only where
the fash Of their rifles could be seen.
The firing was very severe, and we
lost as stated at the time, so per cent
killed and wounded In 80 minutes
Every officer was killed or wounded
l was shot three times IN the 80 min-
utes. and the last shot made me un-
conscious. The first thing I knew one
; Of the soldiers Of the 46th Pa, who was
going by on the double-quick, saw me
, sitting, or leaning. against a wheat.
stack, and asked me II was wounded
told him I was.
, Can you walk ?" he asked me. "You
} must get out Of here. The rebels are
; getting in around here, and you will be
; taken prisoner"
, got up, and we started for the pike
He. being in more of a hurry than /
pulled aheads1 Soon heard squad OF
rebel cavalry coming, and they SANG
: out: sssd
8 But I didn't. I commenced to rur
t and they commenced to shoot. The
more they shot the faster>I ran. Be
fore got to our lines our men, hearing
the firing, began to fire also, so wa.
between two afres.s but got in all right
and had myIayounds dressed. How |
!, happened that any-of the men got ou
! of that battle alive is a mystery to me
: and to all those who fought in tha
battle. II You talk with any Of the
10th Me-, noimatter how many battle.
they were in. they will tell you the,
never heard the bullets fly thicker thar
e on the 9Th OF August. '62, at the battl,
e of Cedar Mountain. Virginia. %
Maj. j. NJ Gould's History of the 1st
4 10th and 29th Me. gave full accoun
e of this battle and of all the battles tn,
e regiments were in. It Is over 40 year.
/ since our country North and South wer,
l engaged in one Of the greatest struggles
d ever known, but our numbers are fas
n growing less. We fought good fight
!, and won the victory. and many Of thos'
!. who follow US keep sacred the heritag'
/ we leave to thsrn. Our country Is grea
s and a power among Nations, but ther'
8 Is q higher standing for her still.
= Gen. Pope in Command.
l. The next day we moved back to Cul
r pepper and went into camp. Soon afte
!. Gen. Pope was put in command, an
d after some reorganization we took VI
t the line Of march for the Rappahan
: mock. When the orders came to breal
a camp, /, thinking that we were goin
e out for a battle or akirmish, gave or
e ders for the men to put their tent
/ and blankets on the teams. That wa
n the last we saw Of our blankets an
d tents for 10 days. Skirmishing an
= fighting, we got to the fort at Wash
n .ngton. Lee followed US up on our re
e treat. remember when we were fall
e ing back one Of the Maine companie
y we met coming up. spoke with on
Il Of the officers. l said: Il am glad yo
a have come up to help u.s.
Il His expression was: 1--WE won't figh
= mite unless Mcclellan is put i
e command"
d Said I: "It matters not to me who
e fight under" and much more in plai
l. English I said. But 1t was long year
L. ago; but my friend was good soldier
e, and served his country faithfully an
" we'll, and left the service at the end @
the war as Lieutenant-Colonel. H
has long since Crossed over" and
waiting for those he left behind t
rs come to him, and we are fast movin
'e along.
Sc At that time there was a great des
in of feeling in the army about McCle
OF lan's being displaced by Gen. Pope Th
IS army, after resting awhile in and aroun
ye Washington, took up their line of marc
lie into Maryland, with Gen. Mcclellan
l. command. Pope was assigned to ar
st other command.
IS It is not for me to criticise the com
n manders under whom I served, alth
ID at that time there was great deal {
8 criticism. During the war I serve
In under Gen. Scott, Gen. Mcclellan, Gel
p- Burnside, Gen. Hooker, Gen. Mead
ns Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Grant.
re Early in the war was talking wit
n friend in Baltimore who made tn
ID remark: "The General has not bee
xt thought Of yet oe mentioned who wi
BY close this war" And he proved col
IN rect, for Gen. Grants name had n,
We been metioned for any important pos
IL ton up to that time.
ut The Battle Of South Mountain.