The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-28

~ uRING the latter part of the
war. In 1864. and until It's
q close. In 1866. was con
~ nected with the armies under
Gen. sherman. usually desig.
mated the Army Of the Ten
ncsaee. the Army OF the Cumberland
and the Army OF the Ohio. wrote MAJ.
Gen o. o. Howard The campaigns
were exceedingly active. From Chat.
tanooga TO Atlanta Sherman's soldiers
we're under IRE every day. except the
three Just before crossing the Etowab.
for il3 days. There was not a day or
night In which there were no soldiers
slain. Tho screeching shells burst
over our heads while We we're sleep
Ing. but. wonderful 10 tell. the sol
dlers had become so used 90 this con.
fiict that they lost very little sleep in
consequence 81 the ftful and random
Trims at night
In that period OF il3 days there wero
10 slzable battles fought. In one at
tack I made at Pickett'a Mil lost
SEQ killed and three times as many
wounded within the space OF rs min.
utes. A. night sat among the
wounded and realized something OF
the horrors OF war II seems 10 me to
day as think OF II like n terrible
nightmare. but II was a more terrible
reality, which viii not attempt to de.
scribe.
When come TO think OF the March
20 the Sea" and later the March
Through the Carollnas.T what occurs
Go my memory FIRST Is the exceeding
hardihood OF the soldiers. They re-
covered quickly from their wounds,
mean from those that were not too
severe. and there was scarcely any
illness. but when Columbia was on
FIRE en- untold number persisted In the
flames SIN more porished from ac-
cidental explosion OF confederate
shells AT Columbia and Cheraw. We
Ike to turn away from the mangled
corpses aud distorted faces OF the
wounded that cannot be described.
5feel the same horror and depression
IA view OF these things as did al
Gettysburg. where on both sides up
ward OF $4,000 men were placed hors
de combat. For several days poor fell
lows. union aud confederate soldiers.
waited In patience. unattended by sur
geons. simply because there were not
enough OF them
Without further detail. imagine the
Soy that came over tho armies OF Sher-
man as they gathered about Raleigh.
~ c.. In 1866. and were told that Leo
had surrendered and that Grant had
sent Lees soldiers home 20 begin life
anew; that Johnston had surrendered
GU the same terms as Lee and all that
belonged 10 Siocum's. schofeld's and
Howard's armies were 10 march on
she morrow toward Washington. the
capital OF the nation. soon 10 be mus
tered out OF service and then 10 go
home I remember the sudden depres.
sion az the news OF Llncolns death;
but still this going home produced too
great Joy to keep ever this catas-
frophe OF their heavy ioss very long
before their minds. They marched
habitually at 20 miles a day from
Raleigh to Richmond. and never
seemed weary at the close OF any
days msrch--the camp fire was bright.
the old songs were sung over and over
again aud the comradeship knitted
during the war would never cease--it
was at It's best when the word peace"
oiled all the air
! know that we were proud when
we marched past the president OF the
United States 10 our last great re-
view; but. as remember II. 1t was q
gssrfsl pride even then. A regiment