The National tribune., 1908-10-22

bver, some 10 miles from Gettysburg,
&uaking it necessary for me to foot it,
nd as some rebel cavalry had been in
he village that day deemed it pru-
lent to at once reinforce my regiment.
rh4s was a. little before sundown. 1
overlook the regiment before midnight.
After had overtaken them we passed
a house by the roadside, where, by the
front gate, stood some young ladies,
singing while in the road some Of the
family and their neighbors were dis
triDuting hot coffee and lunch to the
passing soldiers. a little farther on we
heard cheering, toward the front of the
column, and the cheering came nearer
and nearer, till at length an announce
meat was made to US that Gen. George
B.. Mcclellan was coming from Balti-
more with $4,000 reinforcements, and
uDon arrival would take command Of
the Army of the Potomac. 1t was now
our turn to cheer, and we did it with
vim, and the announcement and cheer
ing passed on to the rear of the column.
Before morning we were assigned our
position as reserve, behind troops who
had been fighting the day before Gully
ID. In the afternoon of July 2 We
could see the reserves of the rebels
moving towards the right of their line,
and We Immediately started toward TIE
left of our line. / was not in an ambu-
lance now, and I found a musket and
made the best could of the situation
About this time the horse of our Adju-
tant, R. W. Jacklin, a beautiful, large,
chestnut, was shot under him. Soon
Little Round Top hid the enemy's re-
serves; out of their view we formed
line and advanced to the summit of
Little Round Top, to find that they had
come up from the opposite side, and
there the great struggle occurred for
possession of that key to the Gettysburg
battlefield.
Early in the morning, July 8, helped
bury with the honors of war three COM
missioned officers of my regiment
Lieuts. Butler Brown. William H. Bor-
den and Wallace Jewett-after which
took stroll over the ground over
which we had driven the enemy the day
before. There were many dead, clad in
the gray uniform. One in particular
call to mind. His foot had caught in
a crevfse Of rock, and he hung, head
downward, along its perpendicular face
During the great artillery duel and Gen
Pickett's charge, July 3, our regiment
was not engaged. The chief feature oi
our celebration of July 4 was receiving
the news of the fall of Vicksburg. Or
the morning of the 5th, the enemy hav.
ing left the fed during the night, oul
regiment was sent out to the Emmits
burg road to gather up muskets ant
bury the dead on the field over which
Gen. Sickles and his men fought or
Buly 2 The dead were swollen anf
turned black and sent forth an often
sive odor. Near some buildings wer'
many dead artillery horses with brand
aew harnesses on them-fiye in on
eam dead together. In passing owe
he field one scene forcibly impressed
Ene. A house had burned down, anC
here in the cellar was large numbe
pf human skeletons, while in the yard
pm all sides of the cellar, were man,
pthers, some nearly burned up, Will
.fhers were only burned enough TO Kill
hem Evidently the building was full
Df wounded soldiers when it caught fire
When we collected muskets we wolll'
stack them, and then set up around tn
tack those that were near, until acre
and acres looked like a meadow GOV
cred with punches Of hay. The dea'
were simply covered with earth wher
they fell, but, of course, have since beel
placed in the beautiful National Gene
terry on the 1d.h of the village. / hay
been over t'.e battlefield years after tn
war, but those awful scenes remai
only in memory.-Lucius Sanborn, Ct
c, 10Th Mich Dawson, Mich, r. I
ID. 3.