Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-27

j came out Of the woods and reached
I the main street Of the town, / found
o the brigade In line OF battle. holding
the enemy at bay for n while. As I
I rode up q poor boy was wounded, |
7 jumped Off the horse ana drew him
< up In the saddle on the sidewalk. !
+ had Il few Oats for the horse In "a sack
and put IL under his head for a pill
low. Soon another was wounded. I
nut him on my horse and told him
70 MAKE for the field hospital. lie did
and was saved. Soon we were called
further up own to another wounded
man, n put him in the rear OF the
court house In the shade where we
hhd made "A temporary hospital. The
colonel cav me n asked excitcdly,
"thAplntn, do you Know where the
major and other three companies
arc 2" l answered, Yes; up town,
fighting for al that's out. The COL
Onel asked, Can o get therc2' J.
answered, Yes, going now to bring
out another wounded man" He said.
'Tell the major to rally to the flag
Mt the court house" / did 20. and the
major cried Il loudly, Attention,
rally to the flag at the court house"
ana quicker than ! am telling IL they
were off on the double-duick. a half
mile or more for the court house.
leaving the chaplain, streteher-bear-
ers and wounded man In sight of the
dashing cavalry and flying shells To
struggle on foot with our wounded
men. Az we were hurrying along up
the street a shell came %ploughinB
through the roof OF a house and ex-
ploded n little beyond. Two women
came running out, slightly dressed
ana cried out what shall we do?n
We said, Ladies, rally To the court |
house. " They cried out. How shall
we get there?" / said, I'VE are going
up there ana ! will go with you."
They gave their skirts a slight twist
ana almost flew, leaving the chaplain
behind. The boys all laughed. inciud-
ing the wounded men on The stretch
ers. TO see those rebel women outrun
the chaplain. Suffice IL to say, Just
az we cached the flag the order was
given ngain 10 retreat. which was done
In %tolerably good order, where we
made our stand and held our ground
about a mile beyond the town. Late
at night, probably eleven o'clock, we
went back with the ambulances. gath
ering up our wounded, and the am
balances were filled. The major re-
turned with the ambuianccs, but the
chaplain vent quietly back 10 the
town, eve into the hotels, where he
found quite a number OF our wound
~ fH'hs Af''RA1 Itt'tti vi bfAH anu /
eouchcs. being kindly cared for by
several Indies. At first | was so
overcome at tho sight OF our wound
ed n dying men, and being so kind
~ cared FOR by those confederate \
that ! could hardly speak. As I
! recovered a little from my feelings, s
! said, Ladies', ! am glad to see you z
here caring for our poor boys" And {
one OF them said, What do you take y
us 20 be, sir2' II angels ever looked &
complacently upon "A scene of
kindness and mercy II must have been
they looked down upon those
confederate women at the midnight
hour. caring for those who had lust
before been fighting against them. I
was q great pleasure for the chap \
lain. but q few days y while In De q
aHtur. TO visit ono who was after q
wards said TO be one Of those same
ladies' As she was about the only q
one could find who was there at the :,
lime. she gave me much Information "
about the location OF our troops.
Atlanta. h
Atlanta IN a wonderful place. hay
ng about 100000 people. While there
called on several Of our Grand Army y
'oys, With the number was Comrade "
VI. w. Scott, senior vice commander y
n-chiot. from whom ] learned many Y
hings about the great city. The next y
| visited the Confederate soldiers
where there arc several hum =
lred OF confderntes nicly cared for. tt
a a. pleasant chat with many OF b.
he boys. including the superintendent 81
II the home, who treated me very "
indy and nothing would do but Ia
must remain and take tea with them. a.
which did, al
The next morning | went about
htee miles to see General McPher-
ohh monument. Il VAS early IN the
FORMING / sat down mt the foot Of
ne monument, wrote a little in my
memorandum. with serious thoughts
nd many sad reflections. for many of W
ne sad scenes which took place on III
he 22nd of July. 1864. of which
ave already spoken. came fresh To-
mind. including the capture OF our II
"lohel, Milton MONTGOMERY. who lost M
n arm, and was captured. IA Col IN
mel }. NJ. ltusk lost his sword. and hr
~ our poor boys were Killed or IN
'ptured. | also looked for the place IN
here, g Few days after that ! was
rounded by a piece of exploded shell. Ia
no was taken TO Marietta. and saw TO
ne regiment no more for "A few weeks.
also looked In Atlanta for the in
lurch whore, with our soldier bows. cr
q held q protracted meeting. afSer pr
AlNh'A AtAt lhAn our haNuSt ana where re-
ute Is number ot our boys were con TO
trteG. and became soldiers OF the h,
ross ms We'll as soldiers in arms
rom Atlanta I went 20 Marietta. ha
here, during the war. and while er
ns suucring from my wounds. held "a
services over aud buried manvl ho
cur dead. probably several hundred
While there ! visited our own ma IN,
nnal cemetery. called on the super th.
.tendent nf the cemetery. and found loa
Im A pleasant comrade, who told IN,
e mtny things about the cemetery ! lin
G told me about 10000 were buried
'cre. II o. "a beautiful place. Then IN,
came uu by way 81 kcnesaw Noun sh,
in. CnrterVille. Rasaca. and on 90 int
chattanooga. no
Passing the ~Chattahooche river sh'
ought 90 the time when our poor guI
waded thc river to make "A dol
'afEt upon the enemy on the oppo- on
L. hanks Passing the Resaca L
'ouEht 90 the time when We were f1i
'out Z" make "a charge upon the tht
.eny. that Colonel Rusk. in com- ln
nd called me TO him. took out his -
ltch and said Here. Chaplain.
p are going e. hav some desperate u
iu making mis- rharre nj -
ouid not come out 81 this an right
90 viii know what to do With that
J said. Yes send Il To- Mrs