The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

'iSoOACo 1ct service. LEI those No
nave fallen live in our most cherished
memories and let the survivors re-
cslVe the homage Of our admiration
ana the tribute Of their country
gratitude.
The YANKEES were driven very
handsomely, to a point where there
Was an open field conmandeG and
swept b. their artillery, across vhich
lt was deemed inadViSa Die 10 1dyance
A considerable number OF prisoners
We're taken. At dark We fen back. II
deVolyed upon me 90 withdraw oae
me OF skirmiShers. which I did with
great necessary silence and caution.
under cover Of the biackesJ darkness
about midnight.
May 31.-Enjoyed a day of grateful
rest under the shade Of an oak ia a
IaTnliy burylng- ground in the innY&-
dlate rear Of our lines. At Ozark. how
ever. We We're again ordered IN shift
Notwithstanding another ~slceplcss
MS hit.
june 1.-Skirnishing in our front,
while Hope was hotlv and success
fully engaged on our right.
june 2.-Ne execute another flank
movement and have another severe
flShL-cornlng upon the enemy III
their entertainments and driving them
out with considerable loss. We oc@u-
pied their lines but were subjected
to one of the worst c~annonadinEs !
ever experienced. except the menlDra-
bic one at Gettysburg. Solid shot.
shell, grape, canister, spherical case
every conceivable prOjectile OF death
that can be hurled from the satanic
Threats Of the monstrous engines Of
war.-were mercilessly shovered
around US, and. the works being i'm
perfect and defective. d number OF
casualties resulted. l have rarely 50
fcrcibly and palpabiy realized the
power and mercy Of God in my pre-
s~ervation as on this day. a h1ge shell
exploded immediately III the midst %
a group in which I was sitting,
wounding several, killing two out
right. tone sf them Il nice little fell
low, a former Orderly Of mine. Han
cock by nance. scattering brains and
blood over my person. with NJ other
injury TO myself than d In~oInenIary
deafness from the conclusion and
confusion from the shock. Rain at
night and again but little sleep. In
deed, outside OF the d~isconlforts II
the weather. the situation was rather
too critical a one to admit Of n4ch
slunlber.
June "a bad, rainy morning. and
the enemy o15th and l9ta Corps
still but q few hundred yards in our
! front. Continuous skirInishiig. Col.
Bennett being wounded by d chance
shot the command OF the bTiaade de-
volved upon col. Cox. End. \. I. j.
General Doles.-a gallant and shtllfCl
of1icer,-was killed this day
| record here al Incident WhiGN /
witnessed. which illustrates the cal-
lOuSnesS TO scenes of death which
cfHracterizes Che soldier. accustomed
aim ost hourly to such experiences. A
group were standing ShiFcring around
a fire and engaged in warming Their
rations upon the Goals. = chance bail
from the eneny's sharp-shooters
,%-,-af- ~ Hf ftanl IN tho hack nT
the head, killing him instantly, and
he fell backward. The occupation of
the rest was not interrupted. Several
were picked off III this manner dnf-
ing the day.-by these solitary, in
do bUlltts. whose isolated scree@if,
as they cut the air. IS SO u~nnervIng.
There is something inspiring III loud
sounds.-in the combined NolleES 81
musk the clash OF sabFes, or the
roar Of a~rtillery,-but the low, rush
ing whirr Of a single bullet is so dis
proportionate to the fatal certainty OF
the death 1t carries. that it emf
in effect, the cautious tread II the
midnight murderer.
At night. We fell back 10 our nrisi,
nal lines. ON various portions ii the
! field fighting had been progressing
throughout the day, AND the results
in every quarter were reported 70 rs
as having been very satisfactory.
June "A day of quiet of which ]
awaited myself TO communicate with
my dear ones at home,
June 5.-Raining as through the
previous night. Col. Cox received no
tiflcation of his promotion 10 a Sra
adier-Generalcy. the exposures ana
excitenents Of the Last month besin~
ming TO tell upon NE. and there being
every indication Of quiet. ] went -
the rear, feeling really unweu. for
medicine and reEoSe.
,Iune e.-The enemy disappeared
from orr immediate front,-Supposed
TO be again moving ny the left We
go forward for . couple Of miles 10
but. developing nothing
return and cncanip in n body a. Wooa5
on the N~echanicsyillc pike.
june 1.-Ihe first time in thirty
two DAYS that we had been cut =
Inc OF battle or without sklr11.s3 Is
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