The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-15
AROUND ATLANTA IN 1854.

AROUND ATLANTA IN 1854.
Rev. j. ". Cheney Of keosauQua
contributes to the Republican OF that
place a readable five-coluuln article OF
some of General Sherman's operations
in his famous Atlanta campaign. Sher-
man commanded a magnificent army.
and Mr.. Cheney with becoming modes
ty comedies that Ii would still hare
been magnificent If he tad not be-
longed to it. He was but one-huRdreS-
thousandth part of its numerical
strength, and only an sighteen-Eear
old boy at that. The inference uay
properly be drawn from this admission
that Mr.. Cheney IS not che CT those
who claim to hare pur down the ~
bellion by their Own u1aafe2t eEo-ts.
His reminisceasss aEe EiuslT Il vlsE
of the fact that TasEs-ssislT and E-E1slaF Of
next week-JE1y q Hi --wIN ne
the forty-sixth s-rsversaEy q tha Ter
rife onslaught al General EssCd's Con
federates on G=zsraE Sherman ar-E
of boys in blue.
The author Of tas el-u1ic1s IN ths
Republican was unsz L AcEfasrsssa's
army. Blair's coTps- gsrss-z-s 1fvf-
sion, the Iowa or Croker brigade.
Fifteenth Iowa regiment and, finally,
In ''the fine-haired squad Of company
e. 1t will be recalled in passing tEat
the Fifteenth Iowa was Colonel Bel
knap's old regiment In the engage
ment on the morning of the Fist the
regiment lost ffty-fye killed and
wounded. of which the disproportion-
ate number of seventeen was lost by
company E, and Mr. Cheney was
among the unlucky ones. He thus re-
lates his personal experience:
While we halted in front of the
enemys works, and | was resting on
my right knee, bullet struck me fair
ly on the shin of the left leg, ranged
down and around, lodging between the
bone and Archilles tendon, effectually
preventing any movement of the ankle
joint. Captain Rodgers helped me to
my feet and told me to go to the rear.
/ think | never obeyed orders more
willingly, and was sorry only because
| could not do so with more CELEBRITY.
Then and there l discovered that the
proverb, Where there is a will there
is a way is not always true; | had
a will to go faster, but there was not
q way. once read that fleeing
soldier was asked why he was run
ming, and he promptly answered, Be
cause | can't fly | walked down that
slope because | couldn't run. But by
leaning on my gun l got along to
beat a snail at least. l had gone only
a few rods when another bullet over
took me; it struck the inner side o.
my right heel. going clear through the
heavy sole-leather counter, through
the sock. badly bruising the heel ant
nearly tearing the shoe from my foot
Having quite distance yet to go,
began to calculate how much NOR,
lead should collect before | reached
our intrenchments | have now M
doubt that the whistling bullets ant
screaming shells stimulated my imagfn
alton considerably, but making due al
lowance for this. | am still sure tina
the supply of flying lead and iron wa
greatly in excess of the demand.
s'However, without further damag
] reached the works and, the Eleyent
regiment having come up and occupie
them, some of the men helped m
over, and there, crouched down in tn
ditch, were two boys of my compan!
who for some reason had forgotten
go up the hill with US. One of thel
asked me with apparent solicitud
Are you very much hurt?' and the oil
er very kindly helped me back a shol
distance to the ambulance, where Su
N;elr oi
There | took off my dilapidated rig
shoe, and found the bullet resting {
the top of my foot, and almost as fl
as silver quarter To that sto1
army shoe | no doubt owe my he
and it may be my whole foot. | the
plodded on to our division field hosI
tai; there the first boy ] saw and kne
was Cy Jamison of company E.
was sitting on the ground with bio
and saliva drooling from his mout
He looked up with a serio-comic {
preston and said Szbo, "a SHRED TIC
off my 'mun-ca-shun.' And they ct
tainly had come near doing it, f
the BAH had entered at the corner
his mouth, passed obliquely throue
taking seven teeth of his lower ia
That was good example of RAP
dentistry, and of course the teeth we
extracted without pain Ito the opel
tor Cy had to live on spoon vitus
for some time and | remember til
he was quite happy, through one bri
period over a ration of dried app
Juice. | was soon on the operating
bic, under the influence of chIoroforI
the ball was cut from my leg; tt
was laid on the ground, in the sha
of a tree, and left to return to CT
seriousness at my own conyenien,
but when it began to dawn. l felt
restful that prevented the rising d;
again and again. by relaxing all ms
tai effort, and shall never forget HI
much / enioyed those little half-awa
sleeps. After some time ] IVES flu
aroused by the rain falling on my fac
then | crawled on hands and knees.
a nearby hospital tent. and laid do
by man where there seemed tn
a little room to spare. Presently