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

mart. capturing several thousand men
IF Johnson's Division, and conInuhi-
eating a temporary pane 70 utlvi
nortions Of the field. Confluence now
ever was soon restored Officers ana
men alike approaching the necessity
of re-taking the captured INES TO pre-
vent general disaster. l Shall never
forget the scene Of CONFUSION tnal I'M
meiiately succeeded his abrupt sue
cess OF the enemy's demonstration:
The scattered fugitiyes, the mingled
shouts of inquiry and or apprehen-
sion,-the m~ultitudlnous voices OF
command and entreaty,"the races OF
anxiety and dismay.-the cries OF
the wounded and the perpetual fusl-
ladies' Of musketry,-made up q tout
ensemble of the widest character,
which the obscuring mists of morn
ing tended to intensity and exaggeTate.
Now it was that this brigade was
called upon to lead q charge, when
was made with a decision and an elan
that has immortalized it in the Army
of Northern Virginia, and which has
even been celebrated in European cor
respondents accounts Of n do1ngs
and deeds of daring Of this fearful day.
Rising as one a With DayOnetS Ell
charge, and with a yell that rent the
very c~onclaye, the line rushed for
ward. Thro' the lifting fog the Stars
and Stripes were seen waving over
the captured works and the glitterlng
steel of the foeman in serried phalanx
arrayed. Needless of the deep gaps
made in their ranks. as they were
ploWed by the merciless missiles OF
death, and deaf. as il were to the
shrieks Of dying and wounded com
rades as thick and fast they fell, on
ward pressed that gallant line Of he
roes.-onward over all intervening OBJ
stacies,-onward thro' kissing shot
and screaming shell.-onward towards
tho already Uar6inV Y ward
after their now broken columns on
war; into the regained intrenchments,
onward to victory; and then, with
shout after shout, which distant
friends, watching the result with in
tensest eagerness, repeated and the
hills and valleys once
again the battle cross of stars was
planted on the ramparts! Several
abortive efforts were made by the
enemy subsequently during the day to
re-take the position, but they were
each time easily and e~ffectually re-
pulsed. All along the lines the en-
gageInent was general throughout the
long, long day,-but I can only pre-
tend to describe the part enacted by
my w brigade in the terrible ana
bloody drama. Its losses were heavy
and conspicuous, and many Of its
best and brayest spirits fell that day
to rise no more until the trumpet
Of the Resurrection morn shall sum-
mon them before the Great Captain!
Nor shall l essay to paint the sam
culinary horrors of the feio,-the
scenes Of wild. tumultuous, diaboiic
strife. This [ have attempted in
previous descriptions, and. in its gen
eral incidents and con Comitants, one
great battle is like every other. l
shall only say that the enemy was re-
pulsed at all points; that, while our
own loss was severe. that OF the Yam
lYnAs y-nr f~o-, oF
the conflict, UNNECESSARILY greater;
and that night most welcome visi-
tant-fouHd LIS with our ines entire
and intact in every particular. 1 may
here remark that Grant. whose brutal
recklessness and Indifference to hui
man life has won for him the damn
ing soubriQuet Of the Butcher" is
estimated. up to this night to have
lost az least 10000 of his grand
army,
With ~profoundest gratitude to Al
mighty God. am 1 enabled to exclaim,
In the animated language OF the
Psaimist, that though a thousand fell
beside me II ten thousand at my
right hand" I escaped uninjured from
this fiery ordeal.
| must record an affecting Incl
dent Of the day. Private TisdaIe
SteDp, Co. F.. 18th n. c.. Y. (my old
regl1nent) in that memorable charge
'~' NoaioRitooOo AOI HIS SdttaI1LV. AL
vanclng with the line, undaunted by
the perils that environed him and
inspired by a lofty patriotism he was
hantin the Bonnie Blue Flag
above the roar Of musketry. Still sing
ing n firing as he went, a death
shot felled him in the midst Of the
forty refrain, and let US trust that the
national lyric as II died on his lips
was converted into one Of the swell
ing anthems Of Redemption!
Much rain had fallen through the |
DAY and, during the dreary and sleep
Tess hours Of h night. exhausted
and shivering We lay in the muddy
anu oioody trenches, while the air wa
rent by the means Of the wounded |
Inc sharpshooters OF the enemy Ito
add TO the discomfort) had attained
q POSITION from which -