The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-22
GLENN TELLS or BLOODY BATTLE
 OF GETTYSBURG

| of the 14th Conn. Vol, which partici- | l pated in that momentous struggle at i Gettysburg, given last night before | good sized audience at G. A. R. hall i on the occasion of an open social by |
 Franklin Bartlett camp, S. of ", that l the audience had but little difficulty | | in seeing why the few men of Pick l l ett's division, who passed through 1 | that terrific fire and reached this 1 spot, gladly surrendered after their |
 awful experience. This fight took | place AS years ago this coming July | and marked the turning point in the | Rebellion. .... l There was a varied program given ! | last night, but easily the main fea- | ture of the evening was MT. Glenn's | reminscences of that great battle. In | addition there were addresses by sev- l eral, song by Eugene Hubbard and l excellent music by. the North End | l trio. Although the affair lasted much l longer than was anticipated still not | a soul left the hall until the entire program had been completed.
 ''Man Without a Country" Commander G. W. Northedge op- ened the social with few prelmin- ary remarks after which he introduce ed Russell A. Glenn as the chairman of the evening, since he was at the head of the entertainment commit tee. F. l.. Bartholomew followed with a song, after which Attorney dui MI1IeT gave a QaLTlOClC address. He told the story of The Man With
 out Country" and went on to speak
 about the degeneracy of the times
 when smuggling Was openly excused
 under the pretense that the country
 meant nothing for those who sought
 to do it.
 Nation Sound at Heart.
 The speaker referred to two car
 toons he saw in 8 paper, one illus
 trating a war scene labelled Buying
 
 ing Voters in Ohio," saying that
 Easau had many modern rivals. But
 he said the nation and people were
 sound at heart and only needed to
 be aroused to rally to the defense of
 their country and it's principles. The
 trouble was that we take the mani
 fold blessings we enjoy as too much of course. He reminded his hearers that there were a number of impor- tant questions now before the people that must be settled, and if wrong &C., tion was taken it might be fatal to the
 nation. such as government control
 of railroads and telegraphs, conserva- tion of natural resources and the
 election of U. s. senators by popular
 vote. Said he, the sons of the men
 who saved the union may be able to
 do this work again although it will
 not be aabloody conflict.
 Tells of Experiences.
 After the North End trio compos-
 ed of Tony and Vincent ZarreIla and
 R. Korff, Jr., had played '"The Star
 Spangled Banner in a very feeling
 way, oscar Beers, a veteran, was call
 ed upon to give "Whistling Bill,' but
 was unable to recall the lines. MT.
 Beers is an old actor and playwright
 and frequently appeared at St. Johns
 hall when it was running. He com
 promised last night by telling some
 of his experiences in the west, and especially at the soldiers homes there which he said were not so we'll con- ducted as the one at Noroton.
 Alderman H. H. Jackson was the k
 next speaker and he made one of his
 characteristic impromptu speeches
 that pleased his hearers and which l
 was replete with stories. He referred | to the responsibilities of citizenship | and proclaimed himself as not being
 opposed to immigration and in favor
 of educating the newly arrived inn
 migrant. He asked for less criticism
 of the board of aldermen, and in con-
 clusion urged the Sons of Veterans to |
 keep alive the embers of patriotism.
 At Cemetery Ridge.
 After Eugene Hubbard had sung a l
 patriotic song Russell Glenn was in- troduced as survivor of the battle of
 Gettysburg to give some "reminiscences of that great battle. He is probably | the best qualified to speak on this
 battle now alive in Connecticut as he was in the most dramatic and | bloodiest part of that great fight. In the beginning he told the story of his enlistment in Co. A of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers and how his company were armed with Sharpe
 rifles. He told the story of the Mary land campaign, the battle of Antietem,
 and how after the disastrous battle of others was rushed towards Gettys- burg, they marching 33 miles in one day. They arrived July and were
 stationed in the left center on Ceme- tery ridge. His regiment belonged in the second corps which bore the brunt of that famous battle.
 Continuing his story, MT. Glenn told how just as he was about to be sent
 out on picket duty on the night of his arrival, he was pulled back as he was starting, which saved him from be- ing captured. He was marched back to his regiment by Orderly Sergeant |
 Franklin Bartlett. | On the first day of the fight his 1 regiment was ordered to take a house | and barn from which the sharpshoot- CTS with deadly aim were shooting | down the Union men. Just as he was about to enter the house a sergeant | | rushed past him only to be shot down as he entered the house, but MT. | Glenn got the. rebel who did the l l shooting. Gave Gen. Hancock Drink. | His regiment was so reduced in |
 numbers at that time that 1t mustered | only 66 men with muskets. On the day | of the big fight MT. Glenn was present | | when Gen. Hancock rode up and told | the commanding officer that the posi- l | ton must be held at all hazards. He |
 was able to give the general a drink | of water from his canteen. His regi- |
 ment was finally ordered to advance | and hold line of fence on the Elm | metsburg road. They did so and were | ordered not to fire until the enemy | were all but on them. Down below | them they could see Gen. Pickett 1 l forming his men in three lines for the
 most magnificent charge ever record ed in history. On the men came and as the first line | reached the fence the Federal forces 1 fired cutting down the lines The 40 l Sharpe's rifles did great execution and
 as the second line approached the | men were ordered to fire volleys in l one direction and then the other. This l lasted only a few minutes when such of the men who had escaped the ter rible fire rained down upon them were,l l upon the Union men and there ensued 1 a hand to hand conflict, but many of | the rebels were glad to surrender and | throwing away their rifles announced | their desire to do so. At one time the Union forces had more prisoners than they themselves numbered MT. Glenn | received a wound in his neck and was