The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-23

hours Of terror and had fallen n The
field Sadly we buried them in the
trenches.
The morning of the Goth broke, bu'
no e.enforceLrnts appeared Stiil tie
men fought ON The eneu! mad con
stru,ted movable lreastworEs OF hemi
bales, rolled them up the hin and ad
van ed their batteries IN Il manner to
command our tort.a"ations Hea,ed
shots were H.cd at them. but they had
talen the preyaution 10 soak the ba.e-
in the Missouri. The attack was urged
with new yigor, and during the fore
noon the outer breustworkS were taken
10y a charge The whole line was bro
ken, and the enemy rushed in AT
first the bales were dil. I'd in the river
to wet them. but the water 50 tnvreas-
ed their weight that the men could
scarcely roll them to the crest OF the
hill where they were most needed
After a time they were rolled into pc
sition and then saturated The Fed
erals having Il serond time been dis.
lodged from the hospital height, the
Co%nfederates threw out from that po
sition wings on the right and the left.
covered with the wet hemp bales
These furnished protection for severa'
hundred men The commander of the
assailants at that point says that on
the morning Of the surrender he ad
vanced his defense Of hemp bales very
near to the Federal Entertainments and
opened fire with fatal effect.
Captain Fitzgerald. whom | had
known in my younger days and whom
We called by the familiar name OF
'Saxy,' was then ordered to oppose bis
company to the assailants. As | gave
the order, 'SaXy, go in. the gallant fe
low. at the head of Company /. with
a wild yell rushed upon the enemy
The firing suddenly ceased, and when
the smoke arose from the field | saw
the Michigan company. under its gal
liant commander. Captain McDermott
also charging the enemy and driving
them back.
MANY Of Il good fellows were ly
ing dead, our cartridges he'd failed
and 1t was evident the fight would
soon cease. 1t was now 3 o'clock, anC
all on a sudden an orderly came, say
ing that the enemy had sent in a dai
of truce. With the flag came the fol
lowing note from General Price
Colonel, what has caused the cessa
ton of the dght?'
Surrender Stops Butohery,
81 returned it with the following
! message written on the back:
, 81 hardly know. unless you hav.
surrendered He took pains to assur
! me that was not the case. ! learne,
soon after that that our home guar
Z, had hoisted a white flag. The lieuter
ant who had hoiSted the flag wa
. threatened with instant death unles
he hauled it down. At that one Of tn
officers exclaimed, This is butchery"
1.-THE conviction became general, an
a council of war was held. The plac
+, was given up, and the enemy cam
: pouring in. We were placed in fiji
i, and led through the streets of Lexin.
-, ton. AS we passed the ladies' cam
= from the houses and jeered us. w
1.-THE oficersl were then taken to a h.
:, tel with no proprietor and no ration
After we had boarded there for SON
. time we started for the land
Dixie"
: Thus ends Colonel Mulligan's stOr.
When he and his field officers offere
L up their swords General Price sale
"You gentlemen have fought so brav,
ly 1t would be wrong to deprive 30
/. Of your swords. Keep them"
/ When Mulligan entered Lexingto
> he got possession Of nearly S1,0O0,00