New-York tribune., 1911-07-23
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greater part of the field was cut OFT as II
With a knife. and the slain lay reVeaIeu III
rows precisely as they had stood III ''e'
ranks few moments before.
rho Union troops took their way across
the field I'm pursuit of the Confederate lusl
,ivos who had hidden from the terrlnle hd'
bohind trees. fences and lodges OF stone
They had gone more than quarter oi .
milo when General Hooker was remover
fran the saddle while in the act OF iaIhhs
ont Of IL from the loss of blood from
wound which he had received some u'no
,reviouslv. but which he had not tcIt j"
Tho excitement. Jacksons 5 reserves IT,
,..t,od the cornfeld. Then Hartsdn DI-
c,do and Nansfeld's corps charged thTouE"
,ho fold and into the bunker church WOOL
General Mansfield being mortany wounded
,r front of the East Wood. Jackson, with
,hn oid of Hood and a part Of ID. II. lilll
division. again cleared the bunker ohu'oh
wood.
summers Union corps now formed in the
car,re with sedewck's division facing this
.,oa onco more the cornfield became the
..o,,,oi,o oround for tho embattled hosts.
which charged on through the bunker
~
tho charge was met by Mc1.aw DIVISION
OF Iongstreet's corps. when mao, ioi
nstelv for Lee. Just arrived from Harper
W. ---duslly the line OF battle was
ody,rg toward the south. About the time
that Sedgwick charged, trench anu h'on
ardson. OF Summers corps disiodeeo ~ -
Uilps line from point dirocty III iio''' "a
the bunker church. -,
Winding I'm irregular faslloh uo"" ~
hill toward the creek from the Iaee'S'o"n =
,urnpikc. at a point between the ch"''"
and Sharpsburg on the Hagers'o"h '''
nike was a sunken road fii Te-ioriii'"
lis troops behind the bank OF inc S'"lh-A
highway. and French ana hlchdl u'o'
again charged him. The surSen roau '"'
ever since been styled Bloody Lane ioi
Tho bodies Of the Confederate soiu'e' .
were piIed two and three deep III SUM
snots. as IL in a burial ditch Inc 'oH
federatc position was cafrlcd' Dut pcI'' 9"
uichardson was mortany wounocu III .
oorn0cld on the south side OF the BLOODY
1ane Some Of Franklins troops uhoe'
Irwin and Brooks. now came 10 inc sup
,,ort of French and Richardson, ana IT.
wins brigade was repulsed just south OF
tho bunker church. ID. II. Ithl ana H. H.
.udcrson's division OF Longstreets corps
.,rupgled for the possession of the ground
.outh Of the sunken road Stuarts Con
,oderate cavalry attempted flank move
,,,ent north OF the bunker church WOOD
,u, WAS repelled by Doublcday's battery
Of thirty guns.
Mcclellan now planned an attack on tho
so,,,b end Of the Confederate line. opposite
,no so.callcd Burnside bridge. Peasanton
with a part OF his cavalry and several bat
,orins crossed the Boonsboro bridge II
,,ont of sharpsburg with the purpose o.
ooering Richardson fiank support and as
sts,ine Burnside in crossing The bridge
ho,oy Several battalions of regulars iron
porter's corps followed him up. burnside
ordored Rodnan and Scammon 10 lhe ford
bclow the southerly bridge over 'hc creel
oe a diversion, and Toombs OF LongStreet
command. who had been guarding tn
,,5deo. hurried some OF his men down th'
..,oan, 10 meet this new attack. In th
face of a CALLING enhlading fire the mel
under sturgis and Crook undertook Il
cross the bridge. Not once. hut seyera
Zines. did they make the effort.
1'he roadway OF the bridge was wild
enough for only eight men abreast IT wa
necessary for them 10 come :acc 10 lac
with a force OF longer front and protected
Mct1eIlans orders became more and NOR
hsistent that the bridge be crossed ana q