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FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE.
(continued from page one)

fighting. Keeping his position a half
mile or more in the rear of his men,
so as to observe the whole battlefield,
the damage which had been inflicted
upon the Union line. He thought that
it had been pierced, and that all that
was necessary was to push his advap-
tage home and ruin the Union army.
The sun was now setting and the thick
ening mist of the early evening was in
tensified by the dense battle smoke
frcm thousands of muskets and scores
of cannon. There was not even a mo-
smentary breeze to sweep this awaE and
give temporary glance of the stoutly
held works. Persuaded that the West
ern Confederates had never been
fought with that fierce persistence
which wins success, Hood kept pushing
up his heavy masses thru the smoke
vail as if to crush the thin line by sheer
physical weight. Instead of this re-
sulting. however, they We're sent in as
Lee sent in his troops at Spotsylvania,
only to be moved down by the Union
troops lying behind the low breast
works. and firing rapidly shots which
that compact mass.
The Union army was now getting fun
revenge for all that they had suffered
during the previous campaign. Then
il had been forced to assail works made
as strong as art could accomplish ana
filled with men who shot down the
Union soldiers at their leisure. The
Confederate troops had scarcely dur
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of sleep for As hours and was north of
the Harpeth River, near Gen. Scho-
fields headquarters, when the roll of
musketry commenced. Jumping on my
horse, / sent my Aids in every direc-
ton to warn our people TO look out. i
rode with one orderly to the Columbia
pike. Just as L arrived a scene of in
describable confusion occurred. The
two brigades / spoke of as being rout-
ed came hockinS to the rear. Strick-
lands Brigade of the Twenty third
Corps never waited to fire a shot, but
broke to the rear with the rest. This
opened a gap in our lines. Our cais-
sons and ammunition wagons thun-
dered to the rear, and at that instant
arrived on the ground.
Il rode quickly TO the left of OPP
dycke's Brigade. 100 yards in the rear
of the main line, and called upon them
TO charge. At the same time ] saw
Col Opdycke in front of his brigade,
urging them forward. l sent no orders
to Col. Opdycke, nor was it necessary,
as he was under my eye, and doing the
only thing that could save the day.
Our old soldiers sprang 10 their feet
and shouted, Come on; we can go any
where the General cam and with a
rush we retook our lines, and the crit
ical part of the battle was ended in
less than 20 Minutes from the time
Opdycke's Brigade jumped to its feet.
"A part of Gordon's Brigade of
Cheatham's Corps had passed thru our
lines; the rush of Opdycke's Brigade
had captured them. Many of the Con-
federates having stemmed the hail
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all over the South, and on account Of
this battle Franklin was to become for
decades as doleful story in the cabins
of the Alleghanies and the lowlands of
the Mississippi as was Flodden to their
Scotch ancestors in the crofts and
matched cottages of the highlands.
For much of this sorrow Hoods hot
tempered badgering was responsible.
From the time he entered the Western
army he was full of bitter comparisons
of the fighting done by 1t with that
done by Lees army, in which he had
shared. He had said openly thar the
Western Confederates had never fought
their battles to a finish, nor ever Crap
pied with the Yankees with the mortal
earnestness of Lees army. Thes, in
furious comparisons, repeated day by
day, had stung officers and men alike,
and had aroused them TO desperate
fury.
On the other>side the Union troops
turned with that derceness for the final
crash which comes to men who have
for long time been merely thrl.stins
and warding with their enemies. That
hunger for slaughter which lies only
too near the surface in most civilized
men was now aroused in wild strength
and given full play for its murderous
work. The madness for destruction
rose with the horrible completeness Of
that destruction. The men behind the
Union works fired as rapidly as they
could until their guns became too hot
to hold in their hands, when they flung
them aside and snatched other weap-
ons from the stiffening hands of the
dead and wounded. They had never
before had such chance to wreak up
on their foe the revenge which burned
in their hearts for the many hurtfuI
blows they had received. Now their
hour had come, and they made the
most of it.
(To be continued)
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leved the rebel commander would not
dare one. Our lines were secured by
a low breastwork the men had hastily
thrown I'D. The artillery was in posi-
ton ard protected The Federal posi-
ton was formidable. Hood had manu-
vered five days before our much weak
er lines at Columbia. Why try this
desperate assault? The fact is that the
fight was the result of Hoods chagrin
and pique over the failure of strategy
and tactics the day before. He had
INDUCED in high words with Cheatham
and Cleburne as they rode to Franklin
that morning. and Hood was wrought
to that pitch of desperation which only
copious bloodshed could assuage.
by the light of his past his action
was wholly unjustifiable, for no Cen
eral has the right to send his troops
into such Il hopeless fight unless he
went into it with them himself.
In front of our center two brigades
of Wagner's Division had been placed
as an outlook, and they We're directed
to fall back if the enemy advanced.
Col. Conrad, very excellent officer,
commanded these brigades, and seeing
an immense army advancing on his lit
tie force, sent to his division command
err. Gen. Wagner, for orders. He re-
turned word in his grand, heroic style,
to fight them, the rebels, until -
froZe over. This foolish order came
near losing this decisive battle.
The whole rebel army advanced on
these two brigades, and altho these
brigades We're fiereely aSsailed in front
and on both TANKS, they gave way only
when mixed with the advancing Con-
federates. The latter sought to gain
our main line with the fugitives. 1 was
worn out with constant work and loss
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ing the Atlanta campaign assaulted
works. Now, altho these behind which
the Union soldiers were ensconced were
nowhere more than three feet high and
generally but two, with only f1imsy
abatis, the ConfederaIes could not force
their way over them.
There was much complaint against
Hood about attacking works, and a
promise was extracted from him that
he would not again force his men TO
do it. Yet when we know that these
works were hastily thrown up de-
canteens and even their hands to erect
the low ridge of earth, it will be seen
that they We're no comparison whatever
to the perfectly constructed works
which the Union troops had to assault
on the Atlanta campaign. There the
abatis was made of trees cut down,
their points sharpened and either fas-
tened together with wire or pegged to
the ground. The bitches in front of
the works were deep and steep-sided,
while there was hardly more than a
pretense of ditch at Franklin.
The Arrival of Gen. Stanley on the
An important feature of the struggle
for the center of the line was the ar
rival of the leonine Gen. Stanley, COM
mander of the Fourth Corps. Stanley's
presence with his troops on the firing
line was always a high inspiration for
them, for no General in the army was
better liked and trusted by his men
than Stanley. He had all the instincts
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Of soldier and decisive quickness of
eye as to what should be done and how
TO do II. AS was 10 be expected, even
his unusual energy had been exhausted
by the mountainous responsibilities
which fell upon him on the retreat
strain of holding back Hoods whole
army with one division at Spring Hill
and his duty IN covering the retreat to
Franklin. Completely worn out by
fatigue, hunger and loss of sleep, he
had gone back to the rear to get some
thing to eat and to lie down for a few
minutes, when the firing aroused him
and all his s.soldierly instincts. Altho
the enemy's entire force had been in
sight from ] o'clock till 4, completing
its formation, Stanley had not expected
battle, since Hood had RETAINED from
attacking elsewhere when much better
chances of success were presented to
him. Now the strong Union position
seemed to make an assault by the Con-
federates extremely improbable.
As the firing increased TO an intensi-
ty and fierceness that told that an
actual battle was in progress, Stanley
]eaped upon his horse and rode to the
front, arriving just in time TO witness
Opdycke's splendid charge. Stanley
into the vortex of the battle, and in a
few minutes had his horse shot from
under him and he himself received a
severe wound in the back of his neck
Gen. Cox, also at the very front. ami
mating his troops by word and exam
pie, supplied him with another horse
and Stanley re-entered the fight. but
was soon compelled to Withdraw by
Overwhelming weakness. In a paper
prepared for Van Horne's Army of the
Cumberland" Gen. Stanley gives this
account of the battle:
The formation of Hoods army was
observed, and every preparation was
made to repei the attack, altho 1 be-
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storm of bullets. gave it up, and sur
rendered within speaking distance Of
our own line. Seeing them in their
dusky brown. rushing over to our side,
AT one instant ] thought we were in a
bad fix again.
The Carter House. two-story
brick, stood near the pike, and was
the most salient point of our position,
and at this point for 20 minutes the
fight was fierce. The day was calm
and bright. but the smoke of b. rned
powder obscured the view so that a
man moving could not be seen more
than so or so yards away. Just to the
right of this Carter House a part of
Cheatham's troops, commanded by Cen
hi, held 20 feet of our main line
but our men held firmly to them. left
and right, and formed a new line OPP
posite the short front.
Night came on soon this early Win
ter day, but by the flashes of their
guns these two lines, only separated by
few rods, aimed and blazed away at
each other until 10 o'clock Here Gen.
Strahl was killed after being twice
wounded and after having turned over
his command to Col. Stafford. The lat
ter was also killed, but as the dead
were heaped about him he did not
wholly fall. and in the morning was
found partially erect, seeming to still
command the troops of corpses lying
around him.
The brick house known as the Car
ter House has its tragic history 1t
was occupied by Mr.. Carter and his
two daughters. The battle came so
quickly they could not be renewed, and
their terror during the battle around
their house can well be imagined At
IL o'clock at night the Union troops
withdrew. and these good girls devoted
themselves TO the care of the wounded.
When daylight came one of the first
they recognized was their own uncle
Mr.. Carriers younger brother, who was
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Good-by, HOecake.

Rufus p. Northrop, goth Pa. West
minister, Md, writes:
Il was taken prisoner by the rebels
with my terminate when the First
Corps fell back thru the town on the
afternoon of the first days fighting at
Gettysburg along with about 2, 800 9TH
ers. They marched us over back OF
Seminary Ridge, and rounded us up in
a field thru which sluggish stream
ran, Marsh Creek, ] think We were
packed together a la Andersonville, and
most of US were without rations. The
water in the stream was muddy and
bore marks of the fighting farther up.
The field was off the main road short
distance up lone, which led TO a low
one-story implanted house, where there
was a spring. At first we were allowed
to go in squads under guard for water,
but the men began 20 rush to get in
the water squad, and the Johnnies,
fearing a general break. shut down,
and we We're without 4 drop of water
to drink or cook with.
The wounded men We're quartered
On the opposite side OF the lane, and
were allowed to go after water with
out a guard. Sutton, my terminate, was
an old Californian OF the days Of 40,
and came East to take his brothers
place, who had been wounded. The
rJohnnieS issued to us on the evening
of the second day bit of bacon and a
handful of -four. Sutton said if / could
get some water he would show me how
they used to make hoecake in Califor-
MIA. j took our canteens, and watched
the guard turn his back, when / slipped
over among the wounded and H;nped
down to the spring. The front yard was
iittcred with bandages from bedding.
Evidently the Johnnies had used it
temporarily to care for their wounded.
The spring was nearly dry, but | filed
my canteens with an old, broken spoon,
and had just got them tilled when a
rebel Sergeant bore down on me. He
hailed me with: What are yo-uns dom
down hyer?' After water, Sarg. Have
swig?' He took a long pull, and es-
when / got in the men grabbed my
managed to save enough to mix the
batter. Sutton had fried out the bacon
for shortening, found an old broken
crock to mix the batter and a fiat shale
stone and a couple of pieces of rails
completed the outfit. The batter was
poured on the stone while the crowd
stood around and watched Sutton
manipulate the savory cake. He had
turned 1t several times, and 1t was TAX
ing on tempting rich brown (my, but
it smelled good, when suddenly there
was an explosion, and when the dust
had cleared away all that was left of
our California cake was little pieces of
dough and bits of stone. The crowd
set up a yell, and poor Sutton turned
sadly away, remarkinS that swearing
could not do the subject justice"
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Let me say right here at the start
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grabbed hold, and away we went down
the incline we got within % or 80
feet of the low stone wall.
Then he said: Men. take your
places. Double-charse with canister.
Fire low. Make every shot count. Don't
holds out. Don't fire until they pass
that fence We loaded and fired three
shots a minute, double-shotted, until
they came to the wall. The last round
was in the fourth piece. Fuger said:
Men, run for your lives No. dropped
the lanyard. Fuger saw that he did
not fire it, so he jumped over the trail,
grabbed the lanyard. and gave them
the last shot point-blank in their faces,
then threw himself to the ground. face
downwards, pretending TO be dead.
They came on, and captured the two
pieces. Cheer after cheer rent tine air
with their rejoicing. 1 turned and ran
back 30 or 10 feet. when | found the
air was fun of lead. l. too. dropped
down, face to the ground, behind a
small pile of stones. They soon began
to run over me. AS / Rugged the
ground | saw n small brigade, which
proved to be STANDARDS Vermonters, at
double-quick time towards the EN-
mitsburg road, unseen by Pick ett's men.
II heard a rebel Colonel say, as /
stood there, bewiidered and alone
amongst so many rebels: we have got
that - battery that cut us to shreds.'
7 said: Yes, you have got it. but you
look to the rear He turned around,
and saw STANDARDS line across the field
behind them, and they We're cut off and
taken prisoners.
Going to the rear. a stray piece of
shell struck me. and / fell. / came to
just before dark, when a New York
newspaper reporter came along and
aroused me.
"The names of our killed were:
Cushing, Murphy, Patton, Missimer,
Fassett, Furgerson. Degroat. and, 1
think, GarbersOn; 35 were wounded.
The battery used up 400 shots in the
engagement I am at a loss to find
where the three regiments of Webb's
Brigade were at the time of Pickett's
charge. When we ran our two pieces
behind the wall ] did not see them. If
they were there. why did they let a few
hundred rebels get thru and capture
Cushing's Battery"
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Cushing's Battery.

NJ. F. Newberry, Cushing's Battery,
Beaumont, Pa, writes:
About 1870 the afternoon of July
3, 1863, a lone shot was fred from the
rebel position on Oak Hill. Then the
rebels dropped six shots every second
into Webb's. Brigade for 95 minutes.
Our battery (Cushing's) and the Rhode
Islands were loading and firing three
shots minute. each piece. 1t soon
became so smoky that we could not
see anything ahead. and we fired at
random. Our cannoneers were falling
fast. Capt Cowan, with his battery,
came I'D from the left with his horses
on the run, and commenced to fire. but
they left in Is or 90 minutes. We were
ordered to cease firing, but the rebels
continued for some time. About that
time one of my detachment came run
ming back to the timber for ammuni-
ton, and said: Gushing is killed. See,
they are carrying him off the field
yonder.' Gen. Webb came along and
said: Save your guns. Draw them by
hand to the rear He then turned
and walked to the left, and Fuyer said ::
Men, by hand to the 'front.' We
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Was Right There.

c. w. McKelvey, 151st Pa, Veterans
State Home, Yountville, Cal, writes:
"Comradc Charles II. Spoor says that
he was with Gen. Buford's cavalry at
Gettysburg the first day, and says tina;
Gen. Buford fought the first days bat
tie, while Gems. Reynolds and Meade
were ~ miles away Our little corps
of about 5000 men, with little help
from two divisions of the Eleventh
Corps, held the rebels back all that
day, and at shutdown what We're left OF
us were overwhelmed by at least 40, 900
rebels, and. Were forced to fall back
thru the town of Gettysburg. where we
took up the new line on Cemetery
Ridge My regiment. the 151st Pa.
lost one man more Than any other reg
iment engaged in that battle. We lost
337 men out of AS, and nearly all the
first day. The 149th Pa, in our bri-