The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

hours Of terror and had fallen on tn,
field. Sadly we buried them in the
trenches.
"The morning of the Goth broke, but
no re-enforcements appeared. Still the
men fought ON, The enemy had con
suueted movable breastworks Of hemp
bales, rolled them up the hill and ad-
vanced their batteries In n manner to
command our fortihcations Heated
shots were fired at them, but they had
taken the precaution 10 soak the bales
in the Missouri The attack was urged
with new vigor, and during the fore
noon the outer breastworks were taken
by a charge. The whole line was bro
ken, and the enemy rushed IN, AZ
first the bales We're dipped In the river
TO wet them, but the water so lncreas'
ed their weight that the men could
scarcely roll them to the crest Of the
hill where they We're most needed.
After time they were rolled into po-
sition and then saturated. The Fed
erals having a second time been dis
lodged from the hospital height, the
Confederates threw out from that po-
sitlon wings on the right and the left,
covered with the wet hemp bales.
These furnished protection for several
hundred men. The commander Of the
assailants at that point says that Oh
the morning Of the surrender he ad-
Tanced his defense Of hemp bales very
near to the Federal intrenchments 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 his
company 10 the assailants. As l gave
the order 'SaXy, so in the gallant fell
low, at the head of Company ], with
wild yell rushed upon the enemy.
The firing suddenly ceased, and when
the smoke arose from the field I saw
the Michigan company under It's gal
liant commander, Captain McDermott,
also charging the enemy and driving
them back.
"Many Of our good fellows were ly-
ing dead, our cartridges had failed
and it was evident the fight would
soon cease. It was now o'clock, and
all on a sudden an orderly came, say
ing that the enemy had sent IN n flag
oc truce With the flag came the fol
lowing note from General Price:
Colonel, what has caused the cessa-
tion of the fightT
Surrender Stops Butchery.
81 returned # with the following
message written on the back:
az hardly know, unless you have
He took pains to assure |
me that was not the case. ! learned
soon after that that our home guard
had hoisted a white flag. The lieuten-
ant who had hoisted the flag was
with instant death unless |
he hauled it down At that one Of the
officers exclaimed, This is butchery"
''The conviction became general, and |
a council of war was held The place |
was given up, ana the enemy came |
pouring in. We were placed in Gle |
and led through the streets Of Lexing- |
ton. AS we passed the ladies came |
from the houses and jeered us. We |
the officers were then taken to a ho-
tel with no proprietor and no rations.
After we had boarded there for some
lime we started for the land OF |
Dixie"
Thus ends Colonel Mulligan's story.
When he and his field officers offered
up their swords General Price said:
You gentlemen have fought so brave
Y it would he wrong to deprive you
If your swords. Keep them"
When Mulligan entered Lexington
le got possession Of nearly $1,000,000