Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-26


hours Of terror and had fallen en- the
Geld. Sadly we buried them Ia the
trenches.
The morning OF the Goth broke. but
no achievements appeared. Stiii the
men fought on The enemy had con-
structed movable breastworks Of hemp
bales. rolled them up the hill and adj
vanced their batteries In q manner TO
command our Notifications. Heated
.hots were fired at them. but they had
taken the precaution to 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. At
first the bales we're dipped in the river
to wet them. but the water so increas-
I'd their. weight that the men could
scarcely roll them to the crest Of the
hill where they were most needed
After a-time they we're rolled into Do
sition and then saturated. The Fed,
erals having second time been dis
lodged from the hospital height. the
Coufe6erates threw ont from that POI
sition 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 on
the merning OF the surrender he ad-
vanred his defense of hemp bales very
near 10 the Federni lntrenchments and
opened FIRE with fatal effect.
"Captain Fitzgerald. whom ! hao
known IN my younger days and whom
we called By the familiar name OF
'Saxy. was then ordered to oppose his
company to the assailaats. As gave
the order. 'Saxy. so In the gallant fel-
low. at tile head OF Company I. with
wild yell rushed upon the eneu1v
The firing suddenly ceased. and when
the smoke arose from the field saw
the Michigan company, under its gall
liant commander. Captain McDermott.
also charging the enemy and driving
them lack. =. " = J
MANY Of our good fellows were ~
ing dead, our cartridges had failed
and it was evident the fight would
soon cease. 1t was now 3 O'Clock, and
all on a sudden an orderly came. say
ing that the enemy had sent In a flag
of truce. With the dag came the fol-
lowing note from General Price:
Colonel. what has caused the cessa-
ton OF the fight?
Surrender Stops Butchery.
az returned It with the following
message written on the back.
al hardly know. unless you have
surrendered 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 lieutet
ant who had hoisted the flag vas
Threatened with instant death unless
he hauled It down At that one of the
officers exclaimed. This Is bntehsry!,
. -'The conviction became general. and
a council of war was held. The place
Was given UP. aud the eueEIy caise
r,enrislg In. We weretspfaced in file
aud lei th:0ngh the streets Of Lexfng-
roii As We passed the ladies came
from the hoGscS ard jeered us. We
1.-THE ofriccrs, ware then taken 10 Il ho-
TEL ,.i.h no pronrietor and no rations.
4 fser VIZ had boarded there for some
time we started for the land OF
Dixie" - r" r.. s5ae,-> e
= Thus ends Colonel Mulligan's story.
When he and his field officers offered
up their swords General Price said:.
"Yeu gentlemen hare fought so brave
~ it would be wrong to deprive youi
Of your swords. Keep them"
When Mullisan entered Lexington
he got possession of nearly s1,o00,0 eco