The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-10

lighting, which covered the ground
with the wounded and slain. Up to
this time we had scored a decided sue
cess and pressed closely after the
slowly retiring enemy, but when we
got through the woods we met fresh
We were in h open and the enemy
turned and charged us. The confed-
crate line was growing stronger and
tronger every minute. and it was now
our turn to he pushed back. over
the ground We had Won at such terri
bile cost we We're pushed. and were
forced to leave the woods and coveted
church in their hands.
ut was now about Z o'clock, and
with M mad rush they shattered our
line n III corps was melting awav.
hu, Hooker would not give ,n the
struggle. He called to the front his
reserve brigade, and We made one
more stand. Just AS we had Reform
ed our shattered lines help came. We
had reached once ore the edge of the
woods. but could go no farther. Look
ing back. we saw Mansticld's corps
rushing to II help. The gallant
Mansfield took the offensive and DASH
ed out against jackson. and for a time
annihililated his corps, but Mansfield
paid the penalty of his success with
his life.
THE appearance of Mansfield had
opened out the battle with renewed
fury. New batteries We're playing up
on our ranks. The of orr
corps and tho two divisions of Mans
fIeld chung tn the ground they had
Won a second time. Hill and Hood
now came to the assistance of Jack
sons corps, and do what we might.
We could not Withstand their assault.
ana wore again f1riy-oy, h,nl- 4~ -.1 =.
10 the woods. just as we We're fall
ing back ook was wounded and
carried from the field. Our fire had
peen so rapid and continuous that the
guns OF tn einfantry were fouled to
SUCH an extent MS to make them al
most useless. Commissioned officers,
colonels, captains. n l~ieutenants ran
about over the field. gathered the
muSkots of the killed and wounded.
and brought them to us on the line.
They also ritled the cartridge boxes of
the dead and wounded to keep US sup
piled with ammunition.
1T was about this time that Sum-
ner came, himself leading the advance
brigade of his corps. We had "A little
rest while ScdgWick broke out of the
woods and fell on Hill. Nothing could
stop him; ON through the woods he
pushed. driving the enemy across the
wide. open fields. and was able TO seize
the coveted church. But could he
hold it: If permitted to do so Lees
destruction was practically assured.
me most desperate conflict of the day
followed; more c%onfedcrates came
from the center and right of their
'1he. one assault after another was
made the dead and the dying lay i'm
heaps. the air was full of bursting
shells and WhiZzing Mimic balls. ScGg-
Wick W;lS W011n1a1 thr.n fir,nc Int
stiil kept his men to the work of hold
ing the dearly earned church. sum
ner hurried forward the other divi-
sions of his corps. They reached the
front lust as Sedswick was driven
from the church. The federals as
sau'ted i'm their tarn and drove the
enemy back. but only Il short distance.
they captured the range of hills but
could not drive tho confcderates from
their position in the hollow. 1t be-
came in Very truth deaths valley
The church was lost. and we tried
to hold the woods, but were driven
slowly back. and then. came a lull in
the hattie on that part of the field. AS
the storm of battle lulled i'm. our front
ii broke out over M tho left of our
line. Burnside mad at last crossed the
right of the confe,ieratet position. Oh,
he had only crossed That bridge an
hour or TWO sooner and Kept Lee from
sending so many .reinforcements
against MS, VIC would have had the
church and the woods and Lees army
have been cut in two.
Nov occurred one of the most
feats of the whole war; a feat
that for minutes made the hearts of
more than 10000 men almost cease
and the hero was a private
in a western regiment. Franklin with
his fresh men had come to our help.
He was a grand soldier. With the quick
eye of the true commander. Orders
had reached us from Mcclellan not to
amy farther advance. but to
hold the position i'm the woods. When
the storm broke out in front of Burn