Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-08-22

In the timber, driving the Confederates
back and slowly advancing until the
front line had gone to the edge OF some
timber that lay in front of their works
Colonel Pugh saw that to advance far.
Their meant an assault or sure death In
open field. He ordered the men to lie
down to protect themselves from the
shells of the enemy, which we're flying
overhead in a lively manner Just then
an orderly rode up to General Lauman
and handed him an order, which he
read and Immediately sent Colonel
Pugh's column forward.
"0h, the Carnage of That Hour"
What followed was described in 0
narrative written by Colonel e. T. Lee
of the Forty-frst Illinois as follows:
Scarcely had the word been spoken
when the remnants of these four old
regiments, about 900 men in all, moved
forward with a terrific cheer that al.
most made the earth tremble. For.
ward they go, right into the jaws OF
death, for they are facing. the famous
New Orleans light artillery. one of the
finest batteries in the field; also Me
bane's Tennessee battery. Cobb's Ken.
lucky battery and General j. @. Breck.
inridge's division of veterans, behind
impregnable breastworks.
"a section of the Fifth Ohio battery
follows up the charge, and see those
gallant boys. Every horse is killed.
and almost every man who belonged to
the battery has gone down in the strug-
gle to help out the infantry. We look
again and see the shattered line has
reached the br~eastworks, and some
have gone over them into the ranks OF
the enemy only to be made prisoners
Colonel Pugh as soon as he could make
his voice heard above the din of battle
gave the order for recall. But 1t was
too late. oh, the carnage of that hour,
the sad havoc of some officers mistake
Out of those 900 who went In the
charge history gives the figures that
Gao were killed and wounded. There
were a few made prisoners of war who
had charged over the enemy's works
Flags a Special Target.
The Federal regimental colors were
the special targets of the enemy's ar
tillery. The blue field flag of the For.
ty-first Illinois had two of its bearers
wounded and four killed. The last to
hold this flag was Sergeant Samuel B.
Hall of Company #. He was wounded
twice. The last time he was shot he
fell lear the Confederate works. The
flag was sent to Richmond as a trophy
of war and returned to the regiment in
1866. The color bearer of the Fifty
third Illinois was Sergeant Georg,
Poundstohe of Ottawa. He carried his
flag almost to the breastworks.
When he saw that he was about tC
be taken he said, "They can't get the
flag unless they get me-" Reaching
up, he tore 1t from the staff and was
In the act of putting it under his jack
ct when a shell struck him, almost sew
ering his head from his body. This
flag went to Richmond with the 9th
ers and also returned. The recall was
sounded. and what was left of the gal
liant brigade rallied around the remain
ing col2rGwT rerr fo~rty-seyer
hc-FeEtp1arst Hines
Some of them slightly wounded. Ser
geant H. M. Streeter of Argenta car
ried this flag. and with his flagstaff
shot in two and the flag torn and rid
died with bullets and shells he brought
1t off the field in triumph.
Over two-thirds of the men who had
gone into the charge had been killed
and wounded or taken prisoners. Gen
eral Lauman was placed under arrest
He demanded an investigation. but
died without any being made. He al
ways said that he was not to blame
for the great loss of his men.
Other Events of the Week.
Fifty years ago, July 8, General JOIN
Fl. Morgan's raiders, $500 strong. witt
ten cannon, crossed the Ohio river into
Indiana. On July 8 the Confederate
fortified post at Port Hudson, La.