Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-22
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CHIEF MUSICIAN AS FIGHTER
Thrilling Account Of Battle AZ Icy
burg Told by Member OF 'SoH
New York Volunteers.

The duties OF q chief music1aiA
which position | occupied In inc one
Hundred and Thirty.Slxth New foff
volunteer infantry at the battle "
Gettvsburg were not very dinefed'
from those of any other fighter IN tns
great test of strength between NORM
and south. we went into position on
Cemetery hill as soon as we ar'IVso
on the field, and made use OF the seohs
walls on either side Of the Taneyto"n
road to protect us while we supporteo
the batteries on the hill
AS n viewpoint 20 observe the ac
ton on all sides Of the field we ccnio
not have been more favorably placed
II was as If we had been given inc
best seats in a theater and the entire
action was going on before us on ths
stage, writes DR. X. u. Tuiier IN tne
Chicago RecordHerald. The cnfeT oii-
ference was that we occasionally hao
to take a hand In the stage action
and that the bullets that few from the
stage weren't stage bullets.
While we, as support OF the batter
les on Cemetery hill. were not, by
some fortune, In the fierce hand to
hand fighting Of that charge, we we're
in the center Of the most furious can
nonadlng Of the fight, which was ths
prelude to Lees advance on that faLe-
full day. Cemetery hill was point
of concentration OF our batteries, and
OF course OF the fire OF the rebel guns
in their efforts to weaken our fighting
facilities. The shots from the enemy
and of our own guns passed over cur
heads mainly, but when rebel shot
or shell found the stone wall used By
US for protection, the havoc was some
times greatly multiplied by flying por-
tons of stone. Many were so wound
ed
In the cemetery proper, used bY
Gettysburg people for many years and
being well filled with headstones and
monuments marking the graves
scarcely one stone was LETT unshat-
tered and thrown TO earth long before
the end of that day, if not the day be
fore
Our battery men and our own men
found themselves greatly annoyed as
soon as the enemy had possession OF
the houses OF the town In our pTox-
unity by the well aimed shots of sharp
shooters firing from windows and 9th
e. cover.
Mainly they were engaged in pick
ing OF the gunners. A welI-planted
sharpshooter capable of picking Of
the gunners of battery one 81 time.
usually taking advantage of the can
mons smoke after first picking cut his
victim and making very sure aim, in
quite apt to unnerve battery men ard
cause panic more than the crash srG
destruction of the shots OF the car
non of their opponents, When q man
feels that he is being aimed az per
sonally and with little chance Of miss,
ing, Ii is apt to create q decidedly
panicky feeling
Such being the state OF affairs
among us and the batteries back Of
us Il was finally decided &c bring a
large gun down into the road and blow
some of the houses occupied by the
sharpshooters TO pieces. The house
aimed at was brick The result OF the
big gun shots was 90 open more ports
then before. for several shots only
knocked holes through about the size
Of big barrel heads, As the sharp
shooting continued. shsrtly after neon
It was decided 10 select infantryInen
TO rush those places, only few
yards distant and capture the shoot.
ers. Volunteers were sought 20 make
the rally and there were plenty.
They collected behind the harricada
that had been thrown up across thu
road, and when all was ready az a
given signal they scaled the harrIeada
and rushed the brick house, Did they
capture tho sharpshooterse No. not
one. II Isn't the ethics OF war. some
five corpses were laid out around that
house and when the boys returned the
sharpshootirg ut that point was az an
end.