Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-30
HORSESHOE HILL
INTEREST POINT
WILL Be MECCA TO VETER.
ANS AT CHATTANOO-
CA REUNION

Survivors of both armies who fought
there bot snodgrass hill. or Horse.
shoe summit. is 20 Chickamaugha
shat the Little Round TOP IA 20
Gettysburg q vas there that the
consuming flames OF battle rose
highest and enough blood Was shed
20 make "Chiekamaugha a Mecca
throulhout an ages
The late Charles a Dana. assist
.nt secretary OF var Ia Loncoln y
cabinet Hh0 H1a with Rosecrans g.
var correspondent. sent the follow
inl message east after the battle of
Ch.rsamauEa "Chlckamaugha %
as fatal name in our FEDERAL
history as Bun Run
This message was filed with The
telegraph company here after the
r.ulIse of KOsecrans AZ Chlckamau
81 probably after Rosecrans himself
rIh his staff bad reached Chatta-
r0om 900 safety from that bloody
fell
There lives in Chattanooga TODAY
tIa hearted lrishmau who came
assay from Chickamnura with
Roserrans and n YOU will ask him
tto rot the better of the fight a.
ChIrkamauga De win tell sou With
out hesitation that the Rebels did
De- eli also describe the panic that
seized the forces under Noaecrans.
and tho speed az which they fled
h.,k 20 Chattanooga lf YOU sug-
.Ff mat Rosecrans returned 90
Ch1ttaLooga 90 decide upon new
li1c % action. this lrishmau viii
LAUGH
But snodgrass Hill. as stated in
rho foregoing. vas the bloody spot
OF ths great battle. o. in fact any
spot was bloodicr than others tn"
conflict at this point. as most read
ors are aware. took place sunday eF.
ening Cen John - Gordon dcsrri.
hes the fight Tor the possession OF
this historic hill as follows
lu the furious tempest there nov
came one OF those strange. uuet-
planned lulls. but the storm Raa
only gathering fresh fury I'm the
comparative stiffness which peryad
"a ihe field .ts mutterings could siill
be heard ~ hghtnings Verc next
10 flash aud rs thunders 10 roll
around Horseshoe summit Nlong
that crest and around snodgrass
howe the remaining troops Of Rose
chrans left wing planted themselves
Tor stubborn resistance one Of IN"
most stubborn In history To meet
the assault of l.onrstreet % wing. tho
brave Union general Brauuan.
standing upon this nov historic
crest. rallied the remnants OF CroN
ton Wood. Harker. Beatty, stanley
Van Cleye. and Buell. but up the
Iona slopes the eNulting Confcdorol"
ranks moved in ma estiC march As
they neared the summit "a sheet OF
flame from Union rifles and heavy
guns blazed into their faces Before
the blast the charging Confederate
staggered bent and broke. reform.
ing 40 the foot OF the SLOPE these
daunfless men in gray moved arain
10 stIll more determined assault up
on the fires they rushed 90 q hand
to-haud conflict breaking here,
pushing forward there iu terribl"
struggle Through clouds of smok"
around the summit the banners aud
tagonets of Hindmans Confederate
aerr discovered upon the crest
abeu Gordon. Granger aud Si"cd-
man with fresh troops. hurried from
fhe Union lsit and joining Van
CIefe. hurled Hlndman and bis men
from this citadel OF strength and
hsId 10 until the final Union retreat
Win hayonets aud dubbed must'tH
tla resoluto Federals pierced and
beat back the charging Couied'rai'.
covering tbe slopes OF Snodgrass tiiI
with Confederate dead Roaring
Use cyclone through the forest lh'
battle storm ragged Battery ans
uered battery deepening the uu.
earthly din aud belching forth
lrom their heated threats the con-
summing iron hail The woods caught
ra from the flaming sheels and
s-0rrh.H the bodies OF dead and d}.
me AZ 'h. close OF the day the
Tl'on forces had been driven from
errE position of the field except
slo1erH HllL and as the sun sank
tefad the cliffs OF Lookout Noun
uIu b.dide bis face from on" OF
ft. bIoodI-st scenes enacted hy hu-
ma. bands. This heroic remnant OF
H0ssrars army Withdrew 10 the
rear ana then 90 the works around
Chattanooga. leaving the entire field
OF ChrEamaura 90 the battered but
triumphant and shouting Conieder.
afes
Ir usa of these facts. Gen. Cor
Don aHf ais associates In battle
thought b. remarkable that both
SIDES should lay claim TO the vic
tors D. remained for the late Gen
pr r H1yaton 10 lay claim in behalf
a nion army. and attempt g.
prov. nls claim. that the victory was
aft Ho.errans The victory vas
clearly aft the Confederate but
zoo a.i 'rat they did not absolutely
dr. Thomas from sondgrass Hiil.
faaf ts fHtreated 10 save biz army
trlf ff roi - with FAIRLY good or
Der these IRE the only c.reum-
stance. upon which the claim ior a