The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-10-09
"reminiscences OF
THE BATTLE OF CORINTn

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were fighting the battle OF corinth
Mississippi. | belonged to the second
brigade. second division of the six
teenth army corps. which consisted
OF the eighth. ninth and forty-secondI
regiments. Illinois volunteers. and the
eighty-first regiment of Ohio volun-
teers.
Colonel Richard oglesby OF the
eighth Illinois was the ranking officer
and commanded the brigade. Gener-
ais Price and Van Dorm OF the Con-
federate army attacked us early on
the morning OF October 3rd. 1869. at
a point about two miles northwest OF
the town. We skirmished with the
opposing force all day but no general
conflict took place until in the after
noon when the confederates charged
our line and drove us from our rifle
F4i1. We fr-AoitAcu No ocoa a. Nc
could under the circumstances and
Colonel Oglesby ordered us to eoun-
ter charge and re-take the rifle pits
from which we had been driven. Ny
regiment. the ninth Illinois; rushed
forward with hred bayonets. but. for
some unknown reason. the other three
regiments misunderstood the order
and did not move for two or three
minutes. At this juncture Colonel
Ogiesby came dashing down at the
rear OF our line with his hat OF and
with ais sword In his right hand. yell
ing at the top OF his voice as he gall
Hoped by: Give 'eh h. boys. while
you can" The other regiments soon
came up and we re-iook the rifle
pits. but we lost heavily in doing so
Among the killed was Lieutenant
Britt OF Company r.. whose wifs was
with US In camp al the time of the
battle ! never before. or since. saw
= woman weep as she did over his
dead body and Il brought tears to the
eyes OF the most seasoned veterans
My company lost two hne men in that
charge John Llsingood and sebastin
sunderman. Among the wounded were
Colonel oElesby. who was shot in the
left side. WE thought. at first. mortal
ly. but he recovered and Lieutenant
Cryus Gilmore OF Company IL. who
was shot through the right knee
In this battle comrade Godai. who
lives near the upper end OF Fourth
street In Canon City. was a sergeant
IN the Twelfth Illinois infantry. which
belonged TO our brigade. think "a
was in the charge 70 re-take the rife
pits at Corinth that he was sho; in the
foot. An ambulance drawn By a span
OF muics came Gp and TOOK a lot Of
the wounded aboard 10 be conveyed
to the hospital Comrade Godat got
up on the seat with the driver and
they started for the town. The left
wing of the enemy swung around and
fired Voliey at our troops and o.
rifle ball struck the ambulance driver
killing him instantly. As he fell from
the seat he took the lines with him
leaving comrade Godat sitting on the
seat without any means OF controlling
the team. which took advantage Of
the opportunity to run away. One of
our sisf officers seeing the peril In
which the wounded men we're placed
by the runaway managed to head on
the mules before the ambulance was
overturned and bring them to stand
still. Comrade Godat was then given
the lines and drove the ambulance in
TO town with his wounded foot dang
ling heipicssly over the dashboard.
The next day. October fourth. was a
bad day for us. The enemy charged
our lines several times, but We he:d
them back. although at a big sacrifice
OF men At Fort Robinet Confeder-
ate colonel named Rogers charged