The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22

eraI CIeburne was abreast of that charging line.
He fell just at the left Of my brigade. AS the Con-
federates rushed the Federal line of battle
gray figure a chestnut horse rode diagonally
across the front of the charging column The
horse wenS down within 80 yards of the breast
works. The rider arose, waved his sword and
led his foot to the rampartS; then his
brave form staggered and fell against the Federal
line pierced with mimic balls His corps
swept back under terrific fire of musketry, near
~ One-half either killed wounded. This
Gen. Pat Ceburne. LApplause.]
A few yards the Confederate right Gen.
George w. Gordon of Tennessee, who was also
abreast Of the charging line fell just under the
fresh earth of the breastwOrks. He wounded
and captured, he refused to fall back. Near
this spot Gen. John Adams also fell. He stood
upon the parapet and fatally shot, his horse
falling the breastworks. General Carter
fell MORALLY wounded before reaching the Federal
battle line. General StahI reached the ditch; he
stood the bodies of the dead and gave COM
mands and rallied his Just in front of my
line, facing the locust thcket, General Cockrell
of Missouri wounded, but not fatally. Not a
hundred yards away lay General Granbury dead.
He died leading the brave Texans to the works
minute more and General Stah fell, MORALLY
wounded. General WalthalI of Mississippi after
ward United States senator, had two horses shot
under him. Twelve Confederate generals were
either dead or wounded. Colonies were command
ing divisions, captains were commanding brigades
More generals killed in that eight hours
struggle in front Of that little Tennessee town than
the three days fight at Gettysburg where three
times many soldiers were in battle And LET me
emphasize this with the statement that more brip-
adler and major generals were killed at Franklin
in that eight hours fight than in the whole world
war of four years and where nearly 5000
600 soldiers were in the hell of battle IApplause
1 was colonel, commanding the One Hundred
and Eleventh Ohio, just to the right of the old
cotton gin, and just in front OF a grove of black
locusts. Early in the fight Colonel Lowrey of the
One Hundred and Seventh Illinois, and Col LEROY
Clark of the One Hundred and Eighty-lhird Ohio
were killed. which left me the ranking officer of
the battle line OF the brigade which commanded
TO the end of the struggle. Ny regiment suffered
both in officers and men, the largest casualty list
OF any regiment in the Union army. [AppIausel
had only eight officers alive and not wounded in
ten companies.
During my four years service was compelled
TO witness the agOnizng aftermath OF over 10
battle6elds. saw the brave and intrepid General
Harker go undaunted to his death in the charge
Kenesaw mountain General Harker was the
idol of his soldiers, saw that splendid Ohio sol
der, General Mcpherson, the handsOmest mounted
general in our army brought on stretcher to the
left of my command at the Howard house in the
Battle Of Atlanta. just as his great soul had de-
parted to the unknown world.
General Sherman was the commander in chief
of the Union army in the memorable Atlanta cam
paign. commanded the brigade skirmishers the
day of the Atlanta battle of July D. 1854 and es-