The Concordia sentinel., 1920-01-17

erol Clehurne was abreast Of that charging line
He fell lust at the left of my brigade. AS the Con-
federates rushed on the Federal line OF oat"e
gray figure on chestnut horse rode dasohany
across the front of the charging column. Ine
horse went down within so yards OF the breaSt
works The rider arose. waved his sword. ana
led his men on foot to the ramparts; theh Ms
brave form staggered and fell against-tne Feuern
line pierced with MIME balls His corps was
swept back under terrific fire of musketry' near
ly one-haif either killed or wounded. Ihis WIS
Gen. Pat Cleburne. lApplause.I
few yards on the Confederate right Gen.
George w. Gordon of Tennessee, who was also
ohroast Of the charging line. fell just under the
Trash earth of the breastworks He was wounded
and captured as he refused to fail Dack' near
tb1s spot Gen. John Adams also fell lie stoou
unon the parapet and was fatally Shot DIS h"se
falling across the breastworks Generai Iartet
foil MORALLY wounded before reaching the federai
hattlo line General Stahl reached the ditch; he
stood nm the bodies of the dead and gave COM
,nonds and rallied his men. Just in front OF my
Iine facing the locust thcfet General Coekreh
of Missouri was wounded, bit not fatally MOI
hundred yards away lay General Granhury dead
He died leading the brave Texans to the works
minute more and General Stahl fell, morhliy
vonnded. General walthall of Mississippi. after
word 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 Drlgaues
Moro generals were killed in that eight hours
strucge in front of that little Tennessee town than
wore killed in the two days fight at Chiekamauga
or the three days fight at Gettysburg. where three
ti,nes as many soldiers in battle. And let me
omnbasize this with the statement that more brig
odiar and major generals were killed at Franklin
in that eight hours fight than in the whole world
war Of four years and over where nearly 1S,000-
oOo soldiers were in the hell of battle. Applause
was colonel commanding the One Hundred
and Eleventh Ohio. just to the right of the old
cotton GIN and just in front OF grove of black
,ocusts Early in the fight Colonel Lowrey of th'
One Hundred and Seventh Illinois. and Col. Leroy
rYark Of the One Hundred and Eghty-1h Ohio
wore killed which left me the ranking officer o
tbe battle line of the brigade, which commando
10 the end of the struggle. My regiment suffered
both in officers and men. the largest casualty It's
Of anv regiment in the Union army. lApplause.
7 nod nnIs eight officers alive and not wounded !
ten companies. o,,o
During my four years service was compe"e
TO witness the agonizing aftermath OF ".el
battlehelds. l saw the brave ana lnlreplu w"
Harker 90 undaunted to his deatn IN me ei''. ;,
on Kenesaw mountain. General Harker @ was " :.
idol Of his soldiers. l saw that splendid ONO >
der, General Mcpherson the handsomest ihoun.'
: general in our army. brought on stretcher 10 y
n left of my command at the Howard house IN =
Battle Of Atlanta. just as his great soui hau
f parted 10 the unknown world.
a General Sherman was the commander IN en-
;, of the Union army in the memorable Atlanta ca
y nalgn. | commanded the brigade skrmishers
= day of the Atlanta battle Of July p, 1904 ana