The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23

eral Cleburne 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 chestnut horse rode diagonally
across the front of the charging column. The
horse went down within so yards of the breast
works. The rider arose. waved his sword, and
led his men on 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,
ly one-haf either killed wounded. This was
Gen. Pat Ceburne [Applause.]
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 was wounded
and captured, he refused to fall back Near
this spot Gen. John Adams also fell. He stood
upon the parapet and was fatally shot, his horse
falling the breastworks General Carter
fell MORALLY wounded before reaching the Federal
battle line. General Stahl reached the ditch: he
stood on the bodies of the dead and gave COM
mands and rallied his men. Just in front of my
line facing the locust thicket General CockrelI
of Missouri was wounded, but not fatally. Not
hundred yards away lay General Granbury dead
He died leading the brave Texans to the works
A minute more and General Stah fell mortally
wounded. General Wathall 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 were killed in that eight bours'
struggle In front of that little Tennessee town than
killed in the two days fight at Chickamauqa
or the three days fight at Gettysburg, where three
times many soldiers were in battle And let mo
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 OYER where nearly 10 900
oO0 soldiers were in the hell of battle [Apnlausa
1 was colonel, commanding the One Hundrod
and Eleventh Ohio, just to the right of tho old
cotton gin, and just in front Of grove of hlocl,
locusts Early in the fight Colonel Lowrey Of the
One Hundred and Seventh Illinois, and Col LEROY
Clark of the One Hundred and Eighty-1hird 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
or any regiment in the Union army (App1ause
had only eight officers alive and not wounded in
ten companies.
During. my four years service was compelled
to witness the agonizing aftermath of over 40
battefeds. l saw the brave and intrepid General
Harker 90 undaunted to his death In the charge
on Kenesaw mountain. General Harker was the
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 his great soul had de-
parted TO the unknown world.
General Sherman the commander In chief
of the Union army the memorable Atlanta cam
paign. l commanded the brigade skirmshers the
day Of the Atlanta battle of July %, 1864, and es