Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-09
MASON SAYS OLD
SOLDIER FRIEND
TOLD him ABOUT It

I
down condition for some months: .
had no appetite. had cut out break
fast lltoeethcr and hardly ate enough
at other meals to keep going. My
! stomach was all out Of shape. too.
and my nerves we're almost ali to
pieces.
! IL eat. sleep. feel. and work better
than in years. Ny friends tell me I
look like different man and I he
! lieve il, for never felt better IN my
life. ! don't exaggprate when saw
! Tanlac has made brand new man
out of me"
Tanlac vs. sold In Augusta NV John
! Coughlin and 10y leading druggists
everywhere ADV.
themselves: ~ points thev seemed
swallowed up In the masses Of their
unfalterng adVersarics. Gathering
themselves together ppinfullN and un-
falicringly they Kept up the nght ~
groups. hut u seemed Tor n time that
no human courage and Valnr could
conquer the works they had reached.
But they hogan 20 sweep along tho
works ~ last ari gained momentum
little band insured success pasbing
uopn the cnrm,'s rark Through tho
open ROADWAY. NJ storm of lead ans
iron could turn them hack
Tho cncmN imagined that the, vsrx
n great force hammorinE nank nns
rear. and rave Nav completing tina
confusion and defNat Sweeping aiopg
the works he Wss - ealltntlN help-
itng To- empty he soon tutuei tho nd
9Th ana the intrenchmcnts beyond no
point whore tho poutoun hrtdne Was
laid were Vrcstcd from ma rnsn,.
This cut m their rctirat and brought,
now pcril tn the rrcatly rcdurci
force which had won unparalleled
victory. Gathering themselves ~.
gcther in the upper portion ~ their
works the Cdnfodrratrs by counter
attack sought 10 open way ~ tho
bridge. Minutes wrr" ~ nrr- ~ tho
little hanl which r"pui~sd these NJ
taoks and still held their ground Tho
5th Wisconsin. tvin regiment ~ Tho
9Th Maine in long wears ~ warfare.
came m 20 rs support. and Thea
then victory was plurked FROM tho
laws OF death and the mouth of he'll g
o. ''AIl'E l'haf'N 1HfU WV NiNfli NNN ~
ceiv-d the surrender Of the pennad M
enemy with little further nEhting.
There were captured eight battle
flags. four pieces ~ artillery and 1000
men. The Confederate report shows
that only 600 ~ tho two hrigades IN
the works escaped across the river.
The casualties IN the assnultinr skir-
mlshcs show how terrible was thu
conflict for which Capt Morrill, vol
untcercd. seven ~ hts own men were
killed and wounded The 9Th Maine
lost ls officers kilyed and wounded
out Of II who went into the fght. and
lst mon killed and wounded out ~
less than 500 men on tho lin" ~ rs
sauit Cen. Russell and Col. q W.
Russell OF his star. were also wound
cd
The report ~ Con. sykes shows
that capt. Morrilrs skirmishca cap
tured one nag. eight commissioned
officers. and ~ enlisted men. This
was at the point where they broke In.
and docs not include any Of the great
mass which they aided In penninr up
AMI thus in securing the capture.
Confederate's Version
The effect OF Capt. Morrilfs dash
upon the -ncmy'- f'ank is best shown
10y the Confederate official reports.
'cen. Hay SAYS:
"a column formed Gas well M IN"
obscuritv OF the evening permitted
me 10 dcsCrN) hv companies moving
down the railroad. was hurled upon
our right. which. after severe strur-
o.. In Int
terry in the hands of the enemy"
No doubt Capt. MorIili's Sklrmlsh-
ers in the fierce impact seemed coll
rmn Of compa MES nut darkness for
tunat.lv aided In ol'scuring ihler
numbers.
Gen Early SAYS:
az heavy column. which had moved
down the east side ~ the railroad
under cover of the cnhs nkment, sud
denly dehouchod through the pas
sagewav which has been mentioned
and made n rush upon the works In
which Green's guns were posted and
carried them"
The effect upon the conflict was de-
cisivc. With the guns captured, the
works could he held. and they were.
Tho official reports of Killed and
wounded on the Union side show con
clusivclv what heavy columns were
engaged IN tho assault. outside ~.
Capt. Morrilrs slirmishcrs the Sixth
Maine and the Firm Wisconsin, here
were no killed or wounded To men
ton. There were about 20 IN Other
regiments AZ the point Of final sur
render but no others In the assault.
The soldiers engaged In this bril-
liant victory were thanked In oncisl
orders nv tho secretary ~ tho war. by
! Con. Meade commanding the Army ~
the Potomac, md Gen. SedgSick.
commanding tho sixth Corps CAPT.
Morrill, was mentioned with Nigh
comma ndation In 'hc reports "
Generals ~. C. Wright al David \.
Russell and Major George Fullcr.
commanding the sixth Maine.
No congressional medal ~ honor
was ever more worthiiy bestowed
than upon Col. Morrill,