Woman's enterprise., 1922-04-07
The Battle of Shiloh

thing. Besides this, the hill was COW
cred with the thickest underground
Of blackjack | ever saw. 1t was al
most impossible for a man to walk
through it under ordinary crcum-
stances. On their right was heavy
masked battery, and in the road which
| have been speaking of, were twenty
seven regiments, and yet with only
THREE regiments we charged this
almost impregnable position under 4
terrible fire of musketry and grape;
and | am confident that we would have
taken the battery but a Colonel rode
up and told us that we were firing on
our own men. The order was immed-
lately given to fall back, which we
did in good order, but not before
the ground was strewn with our dead
and wounded. 1t was here that Cap
tains Hilliard and Taylor fell; both
gallantly leading on their respective
commands.
AS soon as we ascertained that they
were really the enemy, we charged
again. The enemy reserved their fire
until we were within about twenty
yards of them, and then the whole
line simultaneously, with their bat
terry loaded with grape, opened on
US, moving US down at every volley.
We still pressed on until the under
growth prevented US from going fur
ther; and besides, we did not have
room to form in two ranks, and our
men in rear killed a great many of
those in front. cannot imagine how
l escaped being killed as l was in the
front ranks all the time. We re-
mained in this slaughter pen about
five minutes, when General Bragg,
seeing the dreadful havoc, ordered US
to fall back and told US he would take
US where we could see our enemy. We
then marched around to their flank
by this time had them completely sur
rounded. They fought desperately,
but were at last obliged to surrender
after being nearly cut to pieces. Col
onel Allen acted with the greatest
gallantry and GOODNESS. expected to
see him fall every minute, but fortu-
1ately he only received a painful flesh
wound in the face. BY this time the
enemy were in full retreat, and We
n full pursuit. We followed them
within half a mile of the river, when
heir gun-boats opened on US with
heir Columbiads and thirteen-inch
nortars.
The shells fell around US like hail
IS we could do nothing against the
'rascals," we retreated back about
two miles. The cannonading was
terrific, and yet we marched in per-
feet order and common time.
Much to our relief, night ended this
bloody Sunday, and we retired to rest
in Yankee tents and under Yankee
but not before we supped
sumptiously on Yankee provisions.
You cannot imagine how comfortably
they were fixed up. They all had
either Sibley or Fremont tents, each
man had two comfortable and very
pretty uniforms, large army over
coat, two blankets, an oil cloth to
spread on the ground, oil cloth caps,
oil cloth haver sacks and everything
else that anyone could need or wish.
They had any quantity of fresh beef,
coffee, sugar, rice, flour, crackers,
corn meal, hams, cheese, apples, can
1y, torpedoes Ito amuse themselves
with, suppose), sundries, and butter.
Besides these, they had all sorts of
little Yankee knick-knack paper and
envelopes, with a hundred different
devices on them, some of which l send
you, In fact this army seemed to be
the pct child Of the Federals, upon
which they heaped every luxury and
allowed every indulgence.
The enemy were confident of sue
cess, as their officers told them that
we were badly armed, badly fed and
N state of mutiny. That night the