The Meeker herald., 1922-05-27

tucked in the morning Of the 10th and
the attack repulsed. Again, In the
afternoon, the Union legions came at
1t, moving Forward between the bodies
OF the men fallen in the morning. The
Blue lines once more recoiled. News
came to Lee that Hancock had crossed
the Pc near Shady Grove church anc
was passing to his rear. Malone and
IIeth's division moved fast. attacked
Hancock's rear division and drove
Hancock back. Again news came
that Grant was preparing to make a
southwark rush to reach the North
Anna river first. Lee ordered back
much Of the artillery that defended
the north salient and set the trains
In motion. A false alarm.
The salient was again threatened.
The men near the top of 1t went out
into the field and brush before them
and brought back muskets and cart.
ridge boxes from the Union dead. OF
course they brought back oil the food
found In the haversacks. Coffee and
sugar were priceless Injuries. Bread
and bacon were worth rlsking life for.
A pair of shoes from dead man (!
Why. the dead man had no use for
them and many soldier In the Army
Of Northern Virginia had not had
shoes on his feet since the Gettysburg
| campaign the year before! These men
bringing back Union muskets and am
munltion from Union dead loaded all
the muskets and lay down with per.
haps half dozen by their side. There
were no repeating rifles and not many
breech-loaders. Another attack on
Bloody Angle was coming. The artil.
lery that had been withdrawn was
ordered back, but the attack came too
soon. Some guns got back. but not
in time to help much in repelling the
nttack. There was all the valor on
both sides that man can put into
fighting. The line Mt one part of the
salient was broken and Hancocks
men held the ground.
Hand-to-Hand Struggle.
General Johnson, twenty guns and
$500 men, nearly his whole division,
were captured. Early's division came
forward and the Blues were driven
back. Another pnrt of the salient was
assaulted and the line broken. General
Perrin was killed. General Daniel
was killed. General Ramseur was
wounded. Lee was sending all avail
| able troops and the Confederate line
was partly restored and all gaps
closed. That was the 18th of May.
| All day and far into the night the
fighting went on. At one part and
then at another part of the salient it
was hnnd-to-hand fighting. The Con-
federates constructed shorter line In
the rear. of the salient nnd fell back
to 1t on the 18th. Both armies had
been marching and fighting since the
18th of May. There was lull until
the 18th. when two corps of Grants
army, the Second and Sixth, attacked
ngnin, hut the Confederate line held
and the attack cost Grant many men
On the 10th strange things were
happening. Grant was starting south
| to get between Lee and Richmond. A
Confederate force moving around the
Union right had got that Information,
but It cost them about thousand men
in killed and wounded to learn 1t.
Hancock WINS leading the way to the
south and to Richmond. The North
ANN river, fifteen miles south o.
Spottsylvania was the immediate oh
jective Of both armies.
Spottsylvania was left behind and
the North Anna river, Cold Harbor.
Bethesda church and then the Chick
honina came into the red light of the
history Of the Civil war.