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withat 3ram— tory— Addiesaloonnighti and them :iable. raelf,'*coder.asked.0 get neverforma -1 andthat?'*little g thetherear-oldin a mcnt. arley-death.'lassesaway’E-\ oldiarac-oents.oo in downgood*friendsuccess.We were in position before it was light enough to ettact, without attracting our opponents' outposts ot’ picket?•Orders came in whispers not to fire a shot until we got right to the works; | How to move silently until we reached and captured the pickets. |. General Hancock, with General Brooke and Major Bradley of the 64th led the advance in our immediate a long front. Wg received a few shots when help ® we struck the Rebel picket line, many men in grhich made no attempt to reach thefr supports. Very few sue- LtIllg ceeded in getting back to their main Colda, line and fhey reached there no sooner Cough than we did. They were posted about 130 yards from their rifle works.Wc rushed over those 150 yards.When ©ng-third of the way, three cannons ig front of us and in the “bloody aggie,*9 opened on us withgrape and cannister. We were on the dead run now—-somewhat mixedbottleCarey,Flt;the«P- \ .I saw the blaze of fire from the mouth of the first gun and threw my-1 JJ ^ self on theground as flat as possible.At the same moment Corporal Charles T. Cummings, a noble and brave | ®tC soldier of Company C, fell at my side tc rise no more. Captain Arnold R. Chace just then placed his hand on my shoulder and inquired, “Are you hit?99 I sprang up, replied “No,,f and told him not to bother about me I )** * if I did get hit, and on we went, hot foot, for the Rebel works.(To be continued next week.)
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1909
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