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Omaha, Neb., Dee. 5. John \V. Morton,Dear Comrade: 1 send you andthe rest of the comrades* assembled on the anniversary of the day of j the Battle of Prairie Grove cordial 'greetings. How well we all remem-1 * her the events of that) day and nightand the next morning! Of course, {we all vividly recall the experiences j s of that march. Gen. Herron once said to me in his office in New City that it was one of the hardest| marches of the infantry on recordc*8aHow we can recall that charge upthe hill and through the orchard, j tIt was while retreating from that j, rail fence on the south side of the! orchard that 1 was wounded in the j * left leg. 1 well remember as 1 was j € ; going toward the hospital that af- c ter noon, in looking back to the aout’ west, 1 was rejoiced to see the long j ( | serpentine like columns of Gen. 'Blunt’s army coming to our relief. That night 1 was .n the field hospital, established in the rear about I two miles. The next morning, 1 se-■ cured an old artillery horse, turned lout on the pasture, and rode back to the battlefield. That vision of the dead bodies of the Confederates piled in the rail pens can never *disappear f tommy mind while mem-j1ory lasts.1 have sometimes thought1 those charges up the hill were unnecessary, and yet on farther reasoning 1 have concluded that the i bold front put up by Gen. Herron was what saved the day for us.1 had hoped to be w.th you on this occasion but the pressure of work prevents. It seems good and almost strange to think that i 1 49 years have passed away, there : are so many of the survivors le on this anniversary day. W.th kindest regards,Yours in F, (\ !-■D. i. Proper.P. S t have lost my bronze button it any comrade has two, 1won d be glad to get one of them.1). i. P.
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Washington Democrat
Washington, Iowa, US
Wed, Dec 20, 1911
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