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mit;nsotobl;hathsasovitiiI was very fortunate in finding a 111 ' very eompete.it guide to go over the ^ battlefield with me and explain the l01, various positions and movements amli® 1 points of interest in the person ot Mr. |dei \Y. D. Rodgers, whose father’s farm i8Da covered a good part of the battlefield.I had read in “Battle Corners” a very Interesting account of a visit to the old field by Noble Prentis, a newspa-.st( per man from Kansas. Mr. Prentis ^ tells how Mr. Rodgers, popularly known in the neighborhood as Uncle Bill mounted his white mule and rode over the field with him. It being difficult to cross the many lences with horses we made the trip as infantrymen. The first point of interest was the old Rodger’s home built in the early thirties and of log construction. ^ Mr. Rodgers as well as his father were South Carolinians. The house stood on the north slope of the field and slightly in advance of the left or west wing of the Confederate position. The battle beginning at the east lend of the ridge; the people living inthe houses on the ridge, some 18 in 11 number made their way to the Rod-[ gers home where they took refuge in i i the cellar. The house was out ot dan-1in the early part of the day so the people enjoyed watching the artillery duel at the other end of the val-t ley but about 4 p. nt. Blunt's army made its appearance from the westcharged the Confederate’s left near the house so the ‘[ | people hurried to the cellar, j0 r bullets struck the old log house,0 l but none were hurt. We then follow- j v lied the Confederate line of battle; along the timber till we came to the J tMorton house near the center, now ^C1-lattCeitlVaci*eioccupied by a Mr. Campbell who was Con, Lee s body guard. This was a double log cabin and a cannon shot;1 plowed thru from end to end. A little ; ^ old wooden building used as a postoffice stood on the opposite side ot tuo road at the time of the battle, the door and weather-boarding pierced by numerous bullets from the Union line.A little to the west on the same side (north) of the Fayetteville road stoodj another house now occupied by K. C. Cummings who fought in the battle as a private in the 34th Ark. and later had his left hand shot off at tne battle of Poisin Springs, Ark.
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Albert Lea Times Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Oct 06, 1909
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