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aiir.. i !an^o of position waj made but ca.’h leginunt m s'len *e !a down on t mr urn s and eruUa\o (d to gun i {.111 11 st a s v. uld* e:*a bJe them to mlt;'« lue fat'gms of battle on t e nor-rowj The night was clear and the air ' frosty Our clothing was wet from ' peispnation and our haversacks and canteens empty Hut notwithstanding lour cold, fatigue, hunger and thi*-t | we fell asleep t imrr diatt 1 lt;.| lying down an . av oke next mfnung I at 5 o'clock refreshed and ready for | our day «* v lt;.» kWe immediately formed in line ofbattle and distributed ammunition. Many of the men, after fllilt.g their exhausted cartridge boxes, ppt sixty ! rounds in their ejB-p-t-y- haversacks,1 swearing they wotild give the rebels , “hell today/* We remained in line until 10 o'clock awaiting orders, when j Lieut -Col i^eake rodo over to Gen.I Herron’s headquarters, soon returning 'with information that the rebels had skipped during the night. rj his inform-j ation was greeted with three cheers when we broke ranks. Soon after a few of our wagons came up, bringing ' a small amount of rations and two I barrels of whiskey, both of which was ( issued and disposed of {in the usual way, but tn an unusually short time.We then proceeded to ascertain our loss during the battle; out of 270 engaged 18 were killed and 39 wounded. I apeak of my own regiment. Orders were sent our trains which had fallen back to Fayetteville to move up immediately and they arrived the same. .,0, .ugiif*, ike ii» *vj : 1 a cu in thii ty fs.ur h u s.. tin to ha* J tack aud a half pint of whiskey we had in the morning.On the morning of the 9th we proceeded to perform the melancholy task ( of burying our dead comrades. We | could picture in imagination the an-guish of the mothers and ^fathers, of the sisters and brothers and the girl we left behind us when the sad intelligence reached them and our tears of ! sympathy flowed unrestrainedDuring the afternoon of the same day we visited the battlefield, which was still strewn with rebel dead and wounded Long trenches were being dug by our own men into which the dead were thrown with but little ceremony and covered with dirt. The facT that our own dead and wounded had been stripped of their clothing and robbed by the rebels had much to ao with the rough manner of their disposalAll the houses in the vicinity had been taken possession of bv Gen.ilindman and converted into hospitals and were still filled with wounded. In ,« k*’ge farm house about one mile south from the battlefield When some five or six of us visited it about 4 p.m.. the floors were strewn with wounded and the yard surrounding it was also covered by them. They were lying tn the hot sun moaning piteously, while at a large table in the principal room the surgeons were busily engaged dressing wounds and # amputating limbs. After amputation the limbs were thrown out at t'r'° back door and as true as I am star ding before you 1. saw a number of hog feeding on them. The sight was so disgusting to me that I hastened away, feeling a still deeper degree oT hatred fo those villians who had been Instigate* of a rebellion which had placed these poor wretches ifc a position where they had become food for hegs, and 1 resolved in my
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Moline Weekly Mail
Moline, Illinois, US
Thu, Sep 28, 1899
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