Ttrs at Ionu. Splendid Times Th.At the Grand Army Time Assumed a Fearful Magnitude

r V.:: , ■''V;!:«:" k- ONH FLAG, ONE LAND, ONE HJBARl, OXE HAND, ONE NATION, EVERMORE! YOL. III. NO. 32.] HARTEORD, OONif., SATURDAY, EEBRUARY 18, 1871. , a Year; Single, 5 Otg. Brigade and Corps Reunious. Nor the the battle on the right, which had by this ards and at any cost. Burnside’s corps ttrs at ionu. splendid times th.at the Grand Army time assumed a fearful magnitude. Along was charging. General Rodman 'observ<3s have. In fact there is only one thit'ig ,the western banks of the Antiotam River, that the rebels are about to flank us and THK NIGHTLY liEYlKW. they can enjoy, and that is to bo the wile there runs, with a gradual rise of undu get in our rear, and orders the 4th R. I. AI.MON W. NICHOI4SON. ol a soldier. Bat I hope the time will lating ground, a ciescent-shaped ridge, and 16th Cohn, to swing to the left that ' r soon come when the women can join us Night at the hour of twelve, and the dniinmor presenting its concave side to the rivor. we may face them, but at this particoilar rose from his grave, in our festivities and become associate The top of this ridge spreads out into a moment the rustling of cornstalks warn And the sound of liis rolling drum upon the air members of the Grand Army. Army lift?>|^ro;td tabloground of forests and ravines. ed us that the rebels were on us. Col. he gave. was a good school and has well fitted the]he 1 a 6.eries of timbered covered hills sur- Beach gives the order ‘Attention’! W ith his cold and flesh less a inn, with hiji beat soldiers to go through thick »nd thin, brave' ■Wiioded this ridge,; some of the adjacent While this order was being executed a ings over true, the storms of life, and to occupy the vari hills had been cleared of the forest, and terrible volley was fired into us. Volley >Loudly rolls he in tmccesaion reveille and ^Jifctoo. ous positions in society with honor. Per-'pjKere covered with orchards and cornfields, after volley in quick succession wa'e hurl .Am i the drum it ringeth ^trangewith its loud and haps it wofild be a good sugge-<tion here Enclosed with fences of rails or stone. h(»lU)w Hound; ed into our midst. The 16th sptang up .And arise from out l lieir graves the dead warriors to recommend all girls to murry soldiers, vJSehind this ridge runs ^le road from H a and returned the fire with good effect; to the gronnd. for if there should be any unpleasantness gerstown to Sharpsburg and Shepards- some fixed oayonets, advanced, and were A n d they in the distant north, there frozen in ico in the family, through their fault, you 0wn. Sharpstown is just In the'rear of captured. The most helpleiss d"'>pfu£ion aiid snow : could get rid of him above par. There the ridge. ensued. (Tnr men fell by scores on every And they in the land of Celts, where the warmer is a wonderful satisfaction in having been Along these hills the rebel lines were side. Still our position was ob.stinately breezes blow. n .8jl>ldi^r, and l suppose there is many a ûo.sted, four milei in extent. Their po maintained, until ordered to fall bacL And they in the Nile's dark bod, and in Arabian yoi!l|ig maitfvtpday sincerely regretting the sa n d s; sition w as exceedingly strong, protecttd 'I’he lebels discovered the di.sorder,, and T h ey rise iVom their silent graves with their mistâke tS^pBad^ going to t'h6 war. by ruvines and forests. Every comma^tld- came on us in heavy column. weapons in their hands. The pi’ou d w i^ t , lif*Sî my enlist iug crest bristled with artillery, and the While we were falling back to cover Night at the hour of twelve, and the bugler rose ment as a soldi^^k^ I mhy'âdd. in tb^ iprests were planted thick with infantry, near the bridge we were swept ny a de from his grave, 16th Conn. j k “ he extreme right of the rebel Uiie was structive cross fire, the rebels becoming .And a blast from hia bugle shrill the nightly air The 16th T’onn. orgaiên-iti Uhin three fo^rths of a tnile of the Po- entangled in thiN cross-fire extricate^ he gave. month of August, uh^ the Outn- mac ; in front, and along their left tlank themselves and fell baqk to the stone Then quick from out their sepulchres the slaugh mandofOol. Frank Beacli of the regular ’wed the Antietam, windiiig through a tered horsemen fly. wall. The 8th, llth, 16ih Conn. and The sanguinary equadrou old, with quaint arms iirm y . On the evening of the 15ih pf qpdi^d ravine, wUh banks too high and 4th R. I. reformed and were placed* in flashing higb. Sep’t the regiment encamped for the night with waters t'lo deep to permit a crossing, position for defence. At.this time Gen. Their grinning, bony skulls from out their blaek- on the battlefield (>f South Mountain. The except at two fords, at some distance from Burnside’s messenger rides up to Mc ened helmets gaze, next morning the regiment commenced to each other. Between these distai\t fords Clellan. His message is, “I want troops And in their long and fleshless hands their march at 6 o'.c||j|||||k AtKeadysville whil« there were three ,bridges ; on the right, and guns If you do not send them I can lengthy swords they raise. resting we fti*mP^d the shells bursting at the ceiiter, and Oil tlie left. These not hold ray position for half an houf.” Night at the hour of twelve, and the chief he in the distance. All .vyerei watching the biidges vere sti dngly guarded. The fed McClellan says slowly: ‘‘Tell Gen’l Burn 'rose fi’om his tumb; .And slowly forth h«? rode along with stalf amid peculiar piifFs of smoke with great inter ei al troops were 6a iho east side of the side th It this i.'! the battle of the war. the gloom. est, when Adjutant Burnham w Ijo had Antietam, behind a low range of hills He must hold his ground till dark at been absent, returned with the order that lying at the base of the Blue Ridge. These .A little cap upon his head, and simple garb he any cost 1 wiU send l;ini Millt'r’s Bit- w o r e ; we were wanted at the trout. This took ‘Oininences were generally commanded by tery, 1 can do no nj<)re^ ly lia,vjrf no jiifah- His only' weapon by his side, a small sword there us a little by surprise tis we did not ex- 1(1^5 hights held by the rebels. General try.’^ Then as the rnosîî^t' w' he bore. pect t^ yp iry;o buttle so soon. But on tainlj^ choscn a very strong. away Ue called hini iiaickV ^‘Telt him if Theiiiioou with dimmed and^llow light illu- \vcnTlm& bmiclfeK, .ajid ,utter~a hjB" Ca«noC hold bis ‘'gi'oji / mined all the plain ; march thi’ongh ploughed fields and fcr; Mfbe luau with simple a;^peared unto t^c ests, pasj\ig Briy;a^^!?-tsr^r'.v ' >sv — ^ lu»c8 their arms pl;e8eufca, anu suftu.uo.^ ^f)U i5 u n T ^ld W i^'t1 'tT ^ >v e'TTnnfly I ............... joined a 16rigade consisting of the 4th General Kod Then moved theîiosfi î^J^Jiuuilding druni the conid niJir, side Jtalled and iiiglitly fluid upon. 2. ttfio! *ine t5t1i <>q4 11th C. v. pj eoUitun over.. ■■At5.,ai)out 9 o’clod^ o t T h e miir.shals and the generals all, encircled After resting awhile we loaded loru again tonned aim-iua. a having been iJol. ffarland ’rouiul him stand, muskets for the first time, and marchec, Ue, fu'Bt through a cornfield, and frntrl- oominand^->mo fXikrjtônr ‘,t:eformfeA the With whispered word he doth address the neiirest over hill, and into a meadow which la| I^Miito a vali.'v wheiM they halted in an disoiganiZed rcgiiijjiits, and by hia bra ol' the baud. between two hills. While getting int,, passing through the very the unsuppovt^j i)attery wa,& rescued The word flies o’er the leaguered.linos, and rings this position vve could plainly see the ;rnfiv>;u i.lie men stripped themselves ol from capture. both far and nigh ; 'Twus’France'and ‘St. Helena,’ watchword and rebel gunners load and tire, pomeoftlia bûikets, ovoKM.siir: and all luggage that The fii.-:hting WitS3,„ied. It was indeed battle-cry. shells coming quite near us. At mst. we iiu',)ede the ptogic.ss of marching a fearful day tor the Sixtecntl' ; without <:r ilto ns>- of firearms. After filling our having time a llo w e u to le a r n iven the In the fields of Elysium, this was the grand were in the great “lino of battle” of tiie in\litnry science, it was round the dead . “xVrniv ol the Potomac,*’ on its extreme cai'.f'M !is tVoui a I'.rook oear by, we march rndiments of bur- -Caisar made when the twelfth hour ot night its left. *lt WHS now 8 o’clock in the evening ed up li .&Lccp Mil that .almost riir-d fjrvvard and w a s foiled in regimen darkness spread.

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