Show 00171IllifiCA31 1 VVIRE1 1 LoSSeS AT THE BLOODY OAT I < TLB OF FRANKLIN I fly Mae tlaiderod I On 11 = I llhl of llixlrrn Its > Is II d th IIMlh Per llnrnlnlli 3lot flows lolm A Mc n I I I nklln A writer In tho National Trlhuna My III rcifanl to the lowot rebel gen I orals at HtI battle of ranklln I In tmwn dlvllon Drown and hU four I irlgodler were all killed or wounJedi lei leburne I division Clebiirno and In runberry In luring division Ailams unit S I In Irencb dlvllnn ockrclli In Ualthall dlvUlilh iiiarlo and In lohnton dlvNIon lanlgault total U On our elite Manle wa < wounded Soother battle of Ihu war Pillows ucli n Im I In general iilllcor Chore wero total oo large number of colonel killed fill I wounded vllln In com mallet nf brigade I agree wllli yon most emphatically In what yon aY regarding 1 nx 3o luting regiment I think tho lighting quulltlo of a eglment are better entnblltheil by R large number of the enemy lying lead mil wounded In lt front than 011 Ill be by tip a death of all the member nf the regiment Son Ilurt I In a top nf the Nath villa World of IN41 an article b y flip aln C II 1 Morrell C S A and 1t Ihe following extract from It They 1 good people of riinklin I may enjoy the dlitlnctlon of having fur ilhed they locality of the bloodiest Wittily In history ancient mo lorn III In recorded that Irani In one hour ml loooq killed still wounded nt Cold Harbor but ho had nearly Ilrl KKmen 10 tote that iiiiinbjr from III per I tent In 1 minute funeral 1001 Jmt Ixfnro auntot November JO Mm I moved about H na or 111 Confederates all told u alnit the ntning breaMnork at ranklln I wbern blot caualtl Vero reported 4PW10or about M per rent In 23 minute min-ute I leave not read llenvral llool Mallory of hi I I campaign but the above lie I the estimates G given by participant par-ticipant < > n either Aide thecnvmltloa In Hit lunjfnl of men may be ntlmulid 1 whnn It In I dated that we loot thirteen generate lilllid wounded and mining Down till wall I valley of death rodci nnbrner noldlcr than Icntral Ijorgo W Oar don the youngest hrllf tier In our Western urmy I can pro little Infancy In-fancy now a I aw him than for the I llmltlmc mounted on a llory steed I hill long hair Rivulet back by the breath nf battle an ho rode lit that nueliitrom of Iron hall I bellern ho went over the work and wa cap Loved There fell hU nobles IlCIt Illoorcesed thruiiirli tile luvliolllo It Cloburne the Idol of lilt division alli I of lilt alala Mineral total A Umt and hi little bay both foil dead to gelher acrn > tho onemr breastworks work General Thomas M Sot van unhorsed by the explosion of a aholl0n > 0n the right of McOavock talk faults the old gin where gathered the central whirlwind of the ttorm Across the brand open field leading from the McOavock rinldeno our doomed battalion marched Along that line of fence beyond tills hoiite thu brave rank r formed I look backacrot the tl lo of twenty fateful jcnr recalling the then light heart and llioushtlet word I of youthful anlorn n a moved Into the light I see now thnmgli a mitt of unbidden tear they nnreturnlng brave who In the face of that leaden doom with duiintlpM tread panel over the perllou edge of battles In tha barveil lioineof death swept III t twinkling of an eye from oar night forever Into the thoralcM gulf I wonder now n I Kit hero asset I recall that terrible slave how wo could ham layers no thought least unit unconcerned An wa formsl In linn to movo upou tho foe youthful slyea llathed first atilt donny cheek lowell with thu of tho glowed rupture comIng com-Ing light Mi D nn In > ked upon our I loved line then for flail task tOO nib bravo John Weillor until knotel nit thai death lurkad JloL over the bill why did we not clutp one another In along a-long embrace llilnliof It thirteen Confedoratn ycucruU lost In one luttlc A carpel cainmandor steel four other general killed toveii uonerali wounded unit one taken prltouor Instead of hating hat-ing Molo I men In this Ivrrlldo charge when the ConfolorAiwa l admit tit I Ill eo ubovj 1 of us O they lul nearer to Suoa luer auo Now IluUctt divUlon utllitty bln numbornd about It im nun hit tronge brlgudo lor > el having been left a lontvilto for tint d I feline of Ulohmoud lhara were four brigade In Ilckalti division Curo consisting tho nth Uth Mill Bull I 3Uth Mrglnla 1lckett division of 10 nua men charged across nn open plain upon they contor of our urmy of WIODO men whan un Inn and 2ik tkW miitket vnmltod death against their runicstind yet their lot n nt label I than 300111 Killed nniimlcHl 1 anl prl oner At rranklln four dlvUloiiof 10W Confederate made u terrible nih fiom cover behind n widget nurott a nurrou valley upon I force of KM than their number talnel by but a few batteries and lot with to pitUo and tho lovi I of n AOO men In eluding thirteen out of tho Keentaen general leading thorn and half their Held atilt I lino ollUwr Their I low I wa ulinott entirely in kllUd and uoundedl the McOavoak house evil In RUiubut of the temporary breast nork of the Union troop l lng used 11 u con foil u rally lotpllat whcro olonel NeUon of tin I111 11 I and number of other lonfndorate died I As at hlckninanna the loboli met with the heaviest lau In killed uud nonnded Waste battle at the war mas I I nt ranklln I they met with the blood lea repnliw at the bandt of lleneral nom army The tninf breatt I work Captain Morrell mentions above at being at Franklin wire of I the mutt Irattt eonttrnollon and con Mated l nmlnly of A eimple of feet of earth thrown out of a trench forming n defenses about hrentt deep when you atnod 1 In I the ditch YOn could wide over them n the relief Oeneral llonlon dhl In the battle The hllI I I limit tn Hood grand charge wat the uteaily atilt I deadly Urn t of the t Ve I ern men linirftl to gnnt from youth anf the class and delerinlna lion title which countercharged the enemy when they wnrmed orrr the rile pit driving them out In dl order with IJO faal lire rattling I at tiieir back Urn li 1 Doyle l Adjut I alit Ittli hl I I h tlx a IUrnlti P there wild n lenitton oniclal I m womnn flaming up lino Utreet who I ronally know I n heroine I wn In the city of Mierbrook province of juebcc Canada the day that Abraham Lincoln wa hot mail till woman WAO the wife of a dealer In khlp timber quote the ewlftlon I Journal Ihev lived In Ionian ttreet In thai city still on the top of their homo win a l1agtalT Whn fthe heard thai Ineoln I Wi dead her hutband being anay he pill up the ulted States Itagat half matt After breakfast a rohller canto up tile street and veseel Inr the flaw went up lo tho door anti I requested It taken down Mio explained why It 0 up I and refuted pnlltclt but decidedly to tn lake It down Ho mulled warning Ir and nent away spaying Uell I leave donu mv stuly A short time after u lieutenant villa nix 1 killIleres came up the street and Hnlng the gala entered the Yard iialilo von nnnl inquirati the woman 1 nnnt you to tko donn that flag rcMindcd thn uRI galn he explained that Lincoln walk dealt and Rill was an American 1 11 I cant help I I hate order to tika down that slaw unit I hall do I the officer responded He ttarled to go around the hou Pan tn enter It when he encountered I 1 man named Chariot Ooolrlcti from Clinton Maine who 1 onld I you take another step toward that Hag Ill dn the ground hi re the color of jour toil file ofllccr Stepped back to Ihe line and ordered hi menlo men-lo advance Hut hey looked at tile upraised ax slid stood still Seeing lilt advantage Charlet Goodrich ordered or-dered them out of the yn1 and they went The next tiny when tho horrible horri-ble murder of Lincoln was moro full realized tho mayor sent an apology to the Indr and a tha Indignation meeting which wat shortly held he wait applauded fur her action Site live lu owliton now and one of her daughter married a Million street merchant Mm A Illegals llllt Uil worJi ee I lilt Is I Ibe nO Im reilfl I Delirious law l The out That never could grow 01e I loan tllllf black Like twentr sea his Iol liviost cold ho o alone Ill what dark IIthlo erdJr None knew who heard huo tone 1 1 ID ready 11 0 for p 10 there itroaichlefl That plo on thy will Thy ol Is l but a miff That uruii thee toil lo kill Already tortured ton flail thou a pool so steady To tij anil took death o I m ready Y nature 1 reboil Nox VAlor Uplink hand trar not Itself to trust TlMxiih vanished ttt Bud UnJI 0 Tless Ntlo ere 14 dull The load 01 lur I o hoself Kars farm and dutiful I ra weedy I N 01 no oft 1 low still Uww on thy Milk la Itarrr I hat itllllt era Italy beirtt Amt the rdtparlure burry Ao In the holes forlorn h4 blow the 91414341 bro I bl I veltis protein like a lateral All u4J So lit Ibo dim no kip n Vitro Inl ITOll 1 roller fOrnd41turr el Thank God lor nature mm No pfl < I B o TtM > 3ll MB le Ut4 iln < ilatlt Ilko the Ibo Ib-o I tJuln 1 Mr lo lilt I CM enloilh Im ready Useth 1li 3IH law Till regiment wat organised nt Davenport lown October 13 IM I tn servo throe cars unit 8 muttered out Juno 47 I SOY Colonel Mlllnm mjlh title first commander of lie regiment wa discharged December I I la IMll J W Innkln wa In command I com-mand when muttered nut In I i ember It wa tent to Arkanun i I 1 arlr In December It participated In the batllo of Chickasaw baton At tttl II I tin bJttlo of Champion Hill I the regiment regi-ment displayed great courage and Ila hm I 0 very hcav In the spring I of ISi a the regiment started on tied Mlanta campaign In I January I8U i It wn In the brigade composed ef llio 4th 1 lilt tlth f and t town and commanded by Colonel Mono Jho I last attlo of luiiortance In nhlcli It I waa iigugcd l won llentcnulllc whorl It MilTered n lott of fire men killed I It participated In the battle of Ar liun at Iott Chattanooga Itrsaca I Dillai Kenciaw Mountain Atlanta and other engagement of minor Im portnno The total lot of tile regiment regi-ment nn 30 ofllcer nnd man I rnent eight olllcer and men nera killed In action ki I Dclu Alatalnuna Druma Mnmlnuin drum am proving uttlt lro111 11 I Illcloryil the hand of tho Pnuilan mllltla They are not only lighter but give out a fuller and richer settled I A jToirriTullln A bullet from ono of the now ride In uto In the Italian areas will pone I Irate lUe Inche of wild mail at miles lane of three quarter of a mile |