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Show HORIiOIkH OF H Ml. UBS. IXHODBN fAIVH A V1CT1 BK OP TUB nCKM- At-TM: T1IK H.ITTLK OP OimsW R... On Urn night after f-p Hv day' fighting at GcttysliUTgacn.c.bodcn wassummouctl by Gn. Lee. When he reached the place Iulicated he .w by the light of i lllckerltiK cauJle Geu. Lee and Gen. A. I. IIilleatedinatent on campttooN, with a map pnd ujxmi tluir knee. After an exchange of salutations. Gen. 1 directed Inibodeii to go oack to hradiiuattcrs and await him herr. Oea.lmlibden'it account of the subseiHjeut intertinw with the oonffderam jeadir, ami ofllicie-treat ofllicie-treat of Urn cext iUI.t, M given In "Uiltleaaud Leader of the I'ltil War," fiinib-litd a Urrilily ivid picture oftlto horron. of v. an Gen. U-eiUJ not make hU ai .araure till 1 o'vtock in the morning. morn-ing. There n s not iven a mntinel on duly at lib) tent, and no one of tils itair vrat auake. As he ap. ptoached and saw id lying on the rafa unJer a tree he tpoke, reigned iuliLijided hor. arid csircd to dismount. Tho cllert Ulrayed ro much physical exhaustion that I hurriedl ruuand rtopped fomanl to asit him, but before I reached hii-ridche sucoi-ded iu allghliDg aud thnn his arm acro-fl tlie raddle to re-L The moon shone full upon hit: massive features ami ncaled an cxprcMlon f .iidnts that I htJ neTirrcen before upon his face. "Awed by liUap-nrarnntv, I wait-J wait-J for liim to rimik uulil tho IIt rice became imbarraKiug, -iben, to break It and change the silmt cur-nntofhUtbou;iU, cur-nntofhUtbou;iU, I veiitun-.! to nmark. In alluding to hN nt fatigue, '(.entra), this lias U-cua hard iliy fur you.' 'He looked up aud rctilled, mourufully, Vca It has Iwen a tad, Kid do, to u, -ind iinmedntelt- n-!aped n-!aped into lua thoughtm! mood and attilude. "ltr. uk unwilling to iultude again jfon hU r. tUctlons I said no more. AfirrpeiharMataluule or two he uddvnly Ktlalghtcned. up to hLs full hti-lit, and turul Dg to me with more excitement of manner than I hid everntn In him before, toil, In a voice tremulous Willi emotion. "I never kaw troops (chare more raagnlticentlhaii Pickti'i division dIdto-da iti that gran ! ihan;e upon up-on the enemy, and If tlie haJ been tu ported asUj were tu Ijve lieeu we tdiou!d'Iae heU tho position and the day would Ja been ours.' "Alter n momentV pau headded Innlow olce, Ina tonu almoot of agony, 'Too bid! toil l.jd' Ohrloo Altcrdirk Un wxt cvinlng Gen mbodtnntcutfurtlielimd of the rclreaUng column. Ilia orders were lertmttoo that tiitrc should be no halt for any caute ubativcr. Hi hadKtnlheeunVrinifof tlie commanding com-manding general; he was now to wltnns tlie agonies of the loMIcre. For four hours ho hurr'eJ forward on hi way to thu frunt, and In all that timu he was uever out of hearing hear-ing of the groan aud tiles of tlie wcundrd and dj iaj. Many of tee Wounded In Uie wagons had been without food" for thirty dx hcure. Thiir lorn sn.1 bkxdy dstlilng, matted and hardened, hard-ened, rasxai lug the tender, inflamed, in-flamed, anl still coxing wound?. Few of the wagons had even a layer of straw In them, nud all were with oulf rings. The read was nugli and reeky, and the joHIm; was enough to kill i-troar men, If long ixroMdtoiL From nearly evrry wagon, as the teams trtttid on, urged by whip and r-ho.it, camo audi cries and shrlelsruthcte: "Oh, God, why can't I dii?-' "Mv God, will n j one have mercy md kill mtl!' "Stop Oh, for God's sake sUipjust roroneminutt! Take mo out and leave mot) die on thetoadslJe!" - ""j "I sm djlDgl 1 am dying! My poor wife, my dear children, what will become of ycu?" No help could bo rendered to any of the tullerer. Ou on! They must njve on. The storm continued and the darkness t. as appalling. "During this one night," says Gen. Imbodun, "I realized more of the horrors of war tliau all the preceding pre-ceding two years." |
