Show I i I I I e Another Warrior Who Played His Part on Battlefield ORLANDO ORLO F. F DAVISOn DAVSOn DAVIS DAVS On my stomach all da day long and In terrible suspense for tor an atack attack at- at waiting rebels is 18 s she at any minute from the tack ack any Davis recalls the he memory Orlando F. F when he thinks of or tho the battle batte of Gettys Gettys- burg Wo arrived on the battleground after having broken camp at nt atho atthe July 2 2 ap the ho Juncture of Goose creek and the Fo- Fo tomac omac From the Potomac we marched thirty five miles through rain rin and slop which we thought mies to be over the whole area within several severa hundred miles mie o or ofus ous us us but which we later found was wu no nohe not the he case as a another regiment walked equally cae as far through the hot sun un a the Wo We arrived at Gettysburg on evening of Jul July 2 and found that about half halt of at of our regiment had ha been compelled to drop out from physical exhaustion o all night T waitIng wait wait- We e lay in our blankets al wai- wai moment during at Ing ng for an attack In any which time most of ot our stragglers came cameto complete into to camp so 10 that we wo had a regiment when the fight figh started Helped R puls Pickets Pickett Pickett Of or us boys only a few had been In a fight before and we were naturally nerous nervous ner- ner ous the beor next da day when we saw aw Picket PIckett aiming his hie famous faou charge right against us We lay down don Just just as af low a as w we could They returned and fired at th the rebels the he fire fire but as a we were both at nt l long ng distance but little harm was as doneThey doneThey doneThey done distance They kept coming closer coser and ant coser dose closer until when directly In front and In range of us they suddenly to the lefland left and nd crashed against h h regiment there passing us we put In one or two good le volleys and highly elated to go see ee that It had some some som effect on them Inspiring Rebel bel Yc Yell After that we could not get to shoot shoot at them any more nd could see seo nothing noth- noth an nt In ing nc of or their charge as they had Passed far ar to our left and were waging terrible battle attle In lq the Jet vicinity of Little Lite Round Top and batte nd Copse hi hill However v. v we could cold hear the h voice volee racking shouts houts of the rebels as s they rushed madly against the union a line ne and could hear her the equally maddenIng madden madden- Ing ng- ng shouts of ot tho the union troops as JS they the Ing prepared to meet the the- conflict The TIme men strewn along the ground left eft behind were let covered with blood blod and nd wounds Out 01 of ot nr regiment alone which was aa al In but this nc affray there were 15 of ot tho the original 00 m men n ml issing After that we had nothing much to todo todo too do o except to He lie le around and swear because be- be cause ause e we couldn't pet get In the fight and coU help bring brIne the bat battle Fet to an end Littie Lit Lt- tie le W wo we knew how ho big bl the battle batto wa waVe was te Ve We could hear the tho perpetual firing and ad screaming of or bullets and cannon balls bals but ut aside aide from that we knew compare vely nothing being unable unable to se see an any ot of f the fray except what happened rl right ht around round us Mr Davis ua Is II an ln attorney at la law lale He lIe le T. T 1839 was Wag born horn In Binghamton N N. In iii and nd spent spent- nt his boyhood da days s there He lie enlisted nils led In company C of or the one bundred hun bun dred red and thirty sixth New Now York Infantry try rv August 29 39 16 and ad had his bap- bap m of fire tire In the thc battle batte of Get Gettysburg Previous devious to that time he had gone through Pevious h the Wilderness campaign but neither either he nor his hil regiment was wa cl called upon pon for action but at that time although al- al though hough waiting for tor a fight th they little knew how much ruch of the war would fall fallo rol o their share hare lat hater r UT on There Thera was wa Sherman Shot Sher man ma march to the sea aea yet left lef to be bet executed execute and Mr Davis Davia an and his r tog tog- nent had an active part pr to carry carTY g- g on here In thIs this and man many other en engagements Mr Davis was as a a member of or the second brigade second division of f the army of ot the Cumberland and took an active part partIn In all an the tHc engagements being being- promoted I from the ranks to corporal corpora and then thee ser ser- geant The Tho list of ot the te battles batUe In which he fought follows Gettysburg Chancellors Chancellors- vilie Wauhatchie Chattanooga campaign Mission Ridge Atlanta cam cam- Rocky Rock Face FAe Ridge Cassville Dallas Dellas Del Dal Da- Da las las New Rope Hope Church Mountain Moun Moun- tain taimi Golgotha Peach Pech Tree Creek siege of ot Atlanta Shermans Sherman's Shermans Sherman's march marh to t the sea Stone Mountain and an Savannah Of Ot all al his hi battles batte he thinks think those on Mission Ridge and Mountain to have been the most most trying and the bloodiest so tar far as his r regiment was waa concern concerned ed |