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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGIN. UTAH ffANTIETAMV-SHARPSBUR- Here's What to Sew 99 G It Spelled Death lor 20,000 Americans By ELMO SCOTT M ADVENTURERS ATSON CLUB headlines from the lives IN THE North they callei it Antietum; in the But South, Sharpbburg. which ever name is Riven the battle that was fought in Washington county, Mary land, on September 17, 1862 it spelled death for some 20,000 Americans, from both the North and the South, The field where it was fought, lying along Antietam creek and including the little town of Sharpsburg, has come down in history os the scene of the bloodiest 6ingle day of fighting and that 17th of September as the day of greatest carnage during the whole four years of the Amer lean Civil war. Into that bat tie Gen, Robert E. Lee led approximately 55,000 men in gray and came out of it with a loss of nearly 12,000 killed and wounded. But in doing so he inflicted upon Gen. OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI 'The Door to Death M GIBBON'S By Famous llradline Hunter 1. 1 ELLO EVERYBODY: A Heres the tale of the hand that saved a submarine from Ruing to the bottom and staying there. Its the tale of the hand that saved that vessel from destruction and its I crew from drowning. And incidentally, it saved the life of Edward Lowgrecn of New York City, who is today's Distin- guished Adventurer, and the man who is telling us this yarn. Ed came to Uut country In 19:8. from Sweden. Over there be bad been a aailur. He went to sea in 1919. starting ss a mess boy and working his way up to a fireman's job. Then, In June, 1922, he came home to suit bn folks and that visit set him moving toward the big adventure it his life. 4 At home he met one of his old school pals, who was a sailor in the ' V S, Swedish navy. He talked F.d Into going back with him and enlisting in the same outfit A few days later he was on his way to Stockholm where be signed the papers and was assigned to the submarine Illen. TUE FIGHT AT Bl RNSIDES BRIDGE. Ed d.dn't like the navy discipline very well. He says that after he bad been on that submarine for two months he felt as though it had been In the center and made Immortal free them from oppression two years. But one day he heard that the sub had been ordered out on a Neither recruits in any large num two spots "Bloody Lane, a sunk:ruise. It was going to Danzig, Germany. That promised to be a little ber nor supplies were forthcomen road, washed out by rains, more interesting. ing. Moreover, his men began to which made a natural rifle pit for It was so doggone interesting, la fart, that Ed will nrver straggle because many of them the Confederates, and a stone forget that cruise. were reluctant to fight outside of bridge over Antietam creek, to The trip over was uneventful. On the way back, though, tt was hard be known later as Burnside's Virginia. work. They went through a course of training on the return trip, and all Then Lee decided upon a bold bridge. the subs In the Reel made one practice submergence after another. It kept the crews busy. When the Illen was about to go under water, Ed and plan and a necessary one if he In the sunken road lay the men were to carry the war into Penn of two (Rode's and Anderson's) t petty officer had the job of taking down the wireless antennae and sylvania. Against the advice cf of the five brigades commanded that night Union and Confederate bringing it in from the deck. It didn't look like a dangerous Job but some of his generals, he divided by Gen. D. H. Hill. When the Union soldiers rested on their arms. It turned out to be not only dangerous, but fatal. his forces and ordered StoneAt dawn the Union artillery opEd and the petty officer had taken the antennae down several limes advanced to atgeneral, French, wall Jackson to strike for liar tack, his men were met with a ened fire General Couchs In the course of that return trip and then, one day. they went up on deck again. pers Ferry and capture the Union withering fire as they pushed up division arrived, giving McClellan to take it down again. It was a beautiful day. The sea was calm, and supplies stored there and guarded the hill beyond Antietam creek. 25.000 fresh men, but he made no the Illen was riding easily on the water. The order had been given to by a comparatively small force. But they dug in and held on for a attempt to push the fight, lie now Get ready to submerge and Ed and the petty officer were doing their Several copies of the orders for little while. Then in one of the had 80,000 men and more were on share. this maneuver were made and one most desperate parts of the whole the way. Believing that Lee had The Sub Was Sinking Under Them. of these copies came into the battle they surged over the rail at least 100,000 (although there In the routine of sending the sub under water, the final submerging hands of a staff officer whose iden- fence, from behind which the Conwere never more than 55,000 men tity has never been established. federates had been in in gray) the Union commander order was not given until the petty officer with Ed reported back beThis officer wrapped up three ci- their destructive fire, pouring and over- decided to wait, even though he low. But this time, something went wrong. They were still taking down the radio gear, when suddenly, the sub BEGAN TO SINK UNDER gars in the paper apd carelessly whelmed the gray defenders of THEM. stuffed it in his pocket. And here the sunken road. When this part Ed will never forget that moment and the whole crew of that vessel is where one of those queer quirks of the battle was over the road had good reason to be thankful for what happened next. In panic, Ed of fate came in. was filled with dead and dying. ran toward the hatch. It wai closed, but not fastened down. He was Thus "Bloody Lane got its name. An Important Find. trying to get to it swing it open, and get Inside before the ship went anAt this McClellan had point The officer lost the cigars with under. other to Lee smash their highly important wrapping opportunity But Ed didnt have a chance I. make It. He would just I it reHe and threw in had away out of his pocket and they were about reach the hatch and get H open by the time the water closed Fitz-JohGEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN Porters corps of over the sub. Then the water would rush In sucking Ed In with picked up by a Union soldier. serve 11,000 men, who had not yet been Within a short time Lees SpeU. It would flood through the submarine, tending it to the botB. McClellan and his cial Order No. 191 was in the engaged. Military experts believe George tom and drowning the whole crew! host of 80,000 men in blue a hands of Gen. George B. McClel- that had he immediately thrown Thats what would have happened, if tt hadn't been for THE HAND this force into the fight to follow loss of more than 11,600. lan. At firsts-thUnion comthe hand of the petty officer. He kept his head when Ed lost his and beFrench's he could success, mander could scarcely believe up He reached out caught Ed and Pointing out that this tremengan racing toward that hatch. have split Lee's army in two and dous tumult of carnage was en- that it was authentic. Then real- won the of them, and they were strugout both slid from under sub then the battle then and there. tirely compassed in the brief izing the golden opportunity that gling in the water. his of within strikgrasp that hours from dawn to four oclock lay Toombs' Heroic Defense. Both men had on heavy rubber boots, and they filled with water. in the afternoon, one of the gen- - ing Lees divided force he set I looked Mine felt just as If I had a ton of coal on each foot, says Ed. But some reason for he strange erals who took part in it (Gen. his army of 75,000 in swift motion failed to do so. Instead he was for my partner, and just caught a glimpse of him when I felt around James Longstreet of the Confed- toward Frederick. myself going down. repeated orders to Generate army in his memoirs, By this time Lee had reached sending to attack the stone eral Burnside Boot Came OS Just in Time. From Manassas to Appoma- Hagerstown. No word had yet bridge over the Antietam. This Ed "vent down, and stayed down until he thought he was never going ttox) says: Gettysburg was the been received from the force sent bridge was defended by Gen. Robto come up again. Then he started to rise. His head broke water for an greatest battle of the war, but it to capture Harpers Ferry and the ert Toombs, once a member of instant, and he managed to catch another breath of fresh air in his was for three days, and its total Confederate commander began to Jefferson Davis cabinet but now GEN. ROBERT E. LEE of casualties on either side, ter- be concerned. His alarm deeplungs. Then he went under for the second time. of a small force of commander ened when Jeb Stuart brought two boots d rible as it was, should be All the while, he was trying to swim, but his water-filleknew there was a chance that Lee Georgia regiments and sev- would second he bent went under the so he like lead. As much time, seemed across the Potomac. larger to make the average per escape comeral fragments of other diem equal to the losses at The bridge was a key to Finally the Confederates sent a himself double in the water and began tugging at one of those boots. panies. It was awkward work. In that doubled-ove- r position, it was twice Sharpsburg. Viewed by the measthe Confederate rear. If the Union white flag, asking for an armistice wouldnt come ure of losses, Antietam was the forces captured it, they would to gather up the wounded between as hard to keep the air in his lungs. The boot stuck and fourth battle of the war, block one of the routes of retreat. the two armies, and it was off. It seemed to Ed that he was going down twice as far as he had and the Wilderness, as gone the last time that he had been under twice as long. So in the face of overwhelming granted. well as Gettysburg, exceeding it Then, suddenly, the boot came off. Ed was so exhausted atNeither the resumed Toombs his and small force army odds, in number of killed and wounded, be didn't even try to get off the other one. His chest was that tack the held on grimly against repeated during day and that night but each of these dragged its aching his head was spinning. Bright spots were dancing bethe Union pickets heard the rumattacks by Burnside. fore his eyes. But he was going up again rising toward the tragedy through several days. bling of wheels. The next mornConsidering the heroic quality ing revealed what surface. susAnd now, had of a they of that defense, it would seem At last his head was out of the water again. As if it were a dream, Lee had retreated m safecentury later, thousands of Ameripected. fitting that that bridge should ty across the Potomac. Immedi- Ed saw a rowboat coming toward him. It didn't seem to make much cans are gathering on that d bear the name of Toombs. InMcClellan gave orders for difference to him whether that boat picked him up or not. Ed was field to celebrate the sevenhonor goes to the gen- ately that stead, an advance. Porters corps the tired. He wanted to go to sleep. He sank back into the water and imty-fifth anniversary of the bateral whose forces captured it, for very troops which he had held mediately lost consciousness. tle, to see it by 5,000 to this day it is known as Burnback during the battle forded the National Guard troops from three The Hero Never Came Up. sides bridge. Considering, too, river, formed on the states and to hear again the story Virginia Ed doesn't remember being dragged into the rowboat. He doesn't amount of blood that was shed shore and the of the heroic deeds of the men who started to advance. But remember anything until he woke up in a bunk aboard another boat. in capturing the bridge it seems the men in gray had a strong posi- His fought there. President Roosewasnt with him, and the whole division was searching for few Burnof ironical enough that tion now. They threw back the his partner velt has been invited to attend the body. They never found it though, and his funeral was held there after off Union sides men, driving advance with heavy casual- on the high seas at the spot where his body had gone down. celebration and the governors of Toombs forces, used it to cross 29 states, Northern and Southern, ties, thereby adding to the losses The commander of the ship read the service, and threw a wreath on stream. the the Instead, majority which McClellan had suffered, the water. He was paying a tribute to a hero. But only Ed knew then will be among the spectators when Antiewaded across the of them GEN. ROBERT TOOMBS lives that had been given in vain. that that hero had saved the lives of the submarines entire crew. the curtain of history is rolled tam just below or above it! back and the guns of war echo WNU Service. Back in Washington, a tall Early in the afternoon Burnside gaunt man awaited through the rolling hills of Mary- word of McClellans advance. Lee news of the to to Mac McClellan knew Little as a skillful was able land once more. report battle. He had written a procla- but pension law was suspendcommander and that, by a brilliant charge of the Social Security Is Old ed, and even the most superstitious, Pennsylvania VolunThe story of Antietam is the could not understand why he Fifty-firin Primitive Australia and those whose totem is under should be moving with such sure- teers, the bridge e story of a great battle which just ness toward A system of pensions the alligator, accepted their portion. carried. his been After He had occupyobjective. missed being a decisive engagehas been practiced in Australia by of other loss knew the of A the Burnside boo shell, which carries the bank, ing nothing ment because of several queer the Kendall river (Gulf of Carpenof Special Order No. 191 until 3 oclock when perhalted miles across the water, sound for copy of fate. came a It at time quirks taria) blacks since time immemo- heralded the ministers approach. when the hopes of the Confeder- but he suspected that McClellan emptory orders came from the rial. These primitive folk make certo his had situation and forward commander was and The blacks were a wild collection, guessed push to the young acy for success were mounting tain foods taboo to to which the take of it. the bare to the waists, and with only heights marching advantage carry them high. Lee had whipped Pope at must and he hunter, bring or old calicos around their Then word came from Jackson enemy had retired. Held up for a the second battle of Bull Efun, or back to camp and hand them over bags Confederate battery on middles. Long, deep lacerations on Manassas, and decided that the that he had captured Harpers while byofa the to stalk who unable are to the aged, their chests and arms told how they line, Burnside finaltime was ripe to carry the war Ferry and asked for further or- the left game for themselves. in reaching the succeeded suffered in fashions cause. had once at ly Lee sent ders. word for the instead of against enemy The old people are jealous of this Their noses were pierced with wala concentration of his scattered heights and some of his troops fighting on the defensive. in young and instill prerogative even advanced to the outskirts of bone and their ears cut to carHe hoped that the people of forces at Sharpsburg toward minds a great fear of its violation, labybamboo ornaments. which McClellan was advancing. Sharpsburg. ry Maryland would rally to the Stars On reports the Australian Press buthe afternoon of September 16 A. P. Hill Arrives. and Bars if he led a strong force reau. So the crows that fall to the into that state, and there was also Lee drew up his troops on the Luxemburg, Grand Duchy young huntsmans spear must be At this juncture reinforcements the possibility that this threat west bank of Antietam creek and which Lee had been praying for back to make tasty repasts Luxemburg is a grand duchy. Its brought made as strong a display of force for the aged of the tribe, lest the integrity and independence were against Washington would release arrived. GeneralHill the pressure on Richmond with- as possible in an effort to stall off A. P. Hill who had youth who eats them grows black guaranteed by the treaty of London until the attack McClellans troops out endangering the capital of the feathers over his body. May 11, 1867, having been previousa forced march from been making Hill A. P. and under Jackson, Kendall river region has been won ly, since 1815, a part of the GerConfederacy. If his reception in arrived on the Ferry, Harpers should arrive. A referenover only in the last two years by manic confederation. the border state was what he field. Tired as his men were, they J. 0.1 MrSmor.airitctfri Hooker Opens the Affair. Rev. W. F. Mackenzie, and when dum, under universal suffrage, takhoped it would be, he could conwere immediately hurled against tinue north into Pennsylvania and the government ketch Melbidir ar- en September 28, 1919, to settle In the afternoon McClellan sent Burnside. The boys in blue were GEN. A. E. BURNSIDE rived at the mouth of the river he some of the problems incident to thus give the Northerners a taste Gen. Joe Hooker to cross the An- driven back to the creek and there and made the the World war, resulted in continuof their own medicine of invasion. tietam and attempt to turn Lees they prepared to make their mation freeing the slaves. He boarded the vessel to ing the reign of the Grand Duchess, three miles left. Hooker met with some suc- stand. would follow up the first great journeyhis faithful man upstream Maryland, My Maryland. Uki has con- and declared for an economic union where when came he but cess was Union night So with Jeb Stuart (women of If this important movement victory with this proclamatacted the natives and won their with France. But France declined Maryland had given that dashing content to rest upon his arms and (Burnsides advance) had been tion as a blow against southern confidence. the union in favor of Belgium. A of amount small hold the resistance. ground consummated two hours earlier, trooper a pair of gold spurs) leadAs the Melbidir went up the river, treaty was then negotiated between The next morning McClellan wrote to the War deThen the news of the ing the way, and with bands blar- he had gained. alligators were sunning themselves Luxemburg and Belgium eliminatthe two armies were drawn up op- partment, a position would have struggle at Antietam came,bloody bearing and soldiers singing Maryon either bank. Some of the natives ing the customs barrier and proin other each lines three Lee posite secured crossed the been upon land, My Maryland! heights ing with it the story of McCle- hold them sacred, and give them in- viding for the use of Belgian money At dawn Hooker miles long. on our 11. which Potomac batteries might llans tragic failure and Abraham dividual names. from the September However, when in the grand duchy. The agreement again attacked and soon the bat- have enfiladed the greater part Lincoln sadly faced a future m Mackenzie shot one there was heavy came in force May 1, 1922, and Is But as he advanced into his neighall was the tle line. raging along of the enemys line, and turned which there seemed little hope. boring state he found its people feasting by young and old. The for 50 years. The fiercest fighting took place their right and rear. Our victory C Western Newspaper Union. strangely "pathetic to his offer to vS ' n m e .. f d one-thir- Spott-sylvan- three-quarte- ia rs blood-soake- old-ag- e over-cautio- st old-ag- Mc-La- THIS Is not a wishing-page- , even though it is from a book of exclusive fashions by You can run any one of these frocks through your machine in short order. The patterns are so easy to follow (even the simon-purwill say theyre simple) and the finished article so exciting you'll be apt to ask yourself, Why have I waited so long to Sew, sew, sew my own? Dress. 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