. Osservazioni di un ragazzo dell'Illinois in battaglia, campo e prigioni-1861 a 1865. ht due mesi prima. I segni della spaventosa lotta erano ancora visibili. Qui e qui erano linee di difese di costruzione frettolosa, la terra era cosparsa di cavalieri, frammenti di imbragatura, versacchi, mense, pezzi di abbigliamento, piastre di stagno, bullet-fored, colpo rotondo e guscio non esploso. Andthere è stato trovato anche cinghie, cassette, oldsocks, vecchie scarpe, lettere che marciscono sui cadenti diesof un tempo coraggiosi soldati, tutti i segni tristi e raccontare la storia irsilente della grande lotta a Chickamauga. Whata folla di sorro

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. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . ht two months previous. The marks ofthe fearful strife were yet visible. Here and therewere lines of hastily-constructed defenses, the groundwas strewn with knapsacks, fragments of harness, haversacks, canteens, pieces of clothing, tin plates, bullet-pierced, round shot and unexploded shell. Andthere were also found straps, cartridge boxes, oldsocks, old shoes, letters rotting on the decaying bodiesof once brave soldiers, all sad signs and telling theirsilent story of the great fight at Chickamauga. Whata crowd of sorrowful memories! Where is the soldierwho wore that belt? Where the one who wore thoseshoes? Is he cold in death? If so what eyes havebeen dimmed with tears at his sad fate? What hopeshave been destroyed, what affections crushed, whathearts wrung with anguish never more to brighten?But sadder sights than the above were discovered byour boys as they moved over the battlefield. The un-buricd remains of liundreds of Union soldiers lay full 102 IN BATTLE, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-6^. William Buchams Grave. IN BATTLE, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65 103 length here and there, and again some had been part-ly buried, and others so slightly covered with earththat they were rooted out by the swine and lay scat-tered about in promiscuous heaps. And another sightwas beheld. A deep well was discovered, filled to thesurface with Union soldiers. Fellow citizens, do weappreciate what we enjoy, which has been secured bysuch sacrifices? Soon after the time that Buchan was killed by theenemys shot I was inside of the line of the Confeder-ate army looking for a place to escape. Sept. 20, 1863, was a day which will remain fresh in my memory aslong as I live, on account of its terrible battles, theloss of William Buchan and many others, and myselfbeing made a prisoner of war. The battle in our frontbegan in the morning about nine oclock, and ragedfiercely at intervals during nearly the whole day andalong Snodgrass

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• booksubjectuniteds
• bookyear1910