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Gallant J ohn Lindsay.
m. ■». , A Thrilling War Story.
Captain J. Cooper Lindsay, the brave
and efficient marshal of East Rome, has
received the following letter and a sketch
accompanying, extracts from which
makes interesting reading:
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 23.
S. C. Lindsay, Esq.
Dear Sir:—l remember with pleasure
the short interview we had at Rich
mond, and regret that I could not see
more of you. I was pleased to meet the
brother of' my former comrade and
friend, John Lindsay.
John was a scout in the latter part of
the war in the 17th Georgia regiment,
and the only other one besides myself in
the brigade, aud we were thrown to
gether a great deal in many dangerous
situations.
I enclose herewith an article of Chick
amauga, which describes the capture of
the flag by your brother on Sunday, the
20th of September, ’63. I regret that I
have not anotherarticle describing what
I think was the best fight ever made by
our regiment, and where, I think, your
brother showed more braver? than on
any other occasion in the line of battle,
though frequently, on our scouting ex
peditions, he exhibited the same courage
as on the battle-field.
I have ever cherished his memory as
one of our bravest men, aud shall always
be pleased to know that his relatives are
doing well in tqe world.
Yours truly,
W. R. Houghton.
♦ * »
On the inanimate forms the., bright
September sun was shining through the
trees while the shells of the enemy, as
yet unseen, were tearing over our heads
and through our ranks. This situation
is always trying to the soldier, so that
it was a positive relief when we were
ordered forward and the minnie bullets
began to thicken as we approached a
thicket of young pines and scrub oaks
intermingled with large trees.
Just here Gen. Robinson, Polly we
called him. commanding Hood’s Texas
brigade, rode past out front and said
something to the men, wh'ch I did not
understand, but a shout was raised and
we broke into a double quickstep. I
learned afterwards that at this moment
the command was given to “right
oblique, ’’ but I did not hear it and went
straight forward into the thicket. There
is always an interval of space between
regiments, and being on the left of the
Second, the movement caused me to
advance alone, although I did not ob
serve it at the time, owing to the ex
citement and my being fleet, of foot. We
had grown careless about- bayonets and
I had none, but was running alang part
ing the bushes with my left hand and
carrying my Enfield rifle in my right.
All at once, as I attempted to pass
aronnd an oak tree in my front, I found
myself face to face with a heavy-set,
heavily bearded federal, who was on his
knees at the root of the tree, in the act
of putting a cap on bis gun. It was a
mutual surprire. for I bad no idea any
of the foe were so near, and his astonish
ment caused him to Ouen an otherwise
large mouth very wide. I cdnnot say he
uttered any sound, if he did I did not
hear it. I was greatly astonished, re
membered my absent bayonet, it seemed
a hundred thoughts flashed over me in
the brief instant of tme I looked into
the face of my foe, who was not over
the length of a musket from me. In less
time than it takes to tell it I fired from
my hip witbout raising my gun to my
shoulders. I had frequently killed game
that way, and struck the man in the
waist. He threw up his hands and fell
over backwards Late in the day when
the fortunes of battle carried me past
the same place in hurried retreat, I saw
bis motionlesss form in the place where
he fell. As we fought the Seventh and
Eighth Kansas Regiments at that point,
he must have belonged to one of them.
1 knelt behind a large stump and has
tily reloaded my gun, wondering all the
while why my comrades did not come
up. Just as I finished loading I saw twi
federals behind a tree, not over five paces
to the left, who fired on the Seventeenth
Georgia, and I heard one of our men
groan as he sank to the earth. He was
not five paces from the man who shot
him, but the thiek growth prevented
seeing very far. I fired at one of the
men behind the tree and he sank to the
ground. Reloading, I passed through
the thicket into more open woods, and
by this time,the whole line was up with
me, and a scene of indiscribable confu
sion ensued. The federals were jumping
up from every sort of cover, trees, logs,
stumps and clumps of bushes, and taking
to flight. We mould call them to surren-
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der. Some would turn their heads and
curse and few surrendered. As one of us
would get bis rifle loaded he would* fire
at the back of a fleeing federal, and a
little, but distinctly marked cloud of
dust would fly ont of the dark back
ground of the blue coat and down would
go the unfortunate enemy. I suppose
every old soldier has seen this cloud of
dust fly from every stricken enemy.
They had no time to reload their empty
guns, and our men continued the slaugh
ter without danger to themselves.
To our left was a field in whicn the
enemy had posted themselves behind a
hillside ditch, grown up with briers
and bushes, and our men found it diffi
cult to dislodge them. So that when
our part of the line followed up the foe
in front of us, we got in the rear of the
federals in the field, and v» hen they
gave way and came panic stricken, in
crowds, rushing past us, we stood in the
corners of the fence in safety and fired
into the fugitives until the slaughter
was sickening. The field was blue with
the uniforms of the dead and wounded,
and I have never seen more dead in the
same space anywhere. I think our mode
of fighting and the charge right into
their lines was a suprise to them. I know
that few surrendered.
We took a dismounted cannon at the
edge of the LaFayette and Chattanooga
road, and our lines, which had been
much disordered, were somewhat re
formed, and we started to advance across
the flelr in the direction of the enemy.
But some batteries in the woods, about
four hundred yards distant, opened on
us with cannister so fiercely that the
line halted and the men sought shelter
as they could. The cannister fairly
rained down on us. It was very dry, the
dust in the road was deep, and .every
shot sent up a little cloud so that one
crossing the road. I got between two of
the dead horses attached to the captured
cannon, and using them as a breastwork
fired across the field at the enemy. After
a while I struck in the side, and the
blow gave me intense agony. I thought
I could feel the track of the ball through
me and I groaned and rolled over with
the pain. Captain Newel], of Co. K
called to me to go to the rear, but I .felt
unable to walk. After a while I con
cluded to examine the hurt, and found,
an ounce ball twisted up in my flannel
shirt just above the waistband. From
despair I was elevated to fighting, all
in less than a half a minute. The enemy
reinforced, commenced to advanced on
us, and the storm of cannister had killed
or disabled many of our men and demor
alized the line to such an extent that it
gave way and made its way to the point
from which we - started to charge. I did
not go so far, but while they were form
ing again, rallying it is called, I sat
down between'them and the enemy and
opened a knapsack, and examined its
contents. After 1 rested sufficiently, I
went to the line and we charged again
over the same ground running the enemy
to the shelter of their cannon, but the
same hail of cannister met ns at the road
and another counter charge compelled
us to retire as before. It was now nearly
dark, and it was hard to rally our dis
heartened men. Gen. Hood, with his
arm in a sling, came along and talked to
us. Again the order came to charge;
again a few of us went to the road, there
again to recoil before the same relent
less storm of lead. Perhaps not more
than twenty of the Second Georgia par
ticipated in this last charge, and we lost
a gallant fellow—William Seay, of the
Stewart Grays. In the gloom of the
gathering darkness, sullen and dispirit
ed, we again formed our lines, and pre
pared to receive an attack; but the ene
my had been too heavily stricken. _•
* • *
After a time we were moved to the
right and found we were to be the sec
ond line in this day’s fight, usually an
easy place according to our Virginia ex
perience, but alas! it was not so here.
There was the usual shelling and picket
firing until about 11 a. m., and a'out
the time the good people at home were
in their churches praying for us, we
moved h> the front. After crossing the
road, the brigade in front of us received
a terrible volley of shot and shell, and
turned and fled. We did our best tostop
them. Jim Dußose put his bayonet to
the breast of a big colonel, and swore at
him vigorously, but they ran through
our lines. At once the command was
given ‘‘Steady, men! forward!'’ We
hastily formed and pressed forward. In
a moment we were greeted with another
volley which staggered us and sent many
a brave fellow to his long home. Down
the slope about one hundred and twenty
yards distant, we saw six brass cannon
and a long line of infantry, treble our
numbers, behind breastworks made of
logs. None but veterans would have
stood a moment. As it was, I saw the
faces around me pale, but raising a shout
we charged down the slope, firing as we
ran. For some reason, after covering
about half the distance, the men halted
and commenced a regular stand up duel.
This was a great error, and many a
brave fellow was thereby sacrificed.
We silenced the cannon, and I could see
the blue coats beginning to run from the
works. The artillerists would run back,
take hold of the wheels of their cannon
and try co pull them away. Above the
roar some Confederate would cry out,
“Shoot that d—d fellow at that can
non!” A dozen shots would be heard
and down he would go. This happened
several times. When about twenty paces
from the battery, John Lindsay left our
lines, ran to the guns and picked up the
battery’s flag, returning waving it over
his head and shouting in triumph. He
came directly to me, and I can yet see
the fierce joy in his eyes. The artiller
ists kept trying to drag off their guns
till we got among them, and from this
position we could enfilate the works,
which soon caused the last blue coat to
leave them A few of us passed through
the works into the woods beyond, but
our numbers were by this time sadly re
duced and heavy reinforcements to the
enemy came up in forty paces of me.
Capt. Chaffin and I got behind the same
little postoak tree, and. being farthest
in advance, we received especial atten
j tion from the enemy. The minnie bul
lets rained on the tree and flew around
us. Chaffin had the seams of his pants
i cut on both sides just below the pockets.
' Whilst loading I happened to see Col.
. Shepherd, who was a little in our rear
' receive a wound, fall, get up aud run to
THE ROME TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 25. 189 c.
the rear, most of our regiment, then a
mere handful, following him. I told
Chaffin to look around him, which he
did, and very coolly said, “Why Hough
ton, 1 believe they have all come.” I
insisted on going, too, and we started
on a rnu. I think five hundred shots
were fired at us as we ran, I saw the
ground torn up just as I was putting
my foot down to the place several times.
I got to a large white oak tree and stop
ped to watch what the enemy would do
They came on in great crowds and
mounted on their cannon, waving their
hats and huzzaing. Some of them want
ed to make stump speeches. From my
good tree I got several shots into the
crowd, but in a few minutes I saw Ker
shaw’s South Carolina brigade coming
like a storm. They gave the crowd at
the cannon one volley, they tumultu
ouslv fled, and the guns were left to
us without further struggle. I was told
that our command went nearly half a
mile before they rallied, and if the ene
my had followed us, instead of stopping
to glorify over recapturing their own
guns, they would have met with little
opposition.
* • »
I was left on the field, the
only unhurt Confederate in sight. Ire
filled my cartridge box from those of the
dead, got a canteen of good cool water
off a federal, and walked around look
ing into the calm, peaceful faces of my
comrade, who an hour before had been
full of life and heroism. In an hour or
so my regiment was led back and were
surprised to find me alive. Many more
incidents happened that day, but their
narration would swell this' paper too
much. The Second Georgia carried two
hnndred men into the battle and only
forty-two answered to their names after
it was over. Many of the absent were
only slightly wounded, owing to the
fact that the fight was mostly among
the trees.
I forgot to mention that I was struck
by a glancing shot Sunday morning, but
it caused no inconvenience.
* * *
While at, winter quarters below Rich
mond in February, 1865, about dusk
one evening, Adjutant Redd walked
into my hut and handed a paper. It was
signed by the immortal Lee, granting
me a furlough for thirty days, by reason
so said the paper, of “gallant conduct
at Chickamauga. ” John Lindsay also
received one at the same time for con
duct in the same battle
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Spoiled a Sale.
A friend of mine was in one of the
emporiums the other day and there ran
across a very swell acquaintance sit
ting in the shoe department, where she
'was buying $3 shoes for her daughters.
The haughty one seemed quite flus
tered when she saw my acquaintance
and stammered out:
Ml—l just came down to get some
shoes for my servants. ”
Then, as she saw that the intruder
was greeting one of her daughters, who
was just in the act of trying on the
aforesaid plebeian shoes, she hastily
added:
“Addie is trying them on for her, as
she has the same sized foot as Bridget. ”
But this struck Addie as a little too
ridiculous, and, as she was a plain, ev
eryday- American girl, without frills,
she laughed aloud, much to her silly
mother’s discomfiture.
“Oh, don’t mind ma!” she said.
“That’s just one of her jokes. These
shoes are for me, and I wear twos.
Bridget wears sixes, I guess,”
“The shoes are very good here, ” said
my acquaintance, “and very much
cheaper than on Broadway.”
But the silly mother would have none
of it.
She was furious with her plain spoken
daughter and handed back the shoes to
the amused and amazed shopwoman.
“I’ll send our servants down,” she
said shortly. “That will be better.
Come, girls. Hope to see you again,
Mr. ' >
And she swept out, with her nose in
the air, followed by her giggling daugh
ters.
“You spoiled a sale.” said the shop
girl as my acquaintance sat down, “but
she’ll come back again, She s a regular
customer.”—Polly Pry in New York
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Thackeray had asked Carlyle to send
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Oct. 20. 1859.
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live to get out of it and find the Thackeray
magazine and editor still lively, thenl
Meanwhile I do not quite give the matter up
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of it. With prayers for the new periodical and
you, yours ever, T. CARLYLB.
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