. . omrades of the Sixty-fifth. When Captain Richard M. Voorhees was severely wounded at Stone River, Williams, then a first lieutenant, succeeded to the commandof Company F. He went into the charge at Kennesaw on horse-back, acting as a field officer. lie refused to dismount and wasshot from his horse, the ball entering his forehead. When thetroops fell back, he was laid upon a blanket, still alive but uncoilscion-, and four officers andmen carried him from thefield, under a terrific or more bullets passedthrough the hat or
. . omrades of the Sixty-fifth. When Captain Richard M. Voorhees was severely wounded at Stone River, Williams, then a first lieutenant, succeeded to the commandof Company F. He went into the charge at Kennesaw on horse-back, acting as a field officer. lie refused to dismount and wasshot from his horse, the ball entering his forehead. When thetroops fell back, he was laid upon a blanket, still alive but uncoilscion-, and four officers andmen carried him from thefield, under a terrific or more bullets passedthrough the hat or clothesof each of the four, but noblood was drawn and t lied the rear in safiMow the) escaped death orwounds i> a marvel. Cap-tain Williams died soon af-terward and his body wassent to his home in MountVernon. On the 29th, a flag oftruce was sent to the Cfederate lines, with a re-quest for permission to buryour dead. It was gran ted ■and a detail for that pur-pose was sent from each imeut. The truce lastedabout two hours, duringwhich the soldiers in blue. william BIBBETTS, CORPORAL, COMPANY A, S1XTV-F1 Fi 11 Killed at Stone River, Tenn., December 31st, [862. and gray mingled pleasantly together, engaged in chaffing andbartering. A strapping fellow of our brigade challenged to awrestling match (< the biggest reb they could find. A stalwartTenuesseean accepted the challenge, and scores gathered about towitness the contest, evincing as keen an interest as though theissue of the war depended upon its result. The stars and stripes ;o- IT WAS FOR URLCWER SMITH. [June. were* triumphant, for the Yank threw the Johnny threes successively. When the work of interment was finishedthe truce came to an end; the soldiers returned to their respect-ive posts, seized their muskets and began to blaze away at eachother. Such is war ! In the battle of Keuuesaw the Sixty-fourth was commandedby Major Coulter, Lieutenant-colonel Brown being so ill as to be*for the time entirely unfit
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