From The Field Of Glory

Ypsilanti is the home of one of the gallant rough riders who covered tbemselves with glory in the fights before Santiago. He is Will Freeman and he vrrites his mother Mrs. Chas. Freeman, of ïTpsilanti, under date of last Saturday as follows: We arrived 30 mi'es down the coast from Santiago de Cuba on the 22d, after an exciting trip. The fleets of Sampson and Schley have been bombardi.ng Santiago for the last three days. The first day I watched them from out in the Bay. We could not land there, so we went down the coast and landed. You will no doubt, have read all about our fight yesterday before you get this. I cannot teil you all about it, only it was the most horrible sight I ever saw. Our regiment moved to the front at daylight. L Troop went first and then carne F Troop. We marched about an hour, when we ran into them in rifle pits on each side of the road. They poured a terrible flre into us before we knew anything about it. There were a good many of our men feil at the first volley, but we rallied and drove them over two miles. There were 560 men in our regiment and we fought 4,000 of them for over two solid hours. I shot nearly a hundred times. My gun got so hot [ could not hold it. Frank Booth of our troop lay right by my side when he got shot through the left lung. He lay there and handed me shells out of his own belt. We lost one man killed and 12 wounded in F Troop. I had some close calis. Just as soon as the fight was over I went back after the wounded, and the sights I saw have nearly made me sick.