St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-02-21

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order and .ret.eated, 1t vas about she
I only instance during the whole revelation
of Maryland regiment behaving badly on
| the field Of bastle.----- --
| After taking part in the battle If Hob.
kinks Hill and ahegm gmesnlt gow iEost Nine: y.
/ Six,swep lind the xala Maryland line at
EsssE-ni Hsse ii. M,Shesrs's Iacsasnts Of
this battle :asss -..f,sk.; -, - y.
ssThe militia advanced with spirit and
4 opened shekxy fife upon tie eiieniy uhich
sstius saeeaS1ae srcG I6x5dt slb ~ eb1s
tinued to maintain tlleir gseand 0ssail; the
British troops pressed close upon them.
Summers North Carnlina brigade was ina
mediately y ordered up TO cover their re-
! treat and check the advance Of the enemy
This corps. consisting Of newly raised regi-
! 'uents never before in action. pushed for
ward in good style. and the conflict be-
came warm. Green now brought up the
Maryland aud Virginia lines. which ad-
vanced with shout and poured in des-
tructivc fire upon the enemy The Brit
ish commander 6n,ling the dense line Of
his antagonist pressing hard upon him
, Called up his reserve. Summers North
Caroinans, unable to maintain their posi-.
,ion, began to fall back, when 'irecn ora
dcred the Marylanders and Virginians to
hoii up their fire and charge with the bayo-
net. Al traiied arms. cheering v-he.
men,ly. these two gallan, hrigades. led On
by Williams. Howard ani Campbell,
rushed upon The enemy. needless oflhe close
and deadly ire which was repeatedly pour
ed in upon them as they advanced at a
rapid pace. The shock Has terrible.
Hnward's regiment was received by the
Butts. an Irish corps. which had jus, joined
the army; aud here the 6ercest struggle
ensucd. Neither would y,,ld; but eros
sing bayoncts. their ranks mingled tag eth
or. aud opposing 6lcs sauk down, each
pierced with the bay"net of his nt,gonist
This they were found, grappied in death.
and t'an>iixed tog ther upon the ialI of
slain, marking t..e sp't wntrs the Nary
Iaudcrs an Bluffs h.I met ia deadly con-
! tiict. The officers fought hand to haui
so bloody stctr. coui not ecn:::.ae lng;
the rest of tn. Br::::.sa line had given way,
scarc3iy waiting for the approach of the
| Americans, anI the gallsn, itufls unable
to u'aiu.ian lhe c,udicI with the veteran
| May y.anders, br"ke and fed. Delighted
witt, the Conduct OF this regiment. GrecI,
rode up and complimeated it and it's COM
| III lu.ier In tn. midst O. the action. -
The old Maryland line ended its achiev-
ments with the surrender of Cornwallis at
Yorktown. Its soldiers had been in near
iy every hard fought battle in the North
AMI South; they were the irst troops who
had used the bayonet against the tfaincd
veterans Of England, aud it was their IA
vorlte weapon Oh every occasion. Latay-
ette during his last visit to this couutry il!
1924, speaking Of th. Mary yandcrs OF til.
| rcvoiu.IDn, sail that ''th J w"rr' gane
cocks that fiuched not from =fife> steel !"
Had kufls Choa,e been familiar with the
history of the Oh Maryland line be never
wouil have made the assertion that i. il
not settled that the English can be dsiy.n
back by bpar,Iiug-pik or bayonet. by
Americans But the popular histories
of this country have been principally writ
ten by Northern mcn who glority New
England and Intentionally ignore nc-sr.s !,
everything done in other sections H,w
many of the rising generation who are
perfectly familiar with the usmes Of Put
nam as.l Stark ever heard Of Gist and
Williams. AMI Gunby and Ssnal!wood and
! Howard, the leaders 0: the old Maryland
/ line. and the best and braves, officers in
the American army? To use the express
sion OF writer i'll one Of tn. public jour
mails, our people are "Pcter parleyized :"
and SO the Hon. Rcverdy johnson. in a
rccs.n, and ex,racriinasy speech, cuiogissd
the heroism Of Massachusetts, ana ,nade
the extravagant assertion that 1.-THE boncs
of her children sl.sost literally whisened
the soil of every State. and the stars aud
stripes when in their h.ais were ever the
c.rtiar pledge Of victory or death" The
historical ignorance Of ahis ieAtscd juris,
! is astonishing During the whale mar soi
tue Rcvolution no troops from Masszchu-
setts ever came south of the Huds.,n
river, nor was there ever . battle w0ti
by the people Of that State. Daniel Web
ster once boastingly exclaimed in tn. Seu-
ate, '-shere 10 Coitord ,isud L. xingron1pd
Banker Hill" Well. shat of them a,
Concord . hupdred militia were fred on
by . party Of british and dispersed. The
battle of Lexington. as 10 bias been called
! in our sehool-books.. was nothing ausrr
than whole .popolatioas turning out en-
raasse and firing frolu behind s,umps and
stone fouces at slnal detach,Drnt Of
English troops as they marched back 70
B.sson after having accomplished shesob-
i~ct OF the erpcdision- A. Baater iHll.
from bsb nd breastewaris. they ioak gyol
.in, aul killed numbers Of the enemy.
6u. unlike the Sontbern troops st New
0.laans. .~ssrc driven tide BY atss sGsys-
ass. TIE sdsly' oshst sbass.s s.fsugat iS
Ssw iEnglssdsw.s thss. Of ksauiagtt.n.
sh;eh Was Won .hy tls bsrdy msupssin.
esrs. al Vermont and New Hampshire
Al Sarst,ga there were Soufhers ss6cps
ana Ni,rtbern troops. sa'i sous did uors
to achicvs de victory than did Moegsn's
yirginia r,ac.l n. Oa Ir,ug Isiand. York