The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-10


me hospital was IN their possession This charge was
one OF the most brilliant and reckless In all history and
To yGa Gapan Gleason belongs the glory CA this
front, whom the whole assembled audience with
accord and greeted his appearance with the most tu
mulluous cheers) Each side felt after this charge,
that clever thing had been done, and the fire Of
the enemy Jagged. We in a terrible situa
ton. Toward night the fire increased and in the
evening word came from the rebels that If the garr
did not surrender before the next day they would
hoist the black flag ut their and give quar-
ter Word sent back that 'when asked for quar-
ter it would be time to settle that (Cheers) was
terrible thing to those brave fellows mangcd, AM
with no skilfu hands TO bind their gaping wounds Our
surgeon WIS held with the enemy, against all rules of
war, ana that too when we had released surgeon OF
theirs on mis- mere po ge that he SUCH Captain Mo
riarty went into the hospital and, with nothing but
razor, acted the part Of surgeon We could not be with
out chaplain or surgeon any longer There was IN our
ranks Lieutenant Hickey, rolckng, jolly fellow who
was dispatched from tho hospital with orders to procure
the surgeon and chaplain at all hazards Forty minutes
later and the brave Lieutenant was borne by severely
wounded As he was borne past heard him exclam,
God have mercy on little ones" And God did hear
ms prayers FOR tho gay Lieutenant s up Us rockng as
ever and Is forming his brigade TO return TO the field
(Apnauso) On tho morning of tho 10th the firing
resumed and continued all day We recovered our
surgeon and chaplain. The day sgnalized by fierce
bayonet charge upon regiment of the enemy which
served to show them that not yet complete
" worried out. Tho officers had told Thorn 70 hold out
unt the 10th, when they would certainly be reinforced
Through that day our little garrison stood with sranng
Dyes watching TO sec II some friendly flag bearing aid
70 them-with 81 aiming awaiting the sound OF a
friendly Cannonade. But no renforccments appeared,
and with the energy Of despair they determined to do
their duty at all hazards prolonged cheers Tho 10th
was hOrrid day Our water ciserns had been drained
and we dared not leave the Of the hill and make
our ntrenchmens tho bank of the river for the
my could have planted their tho hill and buried
u.s. The day was burning hot and the men bit their car
tridgcs; their lips were parched and bstored But not
word of murmuring. (Appause.) The night OF the
10th two wells were ordered to be dug We took ra
yne and expected to reach water in about thirty hours
During the night | passed around the field smoothed
moon shining through the trees, recognized hero
and there tho countcnances OF my brave men who
had fallen Some were my favorites In days gone past,
who had stood by in these hours OF terror and had
fallen tho hard fought field. Sadly wo buried them in
Inducements appeared and still the fought The
rebels had constructed movable breastworks OF hemp
bales. rolled them up the hill and advanced their bate
ros in manner to command the fertilization. Heated
shot fired at them but they had taken the precau
ton to soak tho bales in the Missouri. The attack
urged with renewed vgor and during the forenoon the
outer breatworks taken by charge of the rebels in
force. The whole line broken, and the enemy rush
cd in upon Captain Fitzgerald, whom had known in
call by the familiar nickname "Saxy was then ordered
to oppose his company to the assaiants AS gave tho
order, "Saxy, go m" the gallant Fitzgerald, at the head
of company with wild yell rushed in upon the enemy
Great applause, mingled with cries for SaXy.") The
commander sent for a company on which he could rely
tho firing suddenly ceased and when tho smoke rose
from tho nold observed the Michigan company, under
their gallant young commander, Captain Patrick Nc
Dermott, charging the enemy and driving them back.
dead cartridges had failed and it evident that
the fight would soon II now three O'Clock,
and all on sudden orderly came saying the enemy
had sent flag Of truce With the ag the following
note from General Price,
"Coonel-What has caused the cessation of the fight"
The Colonel returned with the following reply writ
"Genoral--I hardly know, unless you have surrender
ed.o Iaughter.)
not the learned after that the Homo Guard
had hoisted tho white flag The Lieutenant who had thus
hosted the flag threatened with instant death unless
be pulled II down. The men all said, "We have no
cartridges and vast horde Of the enemy is about u.s."
They wore told to go to the line and stand there,
and use the charge at the muzzle Of their guns
perish there they graspod their weapons the forcor,
turned calmly about, ard stood firmly at thor posts.
And there they without murmur praying as they
mover prayed before that tho rebel horde would show
themselves at tho earthworks. An officer remarked,
this is butchory" The conviction became general and
u council Of held. And whom, finally the white
flag raised, Adjutant Cosgrove, Of your city, shed
bitter tears (Appause) The place given up. upon
what conditions, to this day hardly know or caro- The
tho uniform OF his rank strutted up and down
through tho camp, stopped before our mon, took out
pair Of handouts, and holding them up said, "Do you
know what these :" We placed in fle, and
figure on horseback, looking much like "Death the
pale horse, lei through the strcots Of Lexington
passed the secession ladies' of Lexington from
their houses and from the fonoe tops eered at We
were then taken to hotel with rations and pro-
prietOr. After we had boarded there for some time
started with Gen Price, the morning Of tho 3Oh for
thc land Of Dixie Tho column Of our escort was tf
teen miles long OF our imprisonment there will say
nothing. We all feel, every Of us, that we have
been lighting for great cause, that spared
from Lexington to sit lilly in homes while country
Is in danger (Cheors Wo all feel that that republic
which comentcd by the blood Of fathers be
again baptized and made stronger with blood And
feel for myself that white half million Of brstling
bayonots standing up for it, God will with
the efforts OF these defenders Of tho Union the
sttution and the laws. And when next meet you
hope 1t may not be when put armor on but
when we put our armor OF To sit down in peace and
again enjoy the blessings OF an undivided and glorious
nation. cloud and long continued applause.)