Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-08-08

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RETURN OF TIE FAMOUS SI1TY-EIETH
TO New YoRK.-The New York Eve
ming Post of Saturday gives the follow
ing account of the return of the Sixty
ninth Regiment to New York:
The greatest crowd which has in
many years assembled in New York,
with the exception Of that which filed
the streets on the occasion OF the At
lantic Gable celebration, greeted the
brave Irishmen of. the Sixty-ninth
Regiment on their return to this city
this morning.
| The sidewalks of Broadway we're
lined and the csrriage-wsy was crowd
ed. Vehicles of all sorts were packed
along the curbs, covered with eager
spectators. The "Green Isle" was
represented in all its varieties. The
more enterprising OF the younger peo-
pie climbed up the lamp-posts and upon
each other, while bare-hesded daugh-
ters of Erin in kitchen attire waited
patiently below. Old women and
young children struggled with the
throng, and prepared to take up their
line OF march with their relatives in the
regiment when it came.
/ The steamer John r. Potter, Of the
Camden and Amboy line, brought the
regiment to the city, at seven o'clock
this morning. The regiment, on land
ing, formed in line on the Battery, and
commenced its march up Broadway
The appearance OF the men bore evil
dence of the hard work and the des-s
perate struggle to which they had been
subjected. Their faces were begrimed
with dust, bronzed by exposure to a
Virginia sun. Their uniforms were
scarcely worthy of the name, having
been almost worn out. Some OF the
men wore overcoats for want of jackets.
A portion of the inferior officers had
not a coat OF any sort, and appeared
simply in their pantaloons and gray
shirts. The latter appeared TO be new,
and to have been just furnished. In
short, their appearance was what may
readily be imagined from the ardent,
enthusiastic character Of the men, who
look to their actions rather than their
dress, the bloody struggle through !
which they passed. stripped to their
pantaloons." and the utter rout they
suffered in their retreat from Bulls
Run.
But the very wretchedness OF the |
habiliments commended them all the |
more heartily to the sympathies Of their
friends and admirers, from whom it
was exceedingly difficult to separate the
ranks. Numbers escaped from the
lines, dragged away by their friends.
1t was with the utmost difficulty that
the crowd inside the Battery enclosure
permitted the progress of the regiment.
The police with their clubs at length .
prevailed.
In Battery place and Broadway, op-
posite the Bowling Green, the surging
mass seemed immovable. Cheers went
up from thousands of throats, and hats
and bonnets and coats were swung in
the air with almost frantic enthusiasm.
The scene fairly beggars description
Such another was probably never viii
messed in New York. After halt and
the forming of the regiments in mar
row column. the crowd was parted. and
the volunteers, every one Of whom felt
himself hero, passed into Broadway.
A continuous roar, clapping of
hands, cheering and yells Of delight at
tended every step. The great crowd
became eatprocession. Old women
crowded up to the lines and held UNI
brellas over their returning sons
Little boys and girls crowded alongside
of their fathers, and hung to their clo-
thing. The men in the ranks were
pulled in all directions, and what ought
to have been march in platoon be-
came a walk through mass of human
.ity.
In the confusion Of the return, parti-
culars of the losses of the Sixty. ninth
could not be obtained. II is said that
about twelve hundred of the fifteen
hundred men who made up the regi-
ment, have returned, leaving three hun
dred to cover the number Of killed,
wounded, and missing. r.y
Two or three men were killed on the
way home. The name Of one was
Fleming, who was knocked off the top
of car by a bridge under which it
was passing.
Thos. Francis Meagher, whose horse
was shot under him, and who fell into
the water at Bulls Run, swan away
and escaped. He was in the ranks this
morning. ta+. ,7t3
Capt. Bresiih, of company F. who
was wounded; was with his friends in a
carriage in the procession.
The regiment this morning was un-
der the command Of Capt. James Kelly.
Of company A.