Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

Eight, but they never h2o Deen uL1SE AtS 10
fore, aud Tor some cause did not stand up to
the contest as well as might have been desired
The 84th Penn, fought very well and lost their
gallant Col. Murray, who fell while rallying /
his men. The 5Ih, sIh, 7gh and 67th Ohio, /
and lS5h and I4th Ind, won the palm, and 70 /
say ore dd better than tie other would be /
unjust. The lst Virginia also did nobly-
Col. Tyler, Of Ohio who led The attack in per-
son, fairly won a star if ever ms was won on !
the fed Of battle. The sams may be said OF
Col Kimball, Of Indiana.
Ii any one thing more than another gives to l
battle its subliIniiy il Is the deeds Of daring |
performed on the Geld amid the reign OF death. /
Five different times were the eolors Of the 3th !
Ohio shot down and as many times taken ups |
obc0 By Capt. Whitcomb, who was Instantly !
snot through the head, and as he expired, with |
his gaspipg breath said Boys keep the colors
up" which the boys did. although they were
literally riddled by the bullets Of the euemy-
Tie colors OF the TIh Ohio were shot doSn
several Ierrni times, but they never fell with
out fnding brave hearts rushing TO be lirst 10
take them ap. AT one time the eolors OF the
9Th fell when Lieut.. Col. V0orhies sEatchcd
them up ard waving them at the Zoe called up
on his boys 10 follow him which they did. Ma
Nv Of the wounded wou,d refuse assistance and
urge their friends 10 pash forward and never
mind them. Among them was Jos. z. Webb.
Sergeant Msjor OF The 9Th, aud brother of
Mrs. q. &. Chamberlain. lie fell mortaily
wouudgI, but utterly regardless Of self, urged
his coinrH!es 10 never mind him but 20 and
Gght tue eEemy. 1t was very touching aficr
Al
heart sick 20 witness the scenes of suffering
aud the ghastiy dead who had so nobiy fell---
Scme Of The wounded after The battle was over
we're scuding sone tender message TO friends al
homc, some lanieniing, others cheerful and
happy and seemed as contcn;ed as though
noIhsag LaI happened- Fragments Of bodies
could be seen on all parts Of the field, here
shoe and IN il a foot, there an arm and in some
Instances bGdi.s from which the head had been
blowR into atoms. / saw one poor fellow who
had been wounded in tie leg sitting in an up
right Posision aud seemingly in the act Of ban
daging bis wound with the lining that he had
torn from his coat, but on approaching him
found he was dead. You may think it strange
aud it certainly ia an unsO.ved problem. why it
is that there is no feeling OF danger in an en-
!
ly account for it on the &, ound that the mind
becomes too intensely engaged TO think Of dan
ger; think this Is The true reason, for caught
myself calculating the probabilities of danger
when was unoecupied and there was no dan
| ger, while | never thought Of it when the ight
was thckest, and strong men were willing
around me like blades Of grass and the warm
lifes blood gushing from the veins of the woun-
| ded. I thiGk sure preventative against pan
les and the best way 10 get troops 10 fight
! bravely and desperately is 10 keep them busy.
believe this is the reason why a bdyOnet
charge is almost always successful. No SOL
die- will finch unless he allows Il mself to
think of bis own personal safety, and in charge
he has no time for this purpose, while the party
receiving the charge standing are apt to begin
10 calculate chances and if they do they are
gene. Tie only way to Withstand charge is
to meet it half way. Being behind breast
work or stone wall is no compensation for
the lack Of that intensity Of occupation Of
mind which is the case with troops inside Of
| Notifications because of .heir stationary posi-
tion. Aad in my opinion, this is one OF the
reasons why fortiicatiOns when they are charg-
ed at lie pJiut of The bayonet, unless defenrlrd
| by veterans, are almost always taken. This
was pretty clearly illustrated at Winchester.
| A portion Of Jackson's forces were posted be-
hind stone wal, and being charged by ry-
er's brigade we're completely routed, notwiih-
| standing their advantage in position, while 10
the SECOND charge, in the wo ,ds, where our
forces were met by charge, We found it mach
harder TO whip them, ard for long time it
seemed doubtful as TO who would be conquer
ors. And in this conflict was as fair
contest for the palm of superior courage as ev-
er took place between contendiug soldiers and
was clearly shown 10 be upon our side, and it
gave ms the victory. All lonor to those who
| so nobly fell. Their memories should never
be forgotten until patriotism ceas 8 to be a
virtue. We lost in killed O3, mortally wound
cd twenty seven, wounded seriously but not
dangerously four hundred and twenty :y-seven,
dangerously, about twenty. The cnemy's loss
could not have been less from the number we
buried and Tie number admitted by them) than
800 killed. The number Of wounded we have
no means Of ascertaiHiug. We took two hun
dred and eighty prisoners two cannon, and
about loo small arms. Gen. Shields highly
complimenfed the western troors, and is well
pleased with his division. lie says, "braver
troops never eutered battle field