The New York herald., 1862-12-21
THE CASUALTIES,
The Irish Brigade-Its Great Losses ~
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The following letter is from the captain OF Company
Of the Eighty eighth Irish regiment Meagbers brigade.
This young man resigned sltuat0n in the Custom House,
for which he received 81 800 per annum, and raised
company, which him 900. All that is left of
after the last hght is two sergeants and three men, He
has been with the Army Of the Potomsc In every battle
Of the war; and has four brothers IN the field The father
Of these five young men had small situation in the
Custom House, which he had he'd for many years, and
was deprived Of II, understand by the present ad-
mnistration, without any alleged Yet ha. does
not prevent their battling for the unon will be seen
from this letter how deeply attached 70 Mcclellan the
Army the Potomac and how thoroughly trusted him.
The losses Of the Irish Brigade Fredericksburg i'm
mense. Only skeletons Of the regiments remain,
according to the writer Of this letter.
FREDERICKSBURG reo. IA, 1862.
FEAR FArBER--Thank God Tor his grea. mercy,
without a scratch. My brother Edmund is also unhirt
can hardly realize the fact that am 70 blessed. On
it terrible day. The destruction Of lie las been
fearful and nothing gained The battle opened aboat
O'Clock yesterday morning with iic fire Of aruie,y
Az DIR mp line of battle the
city General Meagher addressed US in words OF sora
ton and eloiuence Heard equaed after hich
ordered every ono OF the brigade 10 pace b of
green boxycod AZ the side o. his cap show NIX the
pie hiulsclf Every appeared Gred with determined
zeal ard lrm resolution, which the result groves TO
have been carried out IN manner secrecy praleied
IN the annals Of The Egntyeighth regimen, this
morning numbers ten officers and iorty the
SixtyDinth seven OHcers III nine tie
third, six ufHcers sixty men tine 0le Hundred
and Sixtsa anh, thirteen officers hty seven The
Twenty eighth Massachusetts also suffered heavily; but
nave not The returns Irish blood aud Irish bones
that terrible field to-day for rFb regiments placed
foremost, as the reports and returns will noye. My
fe Of results have been so far realized, AMI |
believe another day will witness our de eat.
The whole soued enthusiasm with which Genera al
Mcclellan inspired this army is wanting-his great scen
tic engineering skill Ia nssinghs humane
lives Of his men is diSroga dad, We slaughtered
Ike SHEEP and no result bat dcieat This place but
s
evacuated and thousands OF lives saved, by the
much despised pick ard shlyel.
Lieutenant O'Brien, of my com3any IL, believe
tally wounded All can ind of my once fine com AMY
OF brave men IS two sergeants and three men. lAat
noble, brave man MAJOR Horsan, was Of the rst to
faii, shot through the head Evey field officer OF tho
brigade n action killed wounded except Colonel
Keily, and he had very narrow escape Lieutenant
Granger struck by piece oil shell tearing .hro gI
all his clothes and the fesh over his bowcls-one nh
closer ard ne would have been killed piece o shell
my haversack tearing IL off me- and throwing me
over. To-day bas been comparatively quiet, from
mutual desre each side attend the wounded and
bury the dead but tomorrow morning will doubt,
be ed with Increased force and hotter fire both
sides.
lido not know what disposition wai be made OF Us
IN shattered condition Colonel oily is IN com.
mand OF ths n the brigade, which
bcr halr regiment. We under since sx o'clock
this morning have got cold IN my limbs, and have iet
very sick MI morning. but Ia nothing thln
res.l:s Z" sxposrre aud want Of regnar food which
couple of days rest will remedy. Enclosed 10 list of
WIN. J. EAGLE.
LIST OF KILLED AND woCEDEp OFFICERS IN TIE
BRI6ADE.
DSETy-EGHyu Hsw YORK RlSslarEyT
Kiued-Nsior Iiorgah Lieutenant Thos Murphy Lieu
tenant Mccarthy.
Woanlse-Captan Denis Burke, badly: Lieutenant
Thos H. O Brcn slightly Captain iorgan Captain Chss
Clarke, Lieutenant lyder, Lieutenant Chas. Granger.
synkSNrH RriIHENT.
Wopndc1-Co2nel Sugcnt, Major CaYanagh, Captain
Ietdy, Captain Donovan, Lieutenant Birml ghan very
badly.
efxTy.TERp
AatA fNorll nfofn Gtlt
Nc! ,onough, Lieutenant Taylor.
HUNDRED s1TEEsyS PEsysyIvAyIA REGIMENT.
WoSsded-Colonel Hcenan Lieutenant Colonel Muihol-
land, badly; Major Barnes, Captain smith.
These ere all the returns bavc. Many o~cers we'll
as men missing and to be heard from. Tic three
New York regiments, Sixty third slxyain,h and Eighty
eighth, destroyed. The ene Hundred and Sixteenth
for the rst time under nrc behaved nobly
The Massachusetts, had service before
Rt Jam es Island aud Chaptilly,
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