New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
Tho Unhouorca Braves Who Die on Picket.
Correspondence Of The y. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence Of The - Y rtbuue.
sEyEy PYE, June p, ls2.
On the Islh Of June, met L;ile prooession OF
four men, bcaing 10 from IIookers picket line upon
a bloody stre,cher, The body Of n dead solditr.
.auted the corpse with my reverted band 10 the
visor o. my rap, and hatiDg my horse, inquired
" who il he boys ?" L. man r ield, jr. Of Co. II
IGih M.ssachusetts' passed on 10 The front. They
Went u'..d ~ the grave.
Killed on picket! WHO las sgug the dead heroes
of the Picket in what reports Il honorable men.
ton made OF them, iha, sco forward to the foe fail
dead under fire while far ia advance Il tie army,
solitary sennels 10 watch that danger does not steal
on il unaunouncedl IN what bulletins 90 the-e
heroes receive enbalmmeut while they are buried.
and leave 10 their families with their krapracAs.
their silver watches, their purse Their pipes, and
other tile pereoual property the priceless legacy Of
? famous death in the IhickshVminy swamp Alas,
10 mention i. made q them. They q regularly 20
b 'tle eyerv evening they 20 cut upon tho picket
line, bu, they 60 unsttsn ded by the power pauon-
ge aud machinery OF fame VIII 10 euvrOns The rcIi-
m-nts that are embaitled for a field tight. They 20
alone a,mo, into butte that lasts al night aud all
day. without q moment iu,erUssion. No Inaguetc
thr Of cogiage communicated by touch 81 shoulder
10 shOulderthe observation that ovefawes or stnu-
lates men In the open FIELD Is waning 10 them ~ "A
bface TO The manly discharge of duty. They ero
alone with their sell-respect and the foe, and when
they 20 forward npon their knees bleeding Offering
mon The national altar. | aay thai these men merit
more, because they have accomplished more and sac
iifced more than those who IN crowds meet death
from "A missle that ~ ever thrown by chance, and
does never select uushiuing victims. ficke; duty
i, /. the moot important work done IN an army. TIE
safety OF brigaGes and divisions depends upon The
fidelity and courage with which it ~ performed j.
il the hardest work done IN an army. The impostd
silence the siecpless vigilance the partial solitude,
] fla .lp 81.
up Ia their highest powers Of endurance. No true
soldier ever cave Of from 4 siioR picket Inc win
out weighing less than when 10 went 90. Ald
when tie ground ~ swsmpy ~ ii = ail over me
Cbickah0miny and the WDiie OAK districts, phy6i.
cal discomfort aud suffering which cannot be avoided
add 10 the drain upon the soiGicrs vitality std schd
him hone with marks Of exhaustion which men &c
cgstOmed To the sensitive re~diugof the American
face never fail 10 take note oil, and be impressed BY
He needed not 10 be tho VI prophet, ~ho, nd
ING any dav past Sichless men coming IN from
picket after three weeks service IN the ex-
ireme front, should surely ray that man.
aud that man, AMI that man, broad
cbe.tod and big nbed HIS they are, Will never sgain
oute any part Of the WINE YAK swamp .he!
will ride within twenty-iOnr hours-and not 70
tho front Their next battlefield IL the hosptai,
md tleir foe il already intrenched within Their
nerves." And so IL is There 10 no service on earth
under whose depressing and mnsmatc Influences
men break down 20 suddenly and 40 profoundly ar
Z
IN his temper and cgouchiug in leufy coverts winch
in time Of peace shelter oply tue serpent ana the
frog Bat you men aud women OF the unsnspecting
and comfortable North, have you any idea OF Tue
direct and immediate dangers and loses OF THIS ol-
bonored and unsung military service LOOK al this
Iist OF Rockers killed, wounded, and niss,ng on
nickel from June 30 June %, and consider that ha
front was moi longer than from Trinity Church. on
broadway, TO The Aston lioGse.
Fm.r BkIGADs-J. speasman, CO. b. shs. a
Q T.. - L Ill or o. O..
Ws'So9. Co D. kil,d John Barry. Co u. kii.,d Ps"r
Co,ry, Co. d. killed. Patrick EcNfhon, Co " hIed-
E,.d I Richards r., killed Chs oiieic ~ Stiel'
r. a tijIra CLarlos Jones Co. g, killed Robert Nelson
CO. g. Killed Lyman fieIds jf.. Co. ~ Killed ,onn heh
ID s,rrt 90 + killed PAU kenneayi Corp, 90 J.
siII,d VIM B. Clancy. Co. l. killed Z: ! C911in' ~
sergt Co X killed. Robert shsn-nl 20 n hiie, "
lSi'dsr Co Is wounded. John Bun, 90 b. wounded ..
Wan Co. Is. wounded. IA. g. Wns,t coipJ 20. ~ couic
"a n Rand Co. C, wounded. J. a. nuntei, 20. -
a p ins.. Co. e. wounded. A. Barker Co - wounded
y fs5' Co G. wounded A. L. Wills Co =, wounded
" Wsl, Co C. wounded. J. W. Eldiids- O." q "oGuoei
p,it R.,uolds Co D. wou AIDED Patrick n msGGne,t %
- ronnded John Ryan Co D. wounded 4 W, , Ca
Co + wounded. C. steams. Co r, Wounded "a" ",
pabir,on Conpay VI, wounded. tBgh ,boD' a,
Ss,,san, Co l. wounded NJ Corcorsni 20 - "ouuse5'
r Onion Co. l. wounded. II. J. CARLY 70 't
ed H. + Miller Co X wounded W. S,s'eaI'n d. ~
wounded Ismes Mann, Co. Is, uissing G.. nauhei
Co g. missing J. ETook., Co. &, missins A. sie.ey 20
G nisnnl Edw4 i Kane CO. ID. missing tspt, n' ~
Donovan, Co. d. m,sng Lient =. a., g. u y "Nctndrews
Co. f. missing z. McCariy, Co nh'sins. r. T,nrs'
Co f. missing T. J. Reynolds. Co J, mis,ii j. nsLls
Co. o. missing Jo,epb Carhs,n, Co. X, all Of NC o' Ia,
Jobn Boylsn, Co 9th Pa wounded ~ Js uanIi,
1o,b vourdsJ silgttly JohD J. JloupsohJ w