Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-08-09
VOLUME 26.
The. Heroic Pennsylvania Re-
serves.

LILO. derOlC FennSylVan1a Ro-
serves.
The conduct of our gallant Pennsylva.
MIA Reserves, in the recent battles before
Richmond, is commended by all. They
were engaged in four of the hard fought
and sanguinary contests, and conducted
themselves like veterans on all occasions.
Not man ainched even when the enemy
presented front of three to one. The
best troops ever commanded by Napoleon
or Wellington never exhibited more cool.
ness and bravery in battle than the Penn
sylvania Reserves exhibited before the in-
famous traitors who confronted them before
the rebel capitol. All honor then to our
heroes; they have covered themselves
with glory. A correspondent of the New
York Herald thus speaks of the Reserves
The Pennsylvania Reserve Corps fought
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, on each and all of the lead.
ing fights, and their losses are terrible
In all cases they behaved like good and
gallant soldiers, and the Commonwealth
they represent has nothing in common with
them of which she may not be proud
The Reserves did not lose more than one
hundred and fifty men in the engagement
of Thursday, at Mechanicsyille but after
the fight of Friday, they reported the
almost incredible loss of twenty two hun
drcd men. The subsequent encounter
must have raised their loss to four thou
sand, and in this is contained three Gen.
erals, including General Meade. several
Colonels, Major Captains, &C., represen-
ting every part of Pennsylvania. Among
the rumors afoat on the field of battle
when we left on Tuesday, was one that
Gen Mccall has been killed. We un-
derstood, from what seemed to be reliable
quarters, that General Meade and Gen.
Reynolds were missing
The two grand batteries Of General
Smiths Division, that have figured in n
half-scorc engagements, were never more
deservedly prominent than during the
late crisis. Not only in the two fights
before Smiths Division on Friday and Sat-
urday, but at White Oak Swamp, they
, covered themselves with glory'-Capt.
Mott loved his pieces as SO many children
and their loss at White Oak, on Monday,
made him almost wild. He rugged up
, temporary wheels from quartermasters'
wagons and fired to the last. The First
| and Fifth Reguler Calvary made dash
. ing but not very circumspect charge at
e. Gains Hill. The first had but Two com.
! panies; the Fifth had about six hundred
' men. They charged up the hill and gall.
s oped around couple of divisions Of Re-
f bells, firing their revolvers in their faces
J.. The rebels waited with fixed bayonets.
t Returning, these regiments came pell NELL
. over one of our own batteries. The Fifth
f next morning reported but one officer.
i Colonel Gallager, of the Eleventh Penn
r sylvania Reserves, was killed in Friday s
f fight. Lieutenant Colonel Porter and
It Major Snodgrass, of the same regiment,
d were musings and prisoners.-The Buck
e tails report about one hundred and twen-
r ty-fve men left. -Four of their compan.
!. les were with Kane in the Shenandoah
o valley, and six with Mcclellan. A whole
J. company was taken in the fight Of Thurs.
day. Major Stone commanded during the
10 late battle. The Sixth Regiment of Re-
e serves were doing picket duty at Tunstall's
3 station, and it is believed they all escaped
|. harm up to Saturday, but subsequently,
y they might have suffered seriously. Gen
Seymour, who commanded the brigade for
merly commanded by a General of Drains
vile fame, had two horses killed under him
The Reserves made several desperate
:. dashes with the bayonet. Their ammuni
tion gave out at six o'clock on Friday, W
II to which time they had discharged one
,s hundred rounds, fifty in cartridge box and
"A fifty in haversack.
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