Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-18
TIE sTORGISG OF GAINES RILL-TRE TEXAS
BRIGADE
Respectful.
G. ". ALEXANDER,
a A G. and 4 P. II.


Tue sTORXISG OF GAINES RILL-TRE TEXAS
BRIGADE.
T. .h' Editor af th' Wtig.
I trust tdA. ne nsn composing this Biglde are ac,u
ael b. no55r img uses than these which spring frou
an Jr merely, or from desire 10 see their pence o.
5,ded as heroes before TIE pubic The holors vbicN
Ea apon deeds OF valor and psoEes5 lose their atrsc
tveness when ascoonoaHid by ,iesty, and the siu
o dgrit, which adorus h5 character OF the true sci
Ter lecope' blurred When attended BY the boas.i.e
grd calculations which attest tee absence Of uu
hivslr7.
Content, then, With the commentator Of cur
: , UPON the smoking f Id Of caroage-satsfed in c
eoaseousUess Of hsvug done duy to God, cur COZ
=, and our. l,,s,--.he Tx.s Brg,ds nigh, well r
ple upon dssry-5cugh lau,, L. wire no. ,ha: d1,
% our glorious dead demand tha they shall be va5ics
u, and tia; if the fed OF their glory his indeed
cols "si.o,o, ser names G. least, shall be couple
y.,' b rsss s.''5 tells ne sorry.
We have ia been relieved Of lhc ardlous duties Of
the 6d, CONNIE. chg WITH tae atsCk upon The "Gltu-
army" near Redmond, Ione two week ego, 6urilE
sa,o1 period cue time has been Jar otherwise engaged
nan in The * Al-ge OF newspaper ciyi.t.es. We %
sew, that s5m1 Ct our fellow soldiers have had more
leisure, and ,hs; they have improved t By trying TO
write themselves into the berosbip OF the bate g.
Gli1es Hi or Co,1 HlEoor, Nihcu. regard to the Pre-
tensions Of others o. their brethren who we've prcen,
on tia, eyeuu occasion. A. my object is no. to crmi
a2e o.heF', bI simply to place ny own Brigade in IL
proper position before she world orbeay slcdDs to
the eaius set % by others and knowing how valuable
your space IS, VII reduce what have to cav to the
shortest prle,sa6le limits, the same tine trying Io
couch NJ Communication IN such pbrsse and style thst
g. csuuo b. Misunderstood. / assert the iolloWi pro
poJd3nl to be ,rCe.
lat AZ Cold HIrbor, or Friday, the Q7h day Of June
1852 toe TsIs Bsgais vs' the Gr8i Brigade, or Jrlc
;sg Of Brigade, that made successful charge upon the
e5spy's batteries.
81 Tia. up to TIE moment when this Brigade chars
tie sa,ny the YAlkees had held cur troops in CHI *
I'd, 50 Lr position vas concerned and as the sgh
then progressing that the Yankees bad infinitely tb
advantage
81. Ths. not solitary prisoner had been taken By u
up 10 this time and that in thirty 1--WE mi0ues Lhereai
ter the woods ard 6.l3s we're covered with dspeiso5
Yl7ks,u and that their whole line was thrown into Wild
confusion.
"a. Thas he Texas Re Iment vas the FIST R'Ei,
neai tia, penetrated the enemy line en- that occasion
cl t5as il making their charge, this Regiment passed
BY aud ecsva!iy charged hrsugI Oher uO0pi on then
way q tho batteries.
These assertions, NJ. Editor, II true, are CROUCH to
show tle Plr aksn By tbs Texas B=gA5e that mem
orADc dsy. IcislsDgs ard drfy their contradiction By
say authority, from Gen. Lee down to the veres scrb
be. Who la attempted to essribs the suocsss OF the
sy 10 lie & Its Of others a. The expense Of truth.
d Hs elm ,ls the Efforts Of Bigsds ,I,lutivey
-c- the Day Bat ! GO claim, sud the Brigade Gains
a5 or gsEln General claims ".Sdt 90 tura,i the i'd.
= bottle "a CO. Jasor Sh.r IL oas going against "
her rcop5 rhsl and there did deeds Of vIOs thst will
hlud thcE usues down to posteTiIy honor d. Som
there who could have done more perhaps but that
&c sures Us rot. We only claim to have had part as
gned on the p and that we performed our duty
honoraby, how PerilopsIy, and with what fa.Aly
sad ls,s of killed ard wounded published in your
city plpsrp, too lanen.ably show.
We the only representatives of the Lone Star ate
Ia your borders. We came thousalds of miles a: our
and particular request, in order tia; gh'
Din shields together with our eastern brethren be-
meath common Dag and shoulder 10 shoulder resisl
the encroschnsns Of he invader One half Of our nun
Der now sleep the sleep that Knows waking beDesh
the coil they came to defend Il seems to US srGngt
rsqUis for services Er. iitOr that gentlemen who
have leisure enough to Sit down after b.te and fur
nish the press with such glowing panegyrcs as some
have seen, sOuld omit naming least their ccmrsde'
WHO lead tn m in the PAh Of glory, if perchsuce The,
found L. THese considerations will excuse this c>un u
ioatiOn III Should your estimation, stand l. nst
eft. CAxrOS
CAM SIAA RoHNOHD, July l7Gh, 1861