New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-21
tCoMMU EICATED.I
Eleventh Louisiana Regiment.


at the bloody field of Shiloh none cemported
itself more nobly, or contributed more to the |
glory of the result, than the Eleventh, Col. Marks
commanding. What this regiment did at Belmont
is very well known; what it did at Shiloh is as yet
only partly known. | do not propose to give any |
lengthy account of its share in the two days |
! ight-a few incidents alone will suffice to show
the character of the men composing the regiment,
and to prove their claim to a full share Of that
! honor which Louisiana is ever ready to accord to
her brave and chiyaric sons.
| That the field and staff did their duty, is appa-
rent in the fact that during Sundays fight the
Colonel, Major and Sergeant-Major were all
wounded Col. Sam. Marks, veteran soldier,
| with q leg crooked from wound received in the
| Florida war, received severe but not dangerous
wound, the ball entering the upper part of his
| breast, gancing up and coming out at the shou
der. AS he was leaving the field, the two men
| supporting him were rahed by piece or snri,
| and all three fell in a heap. After his wound was
dressed, and whilst on his way to Cornth in an
ambulance hole in the muddy road upset the
vehicle and the Colonel was thrown violently out.
| He is now in the city, and will soon be able 10
| return to his command.
| The young and gallant Major, Aleck Mason,
being in command after the casualty to the Colo
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charge on battery, at double quick, whirling
his cap on the point of his sword, and shouting,
Follow me, boys" That he was only shot
through the arm is matter Of eongratulation, for
real soldier has been preserved for future service
We cannot afford to lose such.
And the gallant little Sergeant-Major Braun
he who played the violin SO sweetly during the
listless evenings in camp at Columbus and Island
No. LOGGING in with his Maynard rife, the same
as any private-2ad to get hurt. Just as he was
drawing bead on the enemy, ballet struck the
sight of his gun and lodged in his left wrist, fatten-
ing out and tapping like saddle cTer the end of
the arm-bone. 1t was extracted in this shape;
and Braun says that though he will not be able to
fiddle for long time he>wi soon be a5'e again to
elevate his trusty rifle, Braun is quite d small
| sized yoang man-but his soul seems to hHVe been
set by nature the jewelers. set their d5sanonSs-
the largest and most precious brilliant in the lsast
possible surrounding of othes material.
Not one of the companies. OF the regimsnt sss-
tered in any part of their daty, that havsheasd
| Of Icanuot speak in detail Of the varioss nel-
dents told by all the companies, who all behaved
SO well together, in the two days. fight; bat if i
take one company Is incidents a]one it must not be
set down to the detrment of the others, but 70 the
, fact that once belonged to- that compapn ana
was in their camp when they came straggha9 IN
from the ield all stained with mud, and manyEWith
their OWE and comrades blood. mean Comnany
, F, the Continental Guards, Capt. Fleming The
Captain was not present at the fight, being absent
under ORDERS at Island No. 10. Lieut. Tom Pe7ton
was also absent on his first brief furlough since
| August last but daily expected.
The company consequently went into action IN
der the Second Lieutenant, Tom Pierce, assisted
by the Second Junior, John Croly. The latter, i
will be remembered by many, was aprivate at Sht
battle of Belmont, where he lost all of his righ
t hand except the thumb, and yet managed with thu
aid of his legs and log, to fire till the enemy wer
u beyond reach. He returned to New Orleans
Il where his bravery was rewarded not only by sab
J. stantal compliments from the citizens, but by hi
unanimous election as Second Junior Leuteaan
Il by his company. He returned to the field, carry
ing his sword on his right side and welding lsWlt
u his left hand On the morning Of the 9th, staadln
D. at his post with his company in line of battle an
'e before the opposing forces had come within sma
IT arm range, a fragment of shell from the enem
le shattered his left wrist leaving the hand hanging
5, as it looked by the skin Holding out this arl
es and looking at it, he exclaimed There's ltck fe
OF you, amt it, boys!" The arm was amputate
l. near the elbow and on Tuesday night, throug
ae the rain and mud and over the horrible road, son
te eighteen miles, John returned to camp with mott
Id ing but his right thumb left to perform the varo'
h offices usually required of ten fingers He is no
10 in the city, cheerful eyer-says he will not
re sign his commission, because he can have his rig
ny thumb and hand-sump, so rigged up as to enan
he him to handle that sword which he values as dear
ne as his life.
'n- And Tom Perce-Orderly Sergeant at the sta
who better than can tell how faithfully he pc
he formed the arduous duties of his thankless ohit
ei' through thick and thin through hot and cold?
en rolled on the grass together in the pleasant wal
.'A weather, and many night spooned and shlver
0s together beneath our blankets on the wint
heights of Columbus. We used to read parts
see our letters to each other-1 from my wife and
a." from his sweetheart He was made Lleutena
sss ' not by his own seeking, but by the force of
'nu soldierly merit. How nobly he led his compa
ec' through the fight of Sunday let his brave com
pun mons tell On Monday, whilst still bravely lead
Vi his company piece of shell shattered his left a
'' and leg. Closing his hands over his face, he
for claimed, 81 am dead!" and fell backward.
was in the midst of charge. The enemy aft
ward took that part of TIE field, with oil the
'"'' and wounded, and Pierce was not again he
from; but from the nature Of his wounds, as s
the by his on-rushpg comrades, it was not believed
der could survive.
sier The same shell which gave poor Pierce
1ted uuietus, took off the top of the head of second
geant Kent scattering his brains all around
tti, ton of the same lodging and forming CORY
,hsr cent on the back OF Private Faivre. Kent was
its aud handsome, over six fser N'sn' ana DIS SUI d
lyi as ramrod; and through oil the prev III
Of the campaign had shown himself to be On
the most quiet, orderly, dignitied, hardwood
ie and accomplishing soldiers that ever entered
II OF Southern service. He eXcelled in the druds
connected with cooking. He was such |
.h;, worker that once, in cold weather at Colum
~, he dslocated his shoulder in lifting heavy 10
Az, frewood on wagon. He wss truly q good ]
and his soul is with the best.
Orderly Sergeant Charley Sebastian, 81 Algi
II of was the first who struck spade on the imme
e to Notifications of Columbus. The Eleventh R
the ment was the first TO get there-the Continen
owl the first company to get to diggng-and Char
then private, the first man to strike a spade
do the line drawn by the engineers. The same
D., bitjOus snirt which made him do this at Co1um