Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-09

was the person he studied. He caught th
eye. He narrowly scanned the look. Dow
the line and back again he slowly went.
saw the expression on hIs face as, at the end
be seemed to say to say to himself, "1hs
are the right sort
In these organization of the regiment the
staff remained as it was before.
0u the 26,h of June, 1861, the Seventh
left Camp Dsnpison to enter on setive ser
vice In Western Virginia. With many lonG
marches, il sought the foe. Il had begun Il
doubt whether IL weuld ever meet him, when
At Cross Lanes, on the 9Th Of August, he
came with overwhelming force For bTiei
space, the companies, separated from each
other, held their ground. Then, from bare
aud Irresistible necessity, they gave way -
Twenty four gallant men were left on the
deld dead or wounded. One hundred
were carried away prisoners, and the re-
mainder were scattered like patridges which
havs received the sportsman's fire.
At first, tidings came 70 US that the Sew
enth was wholly destroyed. How sched our
hearts Presently better news came. Ma
jor Easement had brought four hundred men
through the wilderness into Charleston, and
Captain Crane bad come to Gauley, bringing,
not only almost his entire company, but a
dag which he had captured from the enemy.
Then came to the regiment days of dis
traction and dependency. You and others
on the Reserve heard Of and sgon' 'Eed over
its condition. To encourage and cheer it,
you sent it stand Of beautiful coIors. AT
the Academy of Music, as you will remem-
Der, before thrOng of your best citiZsns the
standards we're dedicated. On a mountain
side in Western Virginia, with Rosecrsns'
army lying miles mp and down, aud with the
smoke of the enemy's camp-fres rising in
the distance, they were presented to the reg
iment. wish could picture the scene, the
splendoFs Of the magnificent landscape, the
exquisite beauty of the cOlors as they proud
ly gloWed In the clear sun light, the en- husi-
asm Of the men and the pride Of the officers.
Your present helped to rouse the spirit Of the
regiment The words Of love and consider
ate regard which you sent with the gift assur-
ed it thatits honor was not lost. How thrill
ing, how hopeful was tho cheer which rolled
of among the hills as the color guard took
It's trust
Frnm the KauaEha tho Seventh went, on
the I7th of Dscsuber, 1851. to the Potomac.
There, now led BY Lieutenant Colonel Oreigh-
ton-Colonel Tyler having taken temporary
command of brig sds-It met st Winches-
ter, March z3d- 1862, JacksOn's celebrated d
F" SJoneEsll Leginn." Hot was the
fire when the Northern iron met the
southern flint. The Seventh left If
ty-six dead and wounded on the field. But
it won a name in the fl yht The story told
f them, the land over, vas, they fought lake
ueieraHs.
Thee came the long chase up the Shenan-
dnah, then tho hard march across Eastern
Virginia, and back to the gates of the Shen-
andoah.
Then came Port Republic, the first square
stand-up fight which the regiment had, when,
led by Creighton, in an open field, in line
trim enough for a dress parade, and with
g Cross Lanes" for its battle cry, the glorious
Seventh charged down on JacksOn's stead
fast front. Alb, here the list of the dead and
wounded was again fesrfuliy swslled. Sew
en;y two names were added TO it.
By this time the regiment had become so
redu ;ed By the casualties of war that its
friends on the Reserve asked that il might be
sent home 20 recruit. "No," promptly re-
piled discriminating Halleck. Notso long
as there is lame drummer left; not ii you
will send US q whole new regiment in place
of this hondful. We know these men, they
are Just such as we want"
Col Tyler's promotion to a Brigadiership
brought Lieut.. Col. Creighton to the head Of
the regiment, and this and other changes
presently made Captain Crane Lieutenant
Colonel.
The regiment now had plenty Of duty. It
fought at Cedar Mountain and, there, on the
extreme advance, it met the brunt of danger
In one Company, out of twenty one men en-
gagged eighteen fell killed or wounded. Tho
whole regiment suffered in hardly less pro-
portion. One hundred and ninety-six Of the
two hundred and ninety seven heroes en-
gagged fell. There, fiery Creighton, as usual
not content to be elsewhere than on the ex-
treme front was 80 severely wounded that he
was obliged 70 come home to recover.
Soon the regiment was at Antistam, and
there it shared the tolls and honors of that
honorable field. Thirty eight fallen men out
of one hundred engaged were the price it
paid for its opportunity. Presently 1t fought
ard prevailed, against great odds, at Dunn
fries. Here it lost ten more of its seant few
In the next years campSign after lying
long in camp, and being considerably recruit
ed, The regiment was at Chaucellorsvilie.-
There il did good service by catching aud
holding on its steady line, droves of fugi-
tives who we're inglOriOusIy seekip g tho rear,
and by covering the retreat Of the Corps
1t lost at CbancellorsVille SO men.
Next, tho regiment was ct Gettysburg -
There, )r the FIRST time in all its history, Ii
fought behind defenoes, nor could Z veil, 4,
surging with fery vaiOr up against the ROCKY
ramparI, break the line which IL and its com
peers Of the II corps held. The Seventh
lost at Gettysburg 10 mon, and, as from
every field before, so from this, 1t brought
honor and a new name.
From the Potomac, tGs regiment vent, in
September last, to the Tennessee. There, on
ths 24th of last month, it shared in that brill
liant battle above the clouds" by which
Hooker cleared Lookout Mountain. Dscisivo
as the resalt Of its courage here was, il seems
to nave left behind but one wounded mao as
its share Of the sacriEoe which the victory
cost.
Tzsn came tbs pursuit Of Bragg, and the
overtakiug Of hi rcar-guard at Riuggold,
tnen the climbing, by tee 18th Corps, OF that
bare hill, on The top Of which the enemy was
securely posted. Slaunch Creighton was in
Of a brigade, and Crane led the
Seventh. The charge was a deSperate one,
but Creighton did not faltsr. Kindling to
that ardor Of which he was SO susceptible, he
urged his command on. "Boys," be said,
I" We are ordered TO take that hill. l want to
see you walk right up it" Then putting
himself, not in the rear, as being temporarily
a Brigadisr, he might have done, but far in
The advance, he led the way. And Crane,
close behind, stoutiy held the Seventh to its
bloody work. The men were ready for the
task. The zeal of Gross Lanes, Of Winches-
ter, Of Port Republic, burned to white heat.
Tho gallant Seventh, leading the wild col
umn, hung Itself into the billoEs Of hTe, as
If it wsTe rsscuing home from robber hands,
Bnt, ah ehivAlrie Creighton fell, and /,
alas sturdy Crane, too; and Of the commits
stoned officers Of the Seventh, bat enc re-
msinsd unhurt. Ia it wonderful that the
grand old regiment, losing the inspiring COM
mRnd of the bravo soldiers whose voices had
SO often reused its purposes, fell back On,
Creighton and Crane, had you lived, the
Seventh would, perhaps without help, have
carried the dear old oOlOrs, tattersd by SO
many lssdeR storms, iato the enemy's def
ant works.
Sad tale that must tell OF the two hun