, 1863-11-24
THE BATTLE OF sETTFSs
BURGs1
illinois, Share In that Struggle.

desperately, and suffered terribly. It los
neatly one half Of the men taken into tn
hght, but behaved to the last as brayel7 81
the best regiment on that bloody field.
composed part Of the 11th army corps
and fought through the whole three days 0
the battle. E1 Alderman Solomon Of thi
city is its Lieutenant Colonel. The regimen
is mainly composed Of citizens Of Chicago
On the f1st days fight the 8th and 18th III
inois cavalry bore conspicuous part, ani
made zeleated and furious charges on the reb
el tntAntry. diEorderiDg their ranks, delaying
their advance and capturing many prisoners
We have never seen any account OF the parf
taken in the battle Of Gettysburg by those
regiments; the following extract from the
the deficiency, ard may be interesting-sst
least to the friends Of the regiments. It ID
dated Westminster, Nd, July 1, Evening":
Since my last letter to you which WAS writ
ten the day after onr big cavalry fight near
UppeUtlle june sd. Our brigade composed
New York, and battery Of dying artillery
under command Of Col Gamble), has
been continually on the march. Our Division
nrder Gen. Bnfold marched from Aldie to
Ieeeburg; thence to Jefferson, nd; thence
to Boonsboro, Md; thence to Fairfield Pa !,
f.rtrv sna % dr 1haM f+o III hs the IN
fhenc- r. E,nmittehn~~. thonoo ~ natt2s'
hnrc Vhere 1a arrived e. IL th s+h ~ ~ Inne
and charged on tEo rebel regiments OF In
fantrT belonging to Hi1l's command which
We whipped with ease and drove back on the
donble quick. The next day we lay in camp
tbe morning of he snd ~ 'rr1r +ha eah.i. ~ ~.
yanced Ia fortN and onve hattie nnr
infantrr-the ii and lin arnv corns
under General ReynoIds. numbering 1arhans % ns
5000 meg, vers i our rear between tH tGsttys'
to Our anpport nntil q ~ m The .ttar,s
commenced At {, ~ n. sn That ~ h.d n
maka head apa,n.t the retei armv v3th W 10 w
small brjeades Of cavalry and two f,ejd h"t.
te1ies. nnmhe ring less thin a0f1man III toid
under Gen. BnfoFd. We heid our nosition'
quite nun.bcr M of prisoners betore @ t the II IN.
fnutry came uD. This Was done by aucces-
sire charpes m fheir front ana fanE
rhfla Our fl,inp artillery n1avad
on them from eyerg uoint. We aetuallT COM
pelled them to halt and ch.nra theIr line Of
Eatd they suppceed that our whole cavalry
force wis on their mont aud TANKS, In these
charges va lost eooi many men and horses.
bnt inf;cted. ten 1imes aa nnch dannapa m
The enemv a. va rtceiyed. va
When lie Infantry came up at 9 q m.. our
regiment (sth Illinois) and brigade were Or
fanS moyement on tns nsrf 'nt TIA enanv'
From That Fime nnf3i III I,stt1a endad ~
osTe him grest annnTsnr- and mafaris1i13 "a. ~
fsrdnd hIs *iirance r. mat;nr fra1nant haid
daehes IN rim nh1ip5ng him II halt ard
change front to prevent is from sabering his
fl,uS md rear. s. this way We ssTed = Ehoie
bIieade Of our inf.atr, and a battery % from
teiSg capfured and cut to niecex The rehe1s :
had them nearly Surrounded and he,nmed in.
perceiyipg which. wa made, detonr tn
The LEFT, gained their fink. and charged
right on tie rear Of one OF tbs living Waile
th1t was moving to crush our infantry. Tie
rebel line hsitef9 enddsnlv. Eced ahonf form.
ed to receive Us. and flred = yo]ley that mfst-
" went over onr hends. We netnrned fhe
ire with our cazbires. and eaiionsd away.
But during the lime they weFe tins dejaysi
our ipfantTr Brigade etcsped.
Cur side was whipping the rebels until
LongtIeet came qp to A1l1's aid With Sc, goo
ccrn. Tas mt p nn - ~ ,ehei u 13nh} n iins M
Of fdiyislont-the lines beirg a fo1 hundred
yards apart. These new lines oye1lapped our
iet. Mo1e ~ .dan @ nMt mno; onr men roth
b1aye1; ana % ancrestiniiT r. efrht bnnTa hsfare
Hnls and Even's corps; but whan this
r tfesa horde q butte1npts @ came up the late Of
1e1se1 ~ 1nn,s 5 ~. " ~ Eu s.e, @ Iasg au-
the erourd NE great logs, that could not be
checked, aEa Jet moved slowly. I never saw
he}cfaa I forth nhe .ae A. on5 ond nEE.aoe - to1hte
range, making eaps In the advancing line % al
each di.charee, and our infantry and cavalry
hrea & T11My after FUiey Into the rolling mass,
rents ~ ~ a' ~ oa, et1siag up tnc
long rsraliel lines. about zoo ysrds mat
their musktts cleaning IN the sun, and pour,
isE form voney a1ter volley OF fire aud leade9
cn tie extreme nark, and partially On he