The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-12-16
Fhe cate seventh.

5at. casualties in the battle at Rinpvold. ,xhar.
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Nn sne 10th OF August, 1851, It fought the
battle spf Cross Lanes, Va aaaipyt d ar.
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June 18th, 1907, It was In the battle of Port
Republic and suffered severely. AUGUST sth.s
1890 !. pscs in the .,as,ar.t. sah. :, CO.
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eiis''s'et'aeii. oois ereisn-
ton WAS wounded Sept. lIth,r 1862, it was
IN the hottest of the fight at Antietam. Sent.
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isly aooo, = was IN 'hes oa'tie aot Cnancei-
lersyille. and in July was in the battle at
Gettysburgh. Besides participating in these
pitched battles. il was an,,assd II, innuner-
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gives tnc Ioilowing grSphlc sketch Of the bat
tleof Ringgold:
On Nov 26. the advance Of Hookerss corps
took tlp the route for Ringgold. and after 4
rapid aud fatia,,ne march. reached that place
about seven O'clock on the morniro Of the
xsth. + The rebels were camped about four
| naises from where our forces resIed. Col.
Crsightan,s Brigade-Awhich had been reduc-
ed in numbers by the detailing of the 9Th and
goth Ohio to act as guards over the prisoners
taken in rtha battles Of Lookout Mountain
and Mission Ridgc-was again in the advance.
+ Ii, was ten o'clock in the morning. The
| iiafantrya were poste,l around The base Of the
hills shtit had no artillery. the pontoons hay-
| ing fasled TO arrive in time so that the guns
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which had to be crossed eight times between
Chattanooga and Ringgoid "A large force of
I the enemy were posted on steep hill called
Pigeon Mountain. about half a mile from
RiEggold 1t was important to dislodee
them, but madness to attempt to do it with
out the assistance of artillery to cover the as
sault. - s's. .-v
But orders came from Gen. Geary for
Creighton's forcetestake that hill at once
Not man but held the attempt to be no
better than madness, yet no man hesitated.-
| Col. Creighton drew up his men in l:ne of
battle and made a speech characteristic of the
man.. Pointing up the hill with his sword
he said, Boys, we're ordered to go up that
hill. want you to walk right mp it,, With
that brief speech he waved his sword and led
his men up the steep ascent
Unmolested by artillery the enemy above
were able to pour down terrible fire of mus
kerry upon the advancing troops. TO mount
the crest of the hill exposed to snch muir
derous fre was impossible, and our men were
checked Creighton, seeing ravinelnear by,
ordered his men to right oblique into it, and
! then they commenced climbing up it.
At this moment the rebel ERE was Suspend
ed. and our men, thinking the enemy had re-
treated, gave ashoilt of exultation and rush
al LII
leading and cheering on his men. ..,,s,i
The exulfation of the brave fellows was
| but short lived They had reached half way
up when both sides of the ravine were lined
with leaping fire, and hail storm of bullets
rained down on that devoted band. They
did not faIter but pushed on more vigorously.
Lieut. Joseph CryIe, brave and noble OIL
Ger, loved by his men, fell shot through the
body. His men checked their advances and
| gathered round him. Said hesis' Boys, don't
mourn, for me, I'm happy now A few min
utes more and Ishall be gone.s.ts He lived
about fifteen minutes longer, but did not speak
again. s25zej
ASorrowfuily, but nerved anew to vengeance
| they again atten pted to climb the fatal steep.
/ But TIE air was thick with death winged
messengers, and it was in1possible to make
way against that terrible hail of bullets
Foot by foot the gallant and devoted band
strove to make their. way. Suddenly Gel.
Creighton, the brave, the noble. the idolized
leader of the veteran Seventh, fell. a rife
ball had passed through his left arm, crashing
the bone, and striking downwards into his left
side and comp pleteiy through his body. As
he fell be exclaimed, o my dear wife !yp---
Those were his last words He died = few
minutes after. fI srs38Ha
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to those in that ravins of carnage, the brave
! Lieut.. Col. Crane fell a, rebel bullet from
above entered his skull IN front. and he fell
dead instantly This was terrible blow to
| the gallant Seyent Il, whose idelized cemman-
ders had fallen and left them without aalead
er. Officers and men were refaliingon all sides.
The brave Adjutant Baxter had reached two
thirds of the ascent and fell within the gras p
Of the eneiny-in the extreme advance Of
the assaultiiag party. Dispirited By the fall
of their leaders, and unable to face,the he'll
they;slowly and .sullenly retirsd, bringing viii
them theshody of their lamented Colonel
The body. of Lieut.. Col. Crane was soon after
brought in, as were all the wounded but Adj
jutant Baxter. aassl ,essssss
i At the foot Of the hill the little remnant
& of the noble Seventh gathered around the re-
mains of their beles led leaders shcartsiek and
sorrowful. They had laid down priceless
sacrifice on the altar of their country. and the
sucrificessgas made m vair,. Ths career al
the fiss,tinp SevenfE., WIS ss1u,,. 1v,,v day
was done and it, sfari Rad sci in ;ts best bleod
Two hundred and twelve of that braves reoi-
naent had gone into battle. and only a hun.
4 dred and fourteen had come out of It unscath-
4 ed. Ninety ht--nearly one-haif--weic
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