New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-28
TuR COLORED TROOPsINC
TON HAkBOR.
Their Bravery Under ire at Fort Wagner
Scenes in the Bospitals.
Core,pondsnee Of The N. Y. Eyenins Post. :,
Pokl ROYAL, july "a. II

Correspondents Of The NJ T. Eysnias Poss- I'll, o, ,sx,
Fresh honors crown the colored troops. DO iany
had their character for bravery aud reliance 9een
established, that in tine recent sssAnlt upon fofs
Wagner The Fifty-fourth Massae hare''7 We alowea
to cad our veteran troops, nor CID my 10 thsA
honor be said refuse either tie LEAF or their sup
port. O., c. ~.
had by his solilerly and kind bearing toward mem
secured their confidence, Raising els stentoriaa
voice cried out " Is there q nan here wno thnks
himself unable to sleep In that fos Tonight lne
earth rang with the thunder OF iler MOI
Turning 10 the color bearer ne said =" Is there any
nan to take bis plscs If this brave eooI-oesref
should fail T. With hnms OF hands, shu ieapins.
aud almost yelling, all through the eushuA@sSs
ranks came the response, Yes! ies II
GEN. sTRoNG's TESTIMONY.
From Gen. Strong himself, as he 10y IN the hos
p.al four days after~ard, suffering rom ms ghAsy
V yund, learned that these men had " lad no sies2
for three nights 10 food since morning, ana hAa
r,srcbed several miles Under cover OF darkness
tey stormed tue fort, facing stream OF ire later
my D., till the ranks broken by shot and sheh
aud il al these severe tests, hen wouia nave 'i'0
even veteran troops, "they fully met NY -xfee'A'
tous' said the General, Tor many Of them were
killed. wounded or captured on the walls OF ths
fort so man broke I'll hred upon.
THE SUPPORT OF TIE COLokED REGIMENT
The ON Connecticut, who had honOred themselves
II jacksonville cooperating with eoiored troops,
an
ON err ying IA the hos ital conrm the testimony
oi Ger. Strong. The regiment went IN IOO stronss
and brought of only 800 sound men. or IL tcets,
only three came out Gnhdrt. The number Of Killed
| have not learned. About 2DO sre now lying IN
our hospitals Some who had prophesied that The
colored mau would not stand tire, but had hnaIly
welded ia MS favor, stil contended that shasIiy
wound- and sutieings, With slaughter anu death OF
comrades W. aid quash all their love OF freedom
and soldering, aud silence the boasts oil Their rehds.
WOUNDED COLORED SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL.
ON the second aud fourth days after tie nght l
nas.ed through nearly all the wards OF the hospital.
On the second day very large proportion Of tner
wounds had not been dressed aud OF course they
were very painful Some lay with shattered legs OF
arms. OF both; others with limbs amputaIed. heoei
bullets grape, shells and bayonets have uisae sSo
havoc Standing amidst large number, said:
Well bows this was not 3 part oil the FRO. anime,
Ma, il 20 'Oh YES indeed, We expected 10 take Al
tha, comes" said some. Others said, " IhAaK Uods
We went in 10 live or die. :, -,
II ont of il and home, how many would enlist
ays,n With Frightened faces snc some raising OF
even wounded arms or hands, all ssid, =" Oh yes,
ye,." Some sung out, On, never give !! ~, VA
its las, Rebel be dead. or the ast brother breaks
his chains" or, "f all our people get their fres-
dom, We can afford TO die.
Frank Myers from Ohio whose arm was badly
shattered by shell, said ooh, thank God 70
much for the privilege; went in TO live or die -
>, rlease" He stood night under the upnised
syvoid OF their brave Colonel Shaw the very top
of the parapet, Us he cried, rush on, rush on,
bows . ana then suddenly iel. quickly followed BY
Myers himself.
No man can PASS among these sufferers 40 patiens.
60 cheerful. hear them express~their desire for
sreedy recovery, first and only that they may tne
almost universal exprsssIonl TRY 1t over AGAIN
Also. their firm conviction thai they are soldiers fos
.J,,as 60 help on his Of freedom for al the OPP
pressed and not b. inspired with deepest sbhorrencs
Of Slavery aud anQueuohabe desire for the Freedom
Of their race have seen much TO admire III them
ns serysuts, laborers in the field; hs soldiers, ~
camp. on the battlefield, but never go much n AZ
the.e relations that is 20 truly manly rsroio an0
sphliue Ia exhibited In the furnace hres VI wAr.
NEGRO sYNPArHN.
The sympathy and kind attentions OF the coioEeo
neople are unmeasured. Yesterday Peter fron
rsn,ation seven miles distant, calling on Gen. Ssx.
Ian. said: General, l brot load Of corn from on,
people for de sogers in do hospital. oome gives Two
sars. some four and some more, as dey Dc aoe. MsY
IA moor wounded sogers have i! !" . Yes, yesi
thank them for It, said tho General. Men, "omen
and children, BY the hu0dred, have suiheu n'hts-
tering angels to their suffering benefsesors % me
baskets OF corn hgs, melons, pies, cakes, ke!tss @
co,r.s soup aud numbsrless other tokens OF syn
patty clearly evince.