The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-08-11


ment returned to Iluttouville, which
rac they aga n left wards the last Of
February for Beverly, where they en-.
cOmped and remained, drilliug, perform.
ing tho ordinary duties " camp picket,
&c, until the lst OF April when they
proceeded 10 Monterey vhc:c they hOd !
smart and victorious skirmsh with the /
cnemv. From Monterey they moved On
10 Mcdowell and were in the severe bat.
tie fought at that pace on the sth of
May, commencing at4 O'Clock. u, NJ,
and raging with varying Intensity till ~
o'clock al hight, the regiment losing 60 |
in killed and wounded.
The crest ofthc mountain being occa. !
pied by two rebel regiments, the 95'h
were selected to lead charge op the nc.
clivity, with ayiew of dslUlging them.
and which thew galant;y arcoinplis islIcd
before the supporting regiments had ap.
proachcd sufficiently near to engage In
the assault, The Union forces, OF 1000
all toll. having, by a sudden and furiou.
attack. rcpulscd the army of 25,OOO uu.
der Stoncwall Jackson. held ,hc position
for five hours, when, owing 10 the great
disparity OF Numbers, aud the tact that
the main object of thu my cmcpt had
been successfully accomplished, they fell
back under cover uf night. aud proceeded
to frauk,in, where they were attached TO
the command of Gen. Fremont, whom
they accompanied to Strasl,urgh by way
of Petcrsburgh, and thenec, up the She.
nandoth Valley in pursnit OF Jackson,
which ended with sanguinNry battle of
Cross Keys, on the Sth of yunr. In which
the 25th lost 40 in killcd aud wounded.
Returning to S ras urgh, they went into
camp ard NAMED, doing picket aud
guard duty, pntil the srd Of July, on
which they lctt and crossed the Hue
Ridge to SpcrryviIle, where they lay
till August, when Gen. Pope having Ia.
ken command ot the army, they marched
to the relief Of Gen. d inks ON the Rspi.
dan, uncr which. Gen. Pope having com.
mcnced his retreat the regiment was,
for IL days, constantly under fire from
the enemy on the opposite side of the
Rappunhannock river, along which they
were marching, meantime fighting the
battle of Frecman's Ford, the 25th aud
one piece Of artillery covering the 70
crossing ola brigade that bad been sent
Over the river to reconnJitcr the enemy =,
the regiment doing fearful ca cutiop
" th their Vincent, long range, z oz.
ball rifles, the enemy falling back from
the river bank Under their destructive
fire; thus checking their pursuit OF our
forces who were rc-fording the river.
The next battle In which this brave and
gallant regiment were engaged, was
that of Bull Run, on the 29th OF August,
in which they lost no less than ls killed,
~ wounded, aud 10 missing. making n
total of lO7. Having fallen back 10
Washington, the regiment moved, short.
ly thereafter, to Centervillc, and thence
to Falmouth opposite fredericksburg,
but one day too late to engage in the
battle at that place, though they had
moved and marched for that purpose
with the utmost celebrity.
The regiment topk up thrir quarters ut
Brooks Station, where they remained
until the terrible three days bottle of
llorsville, in which they were en-.
gagged throughout, sustaining the scrvcrc
loss Of l5i, officers and men, 10 being
killcd, 10 missing aud lOl wounded.
After the battle they returned 10
Brooks Station, where they remained
until ordered to join in pursuit of Lees
army, which they met at Get,ysburph
and fought throughout that terrific con.
fict of three days, 10 sing a3 killed, 1873
wounded, and ~ missing. Following
and skrmishing some distance with Lees
forces, they procee, Q ! 10 war nton juno
ton, and thence, to Alexandria, wherc
ihoy on,hart nd fnr Somih Carnlinn lnnd.
ing at Morris Island on the 10Th of Aug
ust, 1863, and were engaged in the labor.
ious and hazardous siege of Fort Wac.
ner, The 25th were selected as one Of
tho regiments to make the intended
night assault upon thnt stronghold, but
while waiting the order dash up its slop.
ing walls, and fall upon the foe within, il
was ascertaincd that the Fort was eva
cnatcd,
They remained upon Morris and Fol-
ly Islands, doing picket duty, and being
c instantly within range Of the enemy's
guns, which kept up d"sultory ire. uil-
til about the middle of January, 1864,
whcn almost the entire remnant of tho
regiment re enlisted rs veterans aud
went home, where they received be-
tween three and four hundred volunteer
recruits. On the 25th of March, they
arrived at Washington, and the 23rd OF
April, they oga'n embarked for South
Carolina, where they arrived on the goth
mud are at this time occupy ing a most
important and resppDs ible position along
the Seabrook or Skull Gre ek portion Of
Hilton Head Island,
Such is n brief sketch Of the organiza.
ton and subsequent military operations
Df the 25th OHIO Volunteers, which
must DO ranked as emphatically ono OF
The fighting regiments of the present
war, and which, besides the many hnrd.
Ought and bloody battles in which they
nave participated, ard which are inscri5-
I'd TO their honor upon their new and
beautiful banner, presented to them by
he Executive Of their honored State, In
rxchnngc for their old, faded, she rent
and bullet.picrced batlle.fag, hoye un.
endured oil those fatigues,
and suffering OF heat, Of
cold, aud of hunger that are the neces-
sorry and unavoidable incidents Of n sol.
tiers life,
A. a noble instance Of the patriotic
md self.sacridcing devotion Of these
,raye men to the cause Of their country
md the flag under which We're achieved
,ur liberties, IL should not be forgotten,
hat, although nearly half their original
have fallen upon the battle field
md they have seen death, and carnage,
md desolation in every form; although
he amount of compensation allowed
hem by the Government, is, in most in
stances, far less than that which they
night count as the reward OF their la
Dor at home; although the position of a
soldier in times Of actual warfare, must
of necessity, subject him to innumera-
Die sacrifices, hardships and dangers TO
G hich he ia m siranupr while emnlovad