Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-05-18
<orces Of I,ongstreet and HIN in their per u.s.

tent attempts to pierce our line.
Pen cannot convey an idea of the gallantry
which our trspm ezntbited m vesterdavis g ~
"a cement. Officers and men concur IN the
opinion that the Amusketry fire wes even
| heavier, except occasional intervals of Is or
20 minutes, than at the battle Of Antietam.
The rebels IN their character tic manner,
charging with demoniec yells, were each time
CALAMITY met, raRd-iR every assault but one
buried back beyond their original lines
AT p. m, the enemy massfng once more
charged upon the position along the Brock
road, which we had been forced to retire at
noon and with such overwh Ginning violence
that they penetrate ted our lines at the inter
section of the road mentioned and the pike
leading to Orange Courthouse, and planted
color on the work. For moment, the safety
Of the corps was in imminent danger; many
of or men, demoraiized, were hurrying down
the pike toward the rear, and the Rebels,
Yelling ike SO manv demons, seemed conf
dent of success.
At this critical juncture Col Carroll, whose
brigade had been sent for, came up on the
pike from tss-positien ons the right OF the
pike and facing his command into hne
charged the enemy, driving him back in
rout to the woods beyond the road. In his
dispatches TO Gen. Meade, Gen. Hancock ac-
credited COL. Carroll with saving his OWE
corps, and perhaps. the whole army from dis
aster. # #. o. @.
Maj. Gen. John SedgWiek.
The severest loss to our Potomac Army
since the movement commenced on Tuesday
of last week, IS the death of Major Gen. John
Sedgwiek, commander of the 9th Army
Corps. He fell on Monday, while gloriously
fighting at the head of his command. Gen
Sedgwick was born IN Connecticut, v e think
in 1915. He graduated at West Point in
1887, and was appointed I'd Lieutenant of the
I'd artillery. In 1889 he was promoted to a
lst Lieutenancy: brevetted Captain for gal
lantry at Contreras and Cherubusco, where he
had command of company. He was highly
distinguished for his conduct in the battles of
Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, and and at
tack on the San Cosme gate, where he was
again in command of his company, and for
his gallantry Ia these engagements was bre-
vetted Major. He was commissioned Cap
tain in 1s49, and in March, 1855, promoted to
be Major in the lst cavalry. On the 18th of
April, 1851, be was appointed Colonel of the
4th cavalry, and in August 3lst, Brigadier
General of volunteers. He was assigned to
Gen. Stones command on the upper Potomac,
when that officer was arrested in February,
1862, and during the Chickahominy campaign
he had division in Gen. Summers cd army
corps. He was commissioned Major Gen
eral of volunteers July 4, 1862.
At the battle OF Antietam Gen. Sedgwick
was seriously wounded and carried of the
field On his recovery in Dee, 1882. be was
assigned to the command of the 9th army
corps (Burnside's.) At the first battle of Fred
ericksburg, under Burnside, he commanded
the eth and bore most conspicuous and
gallant part in that unfortunate contest; and
at the battle at Charlottesville, under Hook
er, his gallantry and daring were even more
conspicuous than at Fredericksburg When
Gen. Grant took command of the Potomac
army, and changes were made in the various
corps, Gen. Sedgwiek was assignedito the 6th,
and was in command of it when he fell
Gen. Sedgwick was never married. \
plain, unassuming gentleman, a little above
the ordinary height, there was something
about the man that inspired confidence and
respect. A thorough soldier, proved in a
hundred battles, lie was beloved as every true
soldier is sure to be, by his men who have
seen his courage, and felt the impulse of his
calm and clear orders in dire emergencies
In his habits in camp he was as simple and
unostentatious as Gen. Grant. BE never
claimed or received privileges there above
those of a common soldier. His tent was al
ways on the extreme point ana in the crisis
of an engagement always in the hottest Of the
fight. Gen. Sedgwick was a brave soldier,
noble gentleman, a true-hearted patriot. an
honest man.