Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-11-19

fronted by deep bitches, and protected by an
abattis. Yet on went our brave fellows,
cheering amidst the death rattle of their
. comrade and the encouraging hurrah, or bravo
boys, of their commanding officers, every
one of whom endeared himself to the men
of the 10th. Most noble and periodically
amongst them stood Capt. Patrick Bennett,
who to the moment of his death, shouted,
4" give it to them, boysn as be led waving
his hat high above ishead. have always
, doubted the manhood of large men, but our
Adjutant, Chapman A. Holley, feet 8 IN
ches, lowered on to the enemies breastworks,
every inch a man; and so died the burly, butl
noble hearted Lieut.. Wright, but sir, natsa'
man nor officer faltered till the very air
seemed tosbe turnedNfrom its course by rebel
bullets, then we lay down and Rugged sfhe
earth close, fighting as best we could for
three long hours, vainly looking for rein
forcements. - -
About p. M, Colz Fairchilds, acting Gen
| eral in charge of our brigade, composed of
the l4Sth and seth New York and the 10th
Wisconsin, gave orders to retreat but alas,
it was too late, many rose to their feet but to
fall dead or wounded, others seeing they
could fight on their face and hands, but never
retreat, with any show of life, continued
the battle till we fell back, while the rebels
advanced and took those who remained ,pris-
oners. $50 %a
Capt. Martin scherff, Co. F, Capt d. Went
worth, Co. K, and Adjt. G. Holey, are all
prisoners at Libby Prison, Richmond From
Col. Strong we only know he was wounded
through the knee and left on the field. He
asked some men and. an officer to helpeshim
off, all of-whom, for some patriotic reason,
declined retarding their own progress in such
Undertaking HNS
Lieut.. Lowery went in like man at the
,shead of his division, and was last seen on
the hill close. to the forti6cations.s SGT
~ Capt Spain WAS the commander OF fhe
Division led in by Lowery Companies ID, and
C,) but the General this day detailed him as
Brigade officer of the Day, whose duty it
then became to see that every man and Off
Ger remained with his regiment and did his
duty on the field, ana faithfully did he per-
form his duty, - -.
The men in past times often accused their
officers of eowardice, and Spain knew it, and
on the field: twice we came near having "a
panic. Acting General Fairchild, his IAssis-
stant Adjutant General Capt Pullman 0fthe
10th, and the rest of his staff, assisted by
Capt! Spai1o aud Col. Murry,of the 14sth
"DivisiOn officer of the Day." in vain tried
10 rally the men ny prayers anu buICoeS, anu
impeding their way, when Spain Shifted his
place from the front of the men to their rear,
thus getting between them and the rebel
fire. He then yelled "now boosters run and
leave your officers, here we stand between
you and your enemy" Whereupon the 10Th
said "no never, vel stand by you" andagain
we formed a line. Again the line was broken
and could not be formed. Capt Spain was
ithen the only officer of the 18th with US, and
he being a Captain was on the left of the 9th
or two Regiments The line should be started
on the right, but neither the l4Sth nor the
seth being able to start the line, Capt. Spain
then jumped to the front, and says to the
10th Wisconsin, forward and right oblique to
the right, till we show our neighbors from
New York how to form line under an enc
mics fire." and we did so. We then mustered
Is men and Sergeants and the Captain
An officer then jumped to the front of the
swaying mass, composed of the remnants of
the l4Sth and S9th and yelled New York
dare do what Wisconsin cam" and again our
line was formed, and here we remained till
the 9th Vermont was ordered to our front.
Our whole brigade at this time would number
perhaps, so men,.
On our first attempt to stop the stampede,
one of the Generals Aids, a Captain of the
I'd Pennsylvania, had his ear split open with
musket ball. l%alfs- -
After night, Major Vaughn got off the field
and assumed COMMAND of the Regiment, and
behaved throughout most nobly.
LIST. Serg't. Howard of Co. |, was wounded
in four places, and when his son, a private
in the same compagS was helping him off the
field, he got his scalp cut with a ball, that
covered his headtand face with blood, but
did no serious harm; the young fellow march
ed boldly off, and conveyed his parent clear
off the feldland to the hospital, where they
both remained.
The names of the Is men ands5 Sergeants
who formed and took the right of the Brig
'ade are lYs~S - 80 ETv .sss q. -
Co. A-1st Serg't. G. A. Chandler, E. A.
Burton, VIM. SHETLAND, James Curtis, VIM
Pitt and John Wearing. t-.r a-rrq
Co. D--Corp. Michael Kane, G.. w, Norris
and Thomas Brand.
Co. E-Joshua Davis and George Chaffee.
$50. G-Serg't VIM. A. Hollenbeck, S. A.
'Lamphear and Cyrus Kidder. J5aGE fttE /.
Co. Hist Serg't. T. Cherroin.
Co. list Serg't VIM. Taylor and his son
A. Taylor, ID. t. Waters and James Smith. /
We lost our colors. and charge it to those
who ordered us to charge and do an impossi-
bility for our numbers. There were some 20
more of the boys conveying the wounded to
the hospital rt}M = Ee.sH gE K \