The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12
TIE VAGABOND ZERO.

ton Journal We eXsfact TIC Hollow
ing story Of brave boy. who's
heroic act was hardly surpassed dur
in the late war:
Among tile 'egim nts terribly
decimated at the second battle 4
Bull kun were those belonging 10
Sickiesis Brigade. HtId in ifesen e
during .thp fierce c,fnage ofllie carp
err part d. !he day, they bad only seer
she batialions Of stretcher bearers and
mains Of ambulances loaded wish
their g gaming burdens. Late in tie
at'ier. con came the order to goto the
mont. The drum corps, contrary 70
custom, accompanied the brigade lG'o
The line OF fire. Army drunmer~
were generally tt, lowest of.low, but
Tommy Gowan was Nor hyAto be
branded as the ''Wickedvsc boy j..
New York Under twelve years
old, he was yet plunged to Tie eyes
in eycrggposslbe vice. No genie
prophecy asasyerstn lie than that he
would YET dance III the air al rope,
end. i street Arab with all ihr
most hideous defects otsclan, even tbs
1enaeruess ,hat soldiers generally
fell tor rhe boy,sh,pets of th8sdrrp
corp, extended NOT to him Fs
lAe order was given TO disfodgt
lie ene'ny holding y section OF dense
woods AMI underbrush. The posi-
tlon was very strong am obatrucsed
~ all The contrivences of the engine
er Three times the brigade charg,
up 10 the jaws Of the cannon, and
each time was rolled back ike paper
shoyeled ooin tho fire. Again the
officers marshaIed them into the line
OF attack. "A deadly Storm from tbs /
yawnmg hell Of artillery again Il torr
through the bleeding, broken ranks.
The last Of the colored guard, tile FIT b
man who approached the fatal banner
with an hour, went down, sto'
thro ugh the heart. 1t was critical
mou eot. 1heotficers could hordl |
N ke lhemselvt s,hrard III ! he holrib
Din. The line wayered and shook,
IS = wild, irrsp.essibls panic ,ho
through t hearts thrice charged OIL
hose appalling weeds with such
avish waste Of life.
At this moment the drummer -doy |
aowan rushed forward, sliced the
llshonoled colora from tue eartI', and,
-ac.ng The regiment. backed toward
he enemy for several rods. The
Zero heart, under all the foal rag.
md tatters that had swathed aid
buried il out OF sight. burst through
Is bonds under the inspiration Of that
terrible moment. The gutter ssipe
that had grown like a toad-stool OH
'i The siuus Of the Five points, Wa,
sranshgurd inio the semb ance ota
young denl-god. with the light OF
heaven End martydom shining on HI
5loW. Shfiily be shrieked, as h.
waved he ponderous colors over biz
head, ''l'ie Shame on yes. %5'> es!.
would yes desert the ould hag?" and
the next moment tumbled in lifeless
heap, literally torn in two by "a shell.
! he Irish regiment gave one Yfcannc
yell OF wrath tAat stllled the Sattiing |
and swept on wi b the
impetus Of an avalanche. Nothing
human could endure before thai
frenzed onset, ard in q moment the |
Co'tederates were hurled back in ROM
and emf sion FFes1 4
The lame OF y ung Gowan is carved
In no marble tablet, stampsd on 10
m d. Of honor, and was mentioned
by enc paper Yet. in the memory
of all who Witnessed that transcend
en- outborst Of The divine and heroic
thro' gh d corrupt and callous crust
il sends burning thrill through vi ]
abe nerves al The recurring thought
Vir'cr Hugo Cculd put i'll Che on1b
Of Cambroppe Tie foulest OF. words 10
express his boundless despair and
rage whepsorde.sd to surrender the
shattered fragment of the "Old
Guard" III Waterloo: he could make
Gav-oche die at the barricade, OF
Paris with a gay laugh..quivering on
his shrunken lips. But he never
conceived anything more suprsmely
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