Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-11-01

the Twelfth and T~wenty-third found hem
selves once more side by side. The whole
KAnawha Division WAS there. with the Ad-
vance OF Furnishes Ninth Corps. TO which
the division was temporarily attached.
The work Of storming the nights to the
left Of the pike was assigned TO General
Cox's kenaway troops," a. the gallant old
Burnside called them. and was done-and
magnincently done-in the forenoon.
The Twenty-third. under Hayes, was
among the iirst infantry engaged. The
action was closs and hot. In the course
Of a very few minutes. 100 men and OIL
GERS Of the regiment were wounded and Is
killed : and before the battle closed IL had.
a. before stated. left very nearly one-haf
" its numbers. either on the bloody slope
which was first carried or In the tangled
laurel thieket through which the line
charged. with hoarse yells Of defiance,
la.sr In the day. I remember only too
well the long row VI slain which l saw.
after the battle. ~marshaled In eloquent
silence ON the summit Of the ridge" dead
On the field Of honor"
II va. Ina this action that Colonel Hayes
had his sword arm shattered by 4 ball from
the enemy. aud lay upon tho field. behind
the line. disabled by the severity OF his
wound. but subsequently. "mistaking .
flank movement for = retreat. he hurried
again 10 the line Of battle, and in spite OF
his wound exerted himself In rallyins and
encouraging his men until carried 10 the
rear. overcome with pain and exhaustion.
General Cox. In his report. made special
mention of the gallantry Of Colonel
Hayes"
Tho Twelfth. in which regiment I then
was. also charged In the front line At the
same time as tho T~wsnty.third. and rout-
ing by one irresistible onset the enemy in
its front from the stone wall behind which
he was posted. suffered much less loss In
the charge than did the Twenty-third.
la front of our right wing part Of tho
Ohio battery Of Mcmillan was pushed up
the grassy slope. under partial cover Of
the hill, TO within pistol shot VI the rebel
line concealed behind the stone wall.
When the brave artillerists uncovered
themselves by appearing upon the crown
81 the hill, a CALLING muskstry fire was
opened upon them at short range ; and
here fell Lieutenant Croome and several
men. Before that blooly's WORK was done
the roll Of the Twslfth's killed and wound.
ci wa. sally l~engthsoei.
A notable coincidence of the charge In
the morning was that tho Twelfth Ohio
met the Twelfth North Carolina. and the
Twenty-third Ohio met the Twenty-third
North Carolina. The battle was Que of
the severest la which these regiments ever
participated. and no more glorious victory
ever crowned our ans. After the last
stronghold % tho enemy, the secoud line
Of ston. walls, ON tho further side 81 the
laurel thickst' had been carried, and the
day Won ascehe oecutreu III one oi tns
little woody openings Just bsyond the
summit OF the ridge which nobody who
witnessed u has forgotten. IL WAS tho
meeting oil The division, brigade and sew
eral " the rcgimeatal commanders.
There was Cox. the courtly gentleman and
determined leader I; Crook. silent. skillful
and crafty. with the eye Of an eagle aud
the WAYS % all Indian Scammon. the
mcrcurial martinez. but splendid soldier /;
White, Of the Twelfth. brave - n lion and
gentle an a woman, with tho honors Of
Mexico upon him ; Coleman. Of the
Eleventh. who foil three days later al the
briJr. az An,ietam sometimes not inap.
nropriately calloi the bridge Of I.oIil;
Uush Ewing, burly AMI blum: Hines and
o,hsr.. These commanders, in the pres.
az tbo troops, greeted and couerst-
ulaieL each other in the flnt flush Of the
magnificent victory won. They came near
embracing all around, and would have
been par,loncd had they dome 80. II was
a glorious victory. l saw IL all.
After there was a iisrce night assault BY
a Confederate corps (Huls. l believed, In
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