Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-11-01
RUTHERFORD .. HAYES.
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bslliea-Hew Gsverner Hayes
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In the old Hayes regiment thus writes
mn his personal rscollections Of the war
n. .o.,.,io. ~ an. Tus,,x.,hir
p.~;m.nt m Ohio veteran yoluntser.-
sssaLa ,..iu.n, ~ U.xe.-b.IJ N. an.
.ss,nis. To- ,s-s =, ci.vsi.nJ Ohio
:. : iI.h ni,ima Ths Ia, cho..n wa,
N. thirtesn,h snniy.r,ary Of the r%loriou.
Sattls Of South Mountain battle where
\. ~. gallant ola regimen, los, within
..vsr men Of half The entire number re-
no,,ed for duty ON the morning of the
ks,,Is
IN mi. ,hs iotl day Of October. isTG,
s.ni,sr..rv OF another graf haiti. Of
s;s,..s IN .hieh' ,oas m. s.simcnt bore
- L...,Ia 80, ,ha h.,,i, ~ cs,l,y
Cr..h' thst famou. feli. 10 reach which
a. am. ~ cav, ths Law The Gallant Phil.
anssISsn ,o.ls :. sb.rii.n'- Eido"-I in
.,riga mxsslf In .omo rsmiui.cenc.s Of tho
.ss i'm. ~ m. rar.
rur ONO RraINESrs.
Nh. rv.nty.thirI Ohio Infantry was in
49, sron, m. Early Summer Of 1861
I,,rmn Of \ I'm 10 July. isGt.
-. .imo-, eontipuousl, the companion
49, .o-n,htsy will another Ohio r.gi.
s.Ss nolnaxn a. fame-tb, Twelfh =.
sN.sS. - ,ha snI ~ ,br,e wear, cam.
psiepinx aud fighting. tho ranks OF those
Two veteran regiments had been thinned
bv the storms Of battle and the inNasions
Of slow-destroying disease, they we're CON
solidated into one. aud nienceforth
marched and fought under the same ban
nsr. and were in Tho end together
stne-o
pslliou. - r-..x ,hf,t com-
ms.csa writing their battle recorl at
ussrlv the same time, early In ls6l, and
ever after. during the first three year.
Of The var, fought ON nearly tho same
f1sld.-
The Twelfth had its baptism u IRE as
ssrly A July II, 1861. ten days after Gen
srAiJ. d. Cox's column invaded the state
nv vsy Of the kAnawha valley. and moved
on ths works Of that crazy old hre-eaier.
Henry A. wiss. The experience of the
REGIMENT ON that occasion has not been
forgotten by its survivors.
The Tventy-third went into service with
w. X. Rosecrans ~ Colonel, stanley
Matthew'S A. Lieutenant Colonel. and u.
II. HAYES a. Major. I,osecrans was after
ward suecesJed In the command Of the
regiment by Colonel ssammon, and Scam
A08 w Nhayts.
Clarksburg. West virginia ON The z'th
Of July, 1861. and spent the remainder OF
ths year In arauous campaigning under
General Rosecrans, upon whose stan Ma
Ior Hsyes served for q time as Judge Adj
yocste'
Az Carsifsl ferry. in tho alpine wilds Of
mountain Virginia. on the 10th Of septem-
her. 1861, aide by side the two regiment.
confronted the intrenehed battalions Of
the enemy under Floyd. and with the aid
Of other troops forced them Out oi thelr
strong works and across Tue rushing usu-
Icy. i rsmsmber Is u wei. !.s'eiuAsy
hev General kosscrsns- oii .ossy,,
~ the men fAmlliariy called touo
along the lines before the troops went MO
setieu and spoke words VI encouragement
70 the soldiers.
".when We 20 in" said he sonorousiy,
.. Ne 70 In TO vim Aud W. did l'ose.
crAns would have bAggsd the whole OF
thsm there. but Floyd, true ~ his in
stincts, stole away ia the night. The
Twelfth was then In the brigade of that
grim old engineer and hard fighter. Ben
ham, aud the Twenty-,hird In that OF
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