Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-17

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wife still live. and although nineteen years
have passed. he still lamrnlS the loss of his
earthly store. Every building and tlrr looks
now as it did then. and the sam" well of water
again uliruclird the wayfaGrr thirst. During
the night of the 1nd the brigade WAS moved
forward to the dirt road, "n the slope front ll%
Cemetery Ridge. and was joined l'y Orr'S Reg
imrnt bat w;lS not engaged in the great battle
of the :ild.
The pirLrts were driven in ut one time, and
the Fourteenth ordered forward To restore the
line. which WAS quickly done. But 1t drew Il
heavy fire from the heights in front, liItllrtlng
some loss in which both the field officers were
wounded The wounds of Major Croft were
severe. and his valuable services lost to his
regiment for more than Il year. Then return
ing with IN unhcalrd wound in the side and
his arm in Il sling. he continued at his post
until the close of the war.
KILLED IN ACTION.
As before stated our losses We're immense.
But the greatest individual loss to the brigade
was that of Can't William T. Haskell. of the
First REGIMENT. commanding the Battalion of
Shar,,sllootcrs. He was killed in front of Gem
clerv Ridge on the second day, and the gravl-
" of his loss can scarcely he estimated. 1T
was only known to those who knew him best.
Gen. prltlrr also fell mortally wounded on the
second day while accommodating. and olr AZ
my lost in him another of our great generals.
And then the long list of line officers who
fell. leaving whole companies without COM
missionrd officer. Among them the First
Regiment, besides Capt. Haskell, killed Lieut..
A. W. Pngur wounded. Capt. j. :. McAlallnlI,
Lirllts. J. Cox. .J;llnrS Armstrong, VI. NJ.
Murray, }. +. J. Caldwell.
Twelfth Regiment Killed. Capt. }. Hun
micut. Woundrl. Capt. }. NJ. Moody, I'lrutS'
J. \. Watson. NJ. L. Sharpe, \. W. Black. W.
= Stovrr. J. NJ. JrnklnS. il: i" summons.
Thirteenth RrElnrht-hll!ci' 'alI. N'"-
mcr, LIrlltS. Men men ahulrl'ScE. M"''.l",u'
Capt. DcWhrrry. l.l'niS. l,ritH'I' Ill., ~ W.
Bowers, John l)ahnry, j. T.: balkS' ~,
Fourteenth ErgimrlIt--h hIliru' i'''.'S; 'In'- ~,
nry Carter and \. AUSTIN; N"','inr!, A"jH- ~
tlmt W. J. Ready CAlllS. ii. l.. "rl'l'th' W.
NJ. Jordan and &C.. W. .nilrr'Snh i,t"'S'
Robert H. Watson. john VI. DELL II. >. h"acn'
William H. BrullS"l, J T. .'ni.lli' y. '!"'
dam, W. Il. White. D. II. llllahH, =. \"S-
burn, james i. Sloan ana Jesse ""lil.
And the hundreds Of brave men, most ol
them young. and on the lhlrSlI"itl OF me:
whose names We're not rrc"rdcd III the olllcIaI
reports of the battle. But they still I'VE III
memories I" 'ie ,'Nc'' "icn Il. t,u
afterwards t'ieii p"'Ies WHY l',''',' ; !" i''I
el'll cemeteries DS l'atllullC I'LL" "'!'S ''.'','
Here let them rest until the morning ol tht
,rrurrH rrSllrrrct ion
l., tLn ,ftcrr,nu nr tl,r Ri fine GREAT world
.i i'' .'' i' ','I,'. r.',r, r..,n ~, ,he from
nrn.,,.I .,nd rork -h,und hrirhts in front. re-
,lt;n,r j.; I;.,.tnr and thrn fine star of tl,.
SnuiLrru Cnurrdrr;,cv bwan first to willlr
nt ,,,,, ro,r;,no,t.l commanders in this cam
r.,iru Cnl ! T. miller Of the Twelfth. WIS
;illrd ot fine Wilderness, Nav ). 1864 Col.
b r. Brockman. at S,mltsylvania. May t..
lS,il: Maiol W. VI. IIadon. of Orr'S Rifles.
at Drpu Bottom. july IS 1864. and Col. (.
" lIcf,rr,rv nr tl,r First at (iravrlly Run.
N,rrL II lS,;5 II WAS ,listrrssinglv sad that
III N,('rp,rv after So lour and brilliant
,,,,,;,n .LnmII fail in almost fine last battle.
nvn, nc tLr fulri. Of fine. Confederate puwc!
wns tnttcrinr and being broken to pieces and
thn last blow lrinp struck. The smile that
lw,y. If nm his u),.,s,nt face pHlcd in death
m,,r thn enrmv OF these and the long lSl
whn Stood sLnuldrr TO shoulder with us at
C;r1tyslurr and who fell ON these and Other
lr,ttiirIdS and thos, who have survived the
,nJ and rln,iuu scene at Appumattox-a bri-
r,d. which the writer as senior colonel at
in,.s had fine honor to colnmand-hc would
s,v will, rrrl,nr akin to Scotlanl's bard.
,. ,h, h,;d.
-, ne ni','eSf'"ll, i'l"H ~; ,..,rnnn
IL
,r,,., "n hi, hrnI an hour has been;
Thr umtIIrr NAV forget the child
That smiles sac swrrlly at her knee,
But I'll remember lher, "l'h'a'f".
The promotion uI Gen. Perrin ANA MS uralli
has already been stated llr w'S l''''''If. ill.,
III "a,,1i' @ ,';r, 'n.rIItnr of col p, NJ.
n,,I'nP hr ,'o p,r,unttm Hrri,nrnt urrccd,i
I;n, .ln,, tirn tn The rr:ivr and two chill
r,', ir,,, u,,.i,.,L tIum lie wns fine last colonel
Wv, w., " n " ,hn Enurtrrnth Hrpimrnt. He
n.a, ,.,,t ,ir nr Cum,,uv v..D " from EdrrlirM.
# thr nr~;,,,izatiuu in lSGl. The former col
',,I. ,v,.,. I;.,I n,,;rrrs ,t fine urrauiZntiun--
Cn 1,mn. Inu.s in fine ,1u,up Of instruction.
.,nI t,''i. s.n,,,.I Nrt;owau and ". -. Silnp-
"r' ,rl,,,' So ,ftrn lrl if to I,attlr, The First
l'r,.,,.J ,f IFS N,y,yi;rrm 4 ualnc So inSr)nr-
.I,I,. ,.,,,,,,rrt,L win !, uuIthr Brjra,c. Orr's
n;,I.s h.L its Col lanes l.. Orr i'm the camp
nf ;rs,w,r, inn and / Foster Marshall. u. \.
! I olI.t,,.r wl,n had fallen in battle at Second
! T,m.,ss.s Thr Twelfth with Col. Il. G.. NJ.
In,,,,,nt nr Lnnur,ll,. service before. who
v.,s srr,.rIrd hy 1hr pllluu1 Col. Dixon Barnes
who distinguished himself and regiment on
m,nv fields and SO much at second MamlSs;lS
and who fell at Slr,rrsblrg regretted by all
! Col q +. Edwards of tine Thirteenth. $"
/ brave and 50 efficient in I'LL departments Of
,lr service and especially in battle has already
been mentioned. Tlrs, officers left with their
rrrjmrntS the impress of their own gallant
spjli,S. which was preserved umimpiircd on
MANY lrltllplirl,ls. and un One IF which they
( submit was never rNcrllrh.
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