The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-08

next act of the drama :. II will:be either the
sutfocation Of our army or the seizure OF our
communications when least expected"
kearney was in the lattle Of Peach Orchard
When Mcclellan crossed his whole army to
the west Of the Chickahominy Kearncy
fought at Savages station and at Frazicr's
farm, otherwise called Glendale or New
market Cross Roads. His men assisted to
produce the great panic In the rebel army.
1t Is said that in this battle Kearney got into
the midst Of the rebels, who thought he was
one o! their generals, and a stalwart rebel
asked him what 10 do now. "Do just what
havo always directed you to do in such
casc," said kearney. riding quietly away,
During the fighting he often held his bride in
bis teeth and the sword in tho other hand,
aEd II Is said that he used his sword, too. He
Tough: In the battle Of White Oak Swamp
aud at Malvern Hills
II Il said that Kearney invented the corps
badges in the Army of the Potomac.
The battle of Chantilly which was fought
70 keep the rebels from getting hetween the
army and Washington began at five O'Clock
IA the evening, the Federals taking the oiTen-
sivc and losing Gen. Stevens, who was shot
ia the head 10y mimic ball while waving the
ro'orS Of one of his regiments. His troops
giving way, kenrney sent in ouc of his brig.
AIDES, brought up n battery behind II, and
then seeing place On Barney, right uniillo!
10y troops, he rode on the spot To rcconn0iter,
and was there shot dead. IL is sail hc was
shot through the back while wheeling his
horse around Ia cheer on his men. At tha
time of the battle 1t was raining hard AMI The
sky was very gloomy.
us successor was David B. Uirncy, wha
was also kilicd two years later saying:
Boys, keep your eyes on that nag,
At the moment Kearncy was killed stan
ton was writing Mcclellan a letter urging
Mcclellan TO give kearney the command Of
a corps. His soldiers thought that kearney
had boen taken prisoner till his body, on
September 4. was sent To the Union lines ri
fled Of private valuables, but his horse, sal
die and sword were returned. IL Is said that
Gen Lee sent in the body. Gen, Hooker re-
ceived the body cheertully. On the 9th of
;ieDtemb"r the body lay in state at his rrsi-
deuce opposite Newark and there was great
procession, and the ltody was taken to Trim
it, church and deposited in the family tomb
ia the city Of New York. Gen. I,irney SAYS
that the last words kcarney said TO him was
Just after his horse SHE'D in leaping "A ditch:
Glow diS,grceabe il is that a horse should
behavo this way In battle
kearney was on black horse anl covered
with an India rubber cloak. IL was late in
the evening. dark with clouds, the drilling
rain anl the shade OF the woods He deter
mined to see for himself il such danger ex.
istel asa gap in the lines. Suddenly he
camo upon Georgia regiment, aud seeing
danger, shouted Don't fire, am n friend"
but instantly wheoled his horse around aud
lying fat upon the horse had escaped n good
many bullets when ono struck hin, at the
bottom OF the spine and ranging upward
killed him almost instantly. He was entirely
alone when he was killed aud nm officer call
ed ont to him that the troops bad been with
drawn where he was riding to, but he did not
hear
General Kcarney to some looked like lit.
tie built person, but he weighed l6O pounds,
and was five feet ten inches high. He could
have winning address, though to some he
was naughty he could be agreeable always
and at times brilliant He had lost his son n
few months before his death aud this had
made him melancholy. Ii is rather remark
able that the only biography that has been
written OF Kearney should not say word
about his domestic life, his wives or his chill
dren The state Of New Jersey had stntue
of him made to be presented to the capitol at
Washington, but after the war considerable
was said about kearney's had private and
domestic example. and the statue at times
was exhibited at Trenton, in tlie state house,
aud think has since been set up in some
public square in Newark.