The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-09-01
WITH SHERIDAN.
Through seven Engagements In the
Shenandoah.

All - ~ y
Shenandoah.
Hartford Post.
nIt was at Winchester, F" remarked an
Nold soldier in a thoughtful SORT OF way az
be recalled Phil Sheridan's valley cam
/ haion in '64, "that Commander Fay won
Sis shoulder straps. And when / heard
IF Fay's promotion in Nathaniel LyoGS,
post" he continued, cit made ~ neart
glad, The old Hartford post never had
D drawer man in it, nor n more willing
b shoulder his full share of the hard
ships Of war. He enlisted in the ranks
Of a New York artillery command, the
old Fifth, / believe, under Major Urban
now Colonel of the Thirteenth Brook
lyn, and was advanced step by step until
he won a Lieutenant's commission, sent
. to him by New York's war Governor,
y Fenton."
"How did il happen2" inquired q
group of veterans surrounding the
Spokesman.
"Well, you see," he commenced,
4'Fay has been doing good service, and
bad received q number Of recognltlons
rom his superior officers. at Winches-
Ter his command was pushed into the
thickest CT the fight. He had been APP
pointed color bearer of the Second bat
& tallion, and was carrying the flag. The
iercer the contest RACED the more reso-
lutely Fay kept the color q place. the
very sight of it che-aed forward the
men to- deeds of hereism and daring.
Four meI yers of the guard with Fay
were shot dead in their tracks. 1t re-
cgired a heart of steel 10 stand by the
M Golors, the list of dead and dying in
II creased every momeut. The danger
llhad not escaped Maj. Urban's eye, and
lwhen the engagement was through with
he rewarded his color bearer with the
III well-earned insignia of rank"
"By the way" added once of the yeter-
ans in the company, Lieut.. Fay must
have borne a kind of charmed life.
Rebel shot and shell never touched
him. The battles of Harpers Ferry,
Halltown, Berryeille, Winchester, Fish
err Hill and the couple Of engagements
at Cedar creek all occurred between the
Fourth of July and the Goth of October
in '64. In the last of these struggles
Fay was captured with the most of his
command and was removed 30 Libby
prison. Then he escaped being sent to
Andersonville through the Intervention
of q lady, whem he had befriended
while in the Union lines. The Confed-
erates wanted to send him away, but
the lady's intercess ion finally prevailed,
and he was retained there until his pa
role. The battle of Winchester occur
red September 10, but wing to his in
generation the COMMISSION from Gov.
Fenton did not reach him until early in
the spring of go. He
never makes parade of
the honor, and it isn't probable that half
a dozen men knew Of his achievements
when he was elected commander Of the
Nathaniel Lyon post. / have known Of
men to be shot within a foot ofa com-
7 rade, but / never knew of four being
shot by g color-bearer's side and him
self escape without a scratch of any
kind. Yes, Fay was a marble cutter
down in New York when he enlisted.
When the war was closed he returned
to his old occupation. and represented
the firm of Fourshear & Co. in which
James G. Patterson was a partner, at
the Centennial. There he sold a mantel
to ar agent of Emperor William of Ger
many for So, 800. He has been In Hart
lord for several years back, and has a
1rst class marble yard and works on
keCreaG venus liz NG5 q -e-tcss -ahe
gallant soldier in the war, and toyed
with danger as one would with 2 play.
thing"