The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-29

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: II affords
me pleasure TO add my testimony to that OF your
Neagher Irish Brigade ~ the battle Of
We CHANGED to be on opposing stss Of the contest
but he will not trust reject that account the svi.
denct ~ one Who though then enemy. 10 glad to
cal! himself . brother soldier.
Ny regiment the Twelfth virginia Gen Ashonss di.
vtion. had recommended the enemy nearly all day and
nsht on Dec. ". under command Of Nsjor Field and
myself as acting Adutant II came thus about that
the succeeding day We were with the ressrvss the
left OF our lire ami were Permitted 10 do little than
observe the battle
elevated position enabled Us to hear and before
the cose OF the battle to all that tanspred On the
evening OF Dec. IL ~e iwere made aware by snhu-
sns'e cheering in the city below. that something
o s.s OF cor Us :s fss
ON ,'e .ven,.u day Of b-s, l3 thoush The uist. q
mSvsnsn., ne Fsasra camps. yst from e word. ..
Ssqd. learned 'sat X" rns'ny had been a.r.halsi
AZ l.,, h, 10. lifted. left. in from, OF our
'ff. .'rads si ana :sa f .a
ya,es Of The nuscsns srm,, Nes1h.r'. Irish troops
The E"s Spsnra Win .rtry y ais .d ' our .,, was
Sa. ,na IS The . H sss
inrnlins Interest the r..ola'e attack upon Na'yxs
boars h @ va: often renewed and as often
@d "a on" Of G,.r
Tie wave. Of me ocean mon roektound coa,t, and
aa he ot 70 or
A-sn To advance and again 10 he driven back.
This power Of raNng IN the face 81 defeat struck
a. All admirable evidence Of superior discipline. Lack
OF i',t ~a,"ur weak point The southern soldier
hGent in his Individual courage waa disposed
qurnrr va. always more difficult 10 rally the S"u;.
era than the Sosthern s'laiers speak from sxpe
rI-Nc- covering the entire war.
lhe Nhor Of me irish troops particularly
me, sud was theme ~ Ren-rs. sini-atton. have
n'-utnn 10 t!-pArsye my fellow couutrym,n-sa.t o.
a. the Nasachu-xus Ta-nty.nr.t-but but As matter
o. historic lu.tcr am np~rd to assert upon th- .v.
deuce ot VIII myself witnessed and upon The concur
REM testimony OF our hurSl psrtvs thSt the Irhurn
OF Gen SeS2hsr's command were more bernstein, III
attack anu Approached nearer TO our battle Lines than
any other " me a-sauing forces.
scores OF them were slam Alnost AZ the top Of the
h-iR1ts and the slopes covered thick with group.
of their kli.vd and wounded thIcx that III ,ey.r
ihstancrs the Ges, gs,d brras,w for ins
Protection of the hytng In one cd vel house
forty dead bodies
In uss trn.ng incidents SON et!rnes lead 70 moment,
Gus resu!ts Ia the crisis Of the sttack T-Ss, g-g
rTr bega 10 EXHIBIT that uneasin.ss which usually IRE
csirs CONCENTRATION when r0os or lie onzing
OF their hulnter n-N upon low wal IA trout u them
and spping rs ~'ns, uttered what seemed q shril
note of i-rauce. The effect was si-ctrcal The r.gt
m~u reformed its me AMI for the i-m.ndcy Of ih-
IL 10 the -nemy.
Happily thes- scenes Of carnage are over. passed
through Them all from nrst to .ast under the cOrAri
Of Robert l., Lee; and while rvcsi! with s.mirar0n
the vaurn coura1v 81 the dear II The war
rs-- my hat IN r,spvcifu salate To those Ir.h ana
many harsnrlds WILLIAM w. TxfLkIkf
March Is.