The National tribune., 1885-10-01

Gregg, with two Rhetts and others having
fallen under aud around it in the first battle in
which it was unfurled "-(Ganes's Mills.
As to the rumor of the " Red Devils being
supplied with whisky and gunpowder before
the charge at GaineSs Mills there is no truth
in it whatever. Whisky was scarce and only
for officers. 1t was bad for privates; they
fought in cold blood in orr regiment am
glad TO see the good feeling entertained by
your correspondent, and can truthfully say
that it is rcciproCated by the then young fight
ing sons of the North, who are now growing
old, that went to the front at the first uprising
from principle to shoot aud be shot at and did
not go with the lukewarm feeling of those
later on under the influence of large bOunties-
they 1COuld fgit.-ALFRED DAvESPoET, Serg't,
Co. G., 5th n. v. (Duryea Zouaves), Historian
OF the regiment
FROM ANOTHER 100000"
To THE EDITOR: In response to the letter Of
inquiry by Mr. John b. Mason, of Macon, Ga,
| believe | am correct in saying that the regi-
ment to which he referred was the 5th \. Y.
ZOuaves, commanded by Col afterwards Gen.
erul) Warren. l had a chance to see u number
of them carried on stretchers to the rear. and
the remarks were made that each wounded
ZOuave seemed To require Is many men to carry
him of as if he were as heavy man rs Daniel
Lambert. l stood close TO Gen. Warren when
Capt. HendriCksen cold Tommy") said to
Hill NOlOncIy WucES lS your reg iulcnGE L Hc
other replied by saying: l don't know where
six of them are this minute" He was then
mounted on a splendid gray charger, and dress
ed in q conspicuous uniform, and, although the
missiles were falling in showers in dangerous
proximity to him, he seemed as calm, composed
and unrutlled as Macaulay's phlegmatic hero,
William of Orange As for the whisky, know
nothing of that; but am certain that if its
issue was ordered, and Neal Dow to hold forth
against it, he WOald have As small an audience
as Dean Swift when he addressed his dearly
beloved Roger" l saw the 9th II. Y. at Bull
Run No. 2, when they were dreadfully cut up
owing II believed to blunder that had been
committed there, which, unfortunately, was
not the onl Y one. That disastrous failure was,
in the opinion of many, attributed TO the over
wecning General that planned the battle; for he
lie deemed himself superior to Jomini or Napo-
leon, and felt persuaded that if he had assumed
comm nd Of the fallen angels, that he would
have proved himself a more successful warrior
than Lucifer did. Should this note be seen by
Tom Flanagan, whom l carried on my back off
the battlefield of GaineS's Mill, L hope he will
communicate with me, and if he has crossed the
River Styx, must only patiently await an in
teryiew with him at the postnumOuS Reunion
IN the Valley of JchOsaphat.
1t may interest readers of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE to remind them that prior TO the war
Co. ID, 9th L. s. Inf, was commanded by Gen.
Carlin. an officer whose bravery aud literary
abilities entitle him to be designated the Ma
pier of the American war."-EDWARD BOYLE,
Co. ID, 9th U. S. Inf, Manchester, n. Ii.
MORE ABOUT THEM.
To THE EDITOR: For the information of
John L. Mason, the writer would state the
ZOuave regiment was the 5th n. Y, commonly
called Duryea's Zouave5." The Colonel was
Gouverneur X. Warren, who commanded the
hriul1o aud I.iput Col Hiram in 1f-
rect command of the regiment. The Zouaves
at the battle of Gaincs's Mills went into action
with 450 men. The casualties We're SO killed,
l40 wONndcd and three missing. As at the
second Bull Run the regiment was put in the
hottest place. At the latter battle out Of the
400 engaged, there were 113 killed, $50 wound
cd and missing, but the colors were saved.
Duryea's Zouaves were organized in New
York city by Col. Abram Duryea, of the 7tb
Militia, who desired to make regiment that
would beat the crack 9TH. He succeeded, and
the writer, after an officers experience in the
Regular and volunteer service, makes the as
5ertiOn that under the commands of Duryea,
Warren and Duryea, the Z0uayeS were the best
disciplined body OF uniformed men in the Army
of the Potomac and Valley of Virginia, and one
of the best drilled. Although numbered the
9TH, it was really the first two years regiment
Ill service, having been mustered into the State
service April %, 1861, and National service in
May g 1861, and arriving at Fortress Monroe
in time to get there, Eli, at the battle Of Big
Bethel.
The writer was with the regiment but
short time being promoted in 1861, but he is
proud of having at one time belonged to 2 corps
that gave to the Union cause such Generals as
Warren, Duryea, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Hambin
and Bartlett, aud such field officers as Hiram
and George Duryea, Jacob Duryea, Hull, Wins
low, Montgomery, Guthrie, Bogardus, Carr,
Agnus, and host of others, and proud to be-
long to a GAR. Post named after one of its
herocs-BEE, Sergeant, Ben. Hopper Post, Wal
lace, Mo.
I'VE have letters similar in purport to the
above from Mark Potts, Co. A. Mcclellan Dra-
goons, Redfeld, D. T.; r. B. Rogers Go. l, Sd
U. S. Art. Tuscola, Mich; p. V. L. Purdy, 5th
n. y, Milton, Ulster Co., n. Y. NJ Zoller, Co.
Z, 4th Pa. Reserves, Corning, Kan; James W.
Webb, 9th n. Y, 407 State St., Brooklyn, n. Y,
and \. L. Archbold, Co. c, I'd U. S. Inf. All
these deny the whisky and gunpowder story.
ED.