New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
QUEER FREAKS or M1RTIAL MEMORIES.
HOW THE VETERANS OF GETTYSBURG HAVE TO
GUARD THEIR LAURELS.

HOW THE VETERANS OF GETTYSBURG HAVE tx
GUABD THEIR LAUREfS.
! In these days when war literature and per
soDal "reminiscences of food tho magazines the pop
nar faith in trlstworthness OF the memory
Is Put TO some General ", at cOpiOu
expenditure OF lettorpre3S and diagrams explains how
the battle of Mad Forks thus AM 80, while Mex
month General Y. oders totally different analysis
proving it 10 have been thus and thus all OF which leaves
the unnitary mind In state OF hardssine doubt.
Since reunion Of the Third Corps the field o. Getty-
burg last July when General sickes delivered hi
o1uemt OF his conduct in that battle. and told
among other things OF the important part that the two
regiments of SHARP shooters played in that point
OF the war; deal of attention has boon directed TO
thai day OF hottest CITING July p 1858 In the papers
that circulate among oil sol ers and at the
able reg mcnta chat cover the calont thick
leaves in valomorosa 1t Is the falling subject OF
narrative and discussion.
At noon thai day boly OF the sharpshooters
supported Ivy Sd Regiment OF Mne, attacked largo
body of the enemy MOVING to ward the Round Top and
Ranking the Union army. They nearly ran over u
brigade lying down in the woods protsct this line Of
march, after OF the hottest Kind Of work retired
with heavy but having accomplished their object
I'm unmaskIrg AMI materially interfering with im
port int OF the Confedera.cs; one which, II undis
covered might have resulted the total defeat OF the
ArLy o. tue P,tomlc. This action is perhaps
the one of the twenty-tbree battles and twice
"a many sKirmshes in which the sharpshooters
participated which they most delight TO discuss There
ID n popular impression among the veteran rienen to
the effect that this reconnaissance under command OF
their leader, General Berdan Some OF them we're
therefore somewhat startled to recently In several of
tho New England papers, In the column OF regmcntal
reuuions, tho following paragraph:
NJ b. LAKEMAS Maiden. Mass Tho 81 Maine
Colonel NJ b. Lakeman) held their twelfth annual
unon ut Gardiner, Maine, August IL. 1886. This IN
the regiment that. with 100 shar pshO0ters under
mand Colonel Laksman made tue reconnaissance on
the morning Of July ana developed the fact OF the
enemy moving on Round Top, ana which the only
regiment that occupied aud fought In the Peach Orchard
that day.
Some OF those interested wrote to Colonel Lakeman.
saying that although 1t was not supposed that had
written WAS In any way responsible for the
paragraph wouldn't he have the goodness contradict
s errors that 1t was brought to his attention To
which the gallant Colonel rel lied, returning tue clip
ping:
lid write the above article. and mean every word
Trnth is mighty and needs no contradiction.
NJ. b. LAKEMAN.
This was heavy volley point blank range and so
demorazed the sharpshooers that they fell back tho
records OF the Wa Once. There they found aid and
comfort IN the Official reports of tho days proceedings
General Brney, division commander, says:
received pei misson irom Major General slckes to
as a support ana feel the enemys right sent Captain
j. Brlscoe OF nv saf with the Reconnaissance, which
was anae he .oD.e' osp s.s
tious Colonel Berdan Of tine and CAPTAIN
Brscoc OF tah deserv1 mention for their services In
leading the reconnaissance before the battle Section
743 provided for Of services OF especial value
and gallanry and the record the names OF no
other officers thus Lrnugnt into throughout
tho battle OF GettyrburR Reports OF Brigade Com
Inander General j. II. H. Ward and OF the officers In
command OF doachnents OF sharpshOoters coincide with
this. Last but not least OF these documents 10 the
Is the report OF Colonel Laksman himself In which
he says:
&" / mov,i my regiment rs support for q body or
sharpshooters under command OF Colonel Berdan TO
X.lan A Lam hal
dense wood aud entering IL formed my regiment las
urered " support the line OF and