Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05


now Oct, 1862, made the First VoInn'
teer Regiment OF Georgia.
Co. A-Flrst company Irish Jasno,
Greens, Capt. John tlannery.
Co B-Second company Irish Jasne,
Greens, Capt. james Dooner.
Co. C--RepublIcan Blues, Capt, W. n
Dixon.
Co. Deity Light Guard, Capt. S. Yates
60. h Irish Volunteers, Capt. John F.
O'Ncil. E
Co. F-COast Rifles-Capt. screven Tur.
ner.
ca. G-Tattnall Guards, Capt. A. C.
Davenport.
Co. H-Second company OelethornA
Light Infantry, Capt. James Lachlson!
Co. l-German Volunteers, Capt. c.
Werner.
Co. K-Washington Volunteers, Cant
John Cooper.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel-Chas. II. Olmstead.
Lieut.. Colouel-W. 5. Rockwell.
Maior-M. j. Ford.
djutant-Matlhew Fl. Hopkins.
Quartermaster-Ed Hopkins.
Commissary-E. ". Drummond,
Surgeon-W. ii. Elliott
Chaplain-S. Edward Arson.
NoN-CoMNHssIoNED STAFF.
Serg't Major-F. NJ. Hull.
Comm ssary Serg't-W. II. BOYD,
Quartermaster Serg't-Wm. &. Craw.
ford.
Ordnance Serg't-Thaddeu F. Bennett
During the winter, Capt. Edward Hon.
kins died and was succeeded by Capt. +
III. Hull, who was appointed Quarter.
mas ter.
THE REGIMENTS COAST SERVICE.
For many months the regiment Continued
to do service at various points on The
coast. Companies A and B at the Savan.
nah river batteries, Company c at Fort
McAlllster, Companies d, 4 and + al
Fort Barlow, CaustOn's Bluff, and Com.
panies G, II, and K in the lines around
tue city, at Isle OF Hope, and Whimarsb
and Wilmington islands. Again was
Company Z tortunate-a second time, on
Feb. l, 1868, it took part in repulsing
vigorous attack of the irOn-clad monitors
upon Fort McAllister. 1t was brilliant
affair, and the garrison handsomely earn.
ed the laudatory order from Gen. Bsaure.
gard which authorized them 10 lnscribe
the name Fort McAllister upon their col.
ors.
Early in July, 1868, Companies G HI
and Il, in concert with the Eighteenth
and Twelfth Georgia Battalions were
hurried over to Charleston to assist in
meeting the attack upon that city, which
had lust developed itself at the lower end
OF Morris island. Tae Georgians. nums
boring some 500 to 800 men, were thrown
into Battery Wagner on the night of July
10, and at daybreak on the following
morning took part IN repel ing a vigorous
assault made by Gen. Gilmore with a
strong storming column. In this action
Capt. Werner, of Company /, was killed
while brayely meeting the attack. Here
the First Regiment met again its ''friends
the enemy" of the Seventh Connec lieut.
that command being one of the leading
regiments in the assault. A mum Der OF
them surrendered to the men who had
been captured by them the year before
OF subsequent service at Wagner it is
scarcely necessary TO write in detail, but
a clear idea of the character of the service
there may be gained from the following
account, written by Mai. Robert G.. Gil.
christ, of Charleston, himself one of the
most gallant and efficient Of the defend.
ers OF the tort:
AT FORT WAGNER.
''Night and day, with scarcely any intel
mission, the bowling shell burst over and
wlChin it. Each day, often from early
dawn, the new lronsides, or the six NOM
tors, sometimes all together, steamed up
and delivered their terrific broadsides,
shaking the fort to its centre. The noise.
less CGhOrn shells, falling vertically,
searched out the secret recesses, almost
invariably claiming victims. The burn.
ing sun of a Southern summer, its heat
intensified by the reflection of the white
sand, scOrched and blistered the unprO.
tected garrison, or the more welcome rain
and storm wet them to the skin. An in
toiera0le stencil from the unearthed dead
of the previous conflict, the carcasses Of
cavalry horses lying where they fell, in
the rear, and barrels OF putrid meat
thrown out on the beach. sickened the
defenders.
"a large and brilliantly eOlOred hy
attracted by the feast, and UNSEEN before,
inf cted wounds more painful, though
less dangerous than the shot ofthe enemy
The food, however, good when it started
for its destination, by exposure, hrst on
the wharf in Charleston, then on the
beach at Cummings Point, being often
forty-eight hours in transition, was unit
to eat. The unventilated Omb-prOot
filed with smoke of lamps and smell OF
blood, were intolerable, so that we en-
dured the risk OF shot and shell rather
than seek their shelter. The incessant
din of its own artillery, as well as the
bursting shells OF the foe prevented sleep
Then, as never before, all realized the
force Of the prophecy: In tht
morning thou shall say, would God
it were event and at even thou shall
say. would God it were morning! for The
f ar OF thine eyes, wherewith thou shall
fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which
thou shall see.'"
THE NORTH GEORGIA CAMPAIGN,
In the spring Of 1864 mighty prepare
lions were made by both Fedel al ana
Confederate authorities for what was fet
would be the decisive cam paign OF the
war. Every effort was made TO recruit
the armies OF the COniederacv 10 the
greatest possible extent. Troops were
Withdrawn in every direction from the
sea coast and sent to the armies OF Lee
and Johnston. The scattered cOmpanlesa
of the First Regiment were brought TO-
gether, and on lovely spring morning
the command left Savannah TO join tne
army under Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston 10
North Georgia, nearly 1000 officers ana
men being in line. The regiment j0lneu
the army at Lost Mountain, ~
the vicinity OF Marietta, on the
day after the battle Of New Hope
church. 1t was assigned TO Gen. Mer'
GERS brigade in Walkers division, Har'
dee's corps, the other regiments In vac
brigade being the Fifty.iourth georgia
Col. U. II. Way, the Flfty-seventh GeCI'
ga, Col. VIM. BarkalOo, and the SixW'
third Georgia, Col. George Gordon. lle
morale Of the army at that time was OF lpe
highest type. There was on the parlVl
aVpFV man ftuhoundad pnnfopucp In ipt