Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-01

In the BrlllSD service, as brave soldier
stepped, straight and well set up, with "A formal
courtesy that nothing could affect. During the
hottest part of our artillery duel at White Oak
swamp with three of the enemy's batteries
Henessey approached me, and drawing himself
up, gave the old British salute in a manner
which would have won IL recall from any gal
lery In any American theater. He reported
that his piece was SO hot that he hesitated to
put in a cartridge. / told him to cease firing
and and sponge with, with water water; lie gave another
went back 10 command his gun in his wOnted
gallant style.
A REGIMENTAL DUEL.
An interesting episode in the history of the
brigade was the encounter at Malvern Hill, in
the dusk of the evening, between the Eighty
eighth Regiment and the well-known Louisiana
Tigers, as battalion from New Orleans COM
manded by the famous Colonel Wheat was
called They were the desperadoes of the SOUTH
ern service, and, meeting the Irishmen unex-
knives and pistols. The Irs6men VIA inner .nGlr
their bayonets, which they had not time to TX
dubbed their inuskets. true DOnnybrook Fair
style, and SO In the dark and thick timber the
savage grapple went on. In the thickest of the
melee. gigantic member OF the Eignty-eighth
espied "a mounted officer cheering the Tigers
Stridlng up To him. he graSped him by the
throat with his enormous hand, and with the
exclamation, Come out of that, We spaipeen."
fairly dragged him from his horse and captured
him.
vERITABLE IRISH HEROES.
1t was in this battle that very young man
by the name of Donovan, afterwards captain
In the Forty Veteran Reserve Infantry
was wounded in such a manner as TO involve
the loss OF an eye and captured. He was
brought before Gen. ID. III. Hill, who, finding
that he was an Irishman, reproached him for
being there at all what business" said he
have you got down mere fighting against us?
It's no quarrel OF yours and boy like you had
much better he at home. If you'd stayed there
you would have both OF your eyes, instead Of
being manned Tor life!'
"Well. general, ~ said the youngster "Tll go
the other eye on 1t, and when that's gone then
I'll go IL Blind
The brigade had now been highly tried. and
was already famous. Their dashing charge at
Fair Oaks, the steadiness with which thew met
the retreat OF Porter's corps at Gaines Mills
and passing unmoved through all the dis
heartening sights of beaten force opposed
an unmovable front to JacksOn's victorious ad-
vance, their soldiery conduct in the trying re-
treatto the James river, all gave them prestige.
nelPed, OF course, by their gallant nationality,
and by the dashing and conspicuous Characters
among them. They were splendidIy led
Robert Nugent and Pat Kelly, colonies Of the
Sixty-nlnth and Eighty-eighth, WERE in their
ways, typical soldiers. Nugent might have
been painted as the incarnation of the military
Ar. VI good height and gallant bearing his
lace was simply ideal; strong aquiline features
with AN inexpressible air OF command
clear gray eyes, u tawny mustache which
| leii In sweeping waves over thin, resolute lips
| ana an Imperial which came down TO the cen
/ Ter OF his breast was never tired OF looki ne
| at him, and when on grand occasions he ap
| Peareo win MS huge pIoustache and imperia
/ pointed ana waxed, you felt i'll used at not see
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