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COLD HARDOR.
A Great Battle Fought Before Rich.
mond a Quarter Century Ago.
INrnENcHaENrs GUARD ROADS.

Another GN,nd Assault by Grant. I'm
daani-d saidiers--Sine Union Coioneis
kiuei - Tho Army Moves 10 James
River si'"rIianl Second Raid and Ills
iia,ii~- with Wade Hampton.
lColgrism. ls0 by American i'rSsss Association.
Thste wns lighting about Cold harbor,
Va. frnm Juno to u. 1904. twenty-five
yeirs nG,l
Tho bIographer Of Cen. Leo, Gen. A. /.
Long, u the Army Of Northern Virginia,
states In the Lss memoirs that Pickstt's
division Of 1900 men joinsi ths main army
Of Cold liarbor on June I. and thai this addi-
tion gave leo 5000 men In all This was
tho first fold oi tho campaign Of 1894 on
which Pickett fought with Leo. Hokos
North Carolina division also Joined here, and
theso two commands helpci 10 make up for
losses sustained at the Wilderness and Spott-
sylvania Tho army which Grunt Ind In
front Of Leo was not quito 10 large as II had
been at tho Wilderness, hat with tho re-
enforccn,ent brocght from Buffers army by
Gen Smith. tho Eighteenth corJs, Il mus
tered ON tho iisld July about 10000 men.
including Sheriians cavalry.
lao hal the advantage In position, for he
w.s on tho inside e. sn arc travesed by con-
vorging roa,ls lie was cluss OIL his base,
with q well hridgei river behind him and
strong lines of fortiacations behind that.
Grant had tho advantage IN numbcrs
Ice harmed on juno TINT so,lio Of Buffers
trooIs, the Eighteenth corpss had moved by
water to join Grant. and for sonio days his
dispatches 10 the authorities Ia Richmond
showed that he lselievel Grant woul bcsdege
Richmond His aim was 10 keep him OF at
arins length and mike tle work long and
tedious. Up TO Juno he had accomplished
everything he at out 10 do and had not
yielded single ruad of Importance until
Sheridan scurod Cold Harbor Oh the last day
Of May. Tho attempt of the coafedgates to
rctaks this, on tho morning of Juno l, has
boen described Sheridan rrpulscd tho as-
s,ulS and was roiioved by tho Sixth corpA
This corps under Wright took up ground
vest Of Cold Ilarl,or. covering tho road to
Richmond by way VI New Cold Harbor nnd
New Bridge, and also thnt running south 30
Dispatch station on thu York River railroad
During tho afternoon Smith brought up tho
Eighteenth corIrs md formcj Oh tho right OF
tho Sixth, covering hterally tho ruad north
toward Botbc~ia church Smith was placed
under Meadcs orsicTs 10 act with tho Army
Of tho Potomac, and tho swo corps wero di-
rcrtcd to attack tho lntrcnchniens held by
thu confedcrates west ~ Cod Harboy Thess
intrnchmcnts wore about throequhrters Of
u milo from the Union line, and were cur
taincd by strip u woods Confederate
pickets occupied tho woods. and In front OF
thcm all tho way To tho Union lines the
ground was open
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tho enemy along thoir front, and then as
aaulted tho main intrenchments. They were
repulscd with heavy loss However, they
held positions Gloss 10 tho enemy. at some
points distant only thirty or forty rods
Wright's whole line was rikcd lcngthwise by
tho Confederate cannon. and Mt ono point he
ran a battery-IIexamcr's First New Jersey
up TO tho front where he could throw ennis
tcr into the enemys intrenchments. The
commander OF this battery was n German
veteran and had served through the war. He
gave II us his experience that there was not
another caso on record where battery ad-
vanced with a charging column, and went
forward wboro IL could use canister.
Tho advance Of Hancocks corps was more
promising at tho outset. The troops wore
comparatively fresh and their opponents
Hills corps and Breckinridge's division-had
not been In position long enough to intronch
thoroughly. A brief account Of this cha rge,
tho most memorable In many respects In tho
history of the Second corps or Of tive Army
of tho Potomac, Is given by Gen Francis A.
Walker In his history Of tho corps:
'At tho signal Barlow advanced and found
tho enemy strongly posted In the sunken road
from which he drove them. after severe
struggle, following them into their works un-
der heavy 1ro Of muakctry and artillery
Two o. three hundred prisoners, ono color
and three cannon fell Into Barlows hands,
Tho captured guns were turned on tho enemy
by Co. l.. D. Morris. of tho Seventh New
York heavy artillery, and tho most strsnu-
ous efforts made TO hold tho position; but tho
supports wero slow In coming up. nn enfilading
fro OF artillery swept down tho first line, the
works In tho rear opened upon them, and
large bodies Of fresh troops from Brcckin-
ridges division, ro-enforcod by Hill, ad-
vanccl with tho utmost determination TO re-
take tho position.
"Tho frst line held on with great stubborn
ness. but was finally forced out, Brooke tCol.
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obiect tba ,,o,tr,j n, an. ,.,,,.,,.. -, ,,,.,
Clfiekahonlnv In iHa McclsIion hal haIJ
ami defended tho r,S,,.inc.. no,, q, eli
HaIt,or. Loo HE'LL thor, mi m, JJn,o,, ar, !,
wa,, ti,e nsaailont
For tbe third Tim. !, ,h,s ca,,,r,i,,, f,on
Grnnt ordered orn,,d assnrIt oli aio,, ,ho
hno.
The honr sct for ti,a assault VIVA On a, tho
n,orning .Juna rha os.,,irh,,, ,,.l.,.,,,,
consistsI az ua,x,oc,k cor,,s ,hroa ,,v,S,n,'s
un,lor 1orlow CIi,bo, anJ pirnav. ,ho SILL
corna under yrIgbt and ,ho r,gh,ao,,,h
unier sn,ith S,nlths dIvis,ons nnS,s 1ov'
ana Drook, and Mnr,,ndalo .nd Wr,,l,,.
undar Nai,l plclat,s and cst,x aoos,Ja-,
aho,, ,ha so,,,o ,,,,o,,,,d ,ho,, ~ .,..'i -
in,rsnchai on ,hs astarnoon - r.,
Tho official report OF Gen. Smith gives tho
following account OF tho attack by the Eiqh.
tecnth corps:
an front Of my right waa mn ooon plaln
swept by the fire OF tho enemy. both direct and
from our right On my lcft the omen spaoo
was narrower, but equally covered by the
artillery Of the enemy. Near the ccntcs was
ravino, In which the troops would DO sbcl-
tered from tho erosus fire, and through this
ravino determined that tho main assault
should 10 made. Con. Deyons' division had
bscn placed Oh tho right to protect our flank
and bold ~ much az possible of the lines va
Gated by the troops moving forward Gen.
Martiudaie, with his division, was ordered 10
move down the ravine, whilc Gen. brooks,
with his division, was 10 advance on the left,
taking care TO keep up tho connection be-
tween Martlndaie and tho Sixth eosps, and II.
Ia tho advance, those two copamands sbouli
join. he lprooks was ordered 10 throw his
roininand bohind Gen. Marttudaia, ready to
,,..raie ,u tho right nank, II necessary. The
q. e. moved promptly at the time ordered,
.,si, driving IN tho sklrtnhhers of Tho eneny.
carried the lr& hne OF works or rtfo pita
Here tho command was halted, under a 70.
yere fire, 10 readjust tho lines.
IA, s,,,,,h,. ..o,o,,,s,, srrth.~ q ,,,a,n.h h.d
,o sorr, ! lin. a, r;gh, ano,es 40 bis front in
,..isr \, n,o.o,. ~ NarI N NJ. oolrmn ~.
,,,,,sa ~ ha advarc,d ho sornd 4 sharn hend
back ward A IN tbs Csnfederato works H. loft
oaoA ~. y W s'y - az -. y" ~
ths sIT,h G ca,,,s ~, h,s Ma ,ast adv.nosd AL IN nocs
.,,,t, Mn, Ne cs,,,T "a -o no s,r,l,a- Eowavoy
Martinda,a ~ sort ante out s,onnarss, briv,ds an
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this movement OF burnside. and whiIo MS
men were on the march, Ewells corps, now
under Early, made ono OF those dnnking
movements for which these troops hal been
famous since the days OF "Stonewall" Jack-
Son, their original commander. Rodes' d.
vision was sent by Early along tho Shady
Grove road, and Gordon and Hnth moved on
tho tanks Of Rodos Tho lines which Burn
side had intrenched on the LIST were In open
fields with curtain Of woods between them
and the ConfcsieratcS Criticnlens division
occupied the breastworls of tho whole corps.
with piczots In the Aelds In front aud reserve
In tho intrenchments Rodes swept down the
lines at right angles with tho works, drove out
the pickets and reserves. capturing large
numbers " them.
To ard 10 the confusion OF tho hour, tho
wagons werc all moving along on dusty roads
and sending up thick clouds that obscured
tho field. When Eariys attack was well
tudor way heavy thunder storm cane on.
and this, with the dust, nndo u darkness us
Impenotrnble as night SONS OF cri;terden's
pickets were surrounded by tho enemy. und
not knowing which way TO Zee. were shot
down at cloae uuartelA The commander Of
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infantry,, fell dead Just in front of the enc
mys works The other officers OF this corps
killed or mortally wounded at this timo num-
bered nearly two score
The narrative Of Gen. Walker continues:
ALTHOUGH tho repulse Of both divisions
had bccn decisive, the troops yet clung tena-
cioudy TO the ground pearest the Confederate
works wherever 10 much as half cover could
DO obtained In some cases our men lay
within thirty yards OF the enemy, at other
places, according 10 tho oonAguration Of the
ground, tho line ran away to fifty, seventy,
and hundred, or mora Here tho troops
intrenched themselves by bayonet and tin
plate, until beginning had been made, and
waited for night to work on a larger scale
with better tools"
Gems Grant and Meade were anxious to
have tho attack removed by Hancocl's men
in conjunction with Wright and Smith, and
sent All urgent dispatch to that effect ut D
o'clock. Gen. Hancock did not consider 1t
wise to mako aroGhcr assault.
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COL RICHARD nvnSrs MA, .t being conspIc-
uous for Its soldicrly bearing-fell back to a
slight crest, opposite tho enemy's intrcnch-
ments. ard distant only thirty 10 sevcnty-6ve
yards thcrcfron. and proceeded to cover
themselves by loosenisg the earth with their
bayoncts and scraplng 1t up with their hands
or tin plates and here, at little moro than
pistol range, they remained throughout the
day. Miles brigade also effected lodgment
IN tho works, IIapSoods Fifth New Hamp-
shire, recently returned from tho north, being
forcmos; In tho assault; but these troops also
vero driven out BY tho enillading flre Of the
Confederate artillery, md by the strong lines
advanced against them.
"0n tho right Gibbons division had had nc
botter fortune Tint officer had directed his
second limo to follow closely, and, at given
point, push rapidly forward, pass the first,
effectlng. X possible, lodgment In the
enemys works and then deploying. In his
advanre Gibbons limo was cut in two by an
inpassihlo swamp, which widened as no ap-
proachcd the works Tho existence Of this
had not been known, In the absence Of any
Reconnaissance. The fro OF artillery and
musketry was terrific. Gen. Tyler [R o.
Tyler. commanding brigadcl fell, seriously
wounded. Col McKeen, bringing his brig
ade Gallantly up on tho right OF Tyler, was
killed Col Haskell, OF tho Thirty-sixth
Wisconsin, succeeding to McKoen's command,
also fell, mortally wounded
The troops struggled OH against tho farl
GUS blast OF fire from the fully manned
works on the high ground. Col HcMahon,
OF tho Ono Hundred and Sixty-fourth New
York, having become separated by the
swamp from the rest OF Haskell's brigade,
at last gained the brcastworks at tho head Of
portion OF bis regiment, with his colors In
his hand, but fell dead IN the midst Of tho
enemy. a portion of Smyths brigade, also
reforming and advancing after their first re-
pulse, gained tho intrenchments; but Owens
failure 10 bring up his brigade left Smyths
shattered command unsupported. At last,
scarcely twenty-five minutes from tho time
the signal was given, tho repulse OF tho corps
was complete Three thousand mon had
fallen. Among officers the losses had been
portentous Coils McKsen, Byrnes. Haskell,
o. ii. Morris McMahou, and Porter had been
killed; Con. Tyler ind Col Brooke had been
wounded When tho fearful losses OF the
preceding month are remembered, 1t will DO
soen how extraordinary was tho proportion
Of officers Of high rank killed in this brief
contest
Tho actual ioes In Hancock's corps fell short
Of tho figures given by Cen Walker, but In
Gibbons division alone there wero 05 officers
and I ,0t9 men killed and wounded. Tho off,
ooss who fol- may DO said to have been tho
flowor Of the corpa Col II. Boyd McKeen,
Of the Righty-nrst Pennsylvania, was vet
ernn ofiictg OF this corps and WINS leading n
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the oeNseAl eATTLp FIrlo.

Although tho Ninth and Firth corps had
not been included IN tho ordcr for a grand at
tack on the morning Of tho "a, their COM
rnanders, Burnside and Warren, took tho In
itiative and moved out against Early. Tho
divisions Of Potter and Wilcox carried the
advanced rifle pits OF the Confcderrtes and
were In position for grand assault on tho
main line, when orders came from hoadquar-
tors to suspend all assaults. Early now took
up tho battle and attacked burnside again,
butwas repulsed,
Continued 10 fourth pdge.)
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tiiu Obtcl thlu W
stored tho lines. Gen. Thomas l. Crittcn.
den was a Kentuckian and had commanded
one wing Of Rosccrans' army at Murfreesboro
aud Chickamauga.l
Tho break made by Early extended sooth
Of Burnsidss lines and involved the right di-
vision OF Warrcns Fifth corps at Bethesda
church Tho commander OF this division,
Gen. Charles Griffin. formed column, con-
sistins VI Ayr,=', SweitSer's and Bartls,t's
brigndes. and moving out attacked tho right
aank Of Rodcs as bo swept down tho Knes
Ons Of RoSies brigade COMMANDER, Cen.
George Dolea, was killed IA tho encoanter
with GriifinS men and the Hnnk movement
etiiod without any obvious result for tho
Coaieierate@ II promised mncii. but dc
pendel for great success upon complete
surprise anl the certainty OF making com
bination all along tho limo Probably tho
confusion aud uncertainty causei by tho
dust and storm wos ~ disastrous 10 the Con-
federates Us it was 70 the men of tho Ninth
corps
Tits was tho third flank movement at
tempted by EwcllS corp' during tho cam
paign. Tb, ilrs,, the evening OF Mny d, at
tho Wilderness, failed; tho second. tho even
ing OF tho i0th ot May, at Bpottsylvania. ond
this ono at Cold Harbor, Juno = All had
failei. notwithstanding the men engaged In
attacking fonght with vigor. Tho wearl-
some marching involved In llanking opera
ton and tho Necessity Of absolute accuracy Ia
timin. tho movement and tho assault, rcnder
this class oi operations extremely risky.
Along tho lines proper at Cod Harbor,
that j. the front Of the corps Of Hancock,
Smith mud Iyri,yht thu "a ~ J,,, u.,a IN eoo.i
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MAJ OF rliR nArrix ~ COLD nARpon
Cen. Wright formed a column Of thrco
divisions, Uol. J. D. Rlckoits' disLion on the
right, along tho New Cold Ilarbor rid; Con.
d. A. Rl,&eils Ia tho contsr, and Gen. uettys
tiow led by Con 7. H. Nelb on ths lefL
North ~ tho road, ON the right a Ricketts,,
Smith foymed his divisions, with Gen. Charles
A. DcvcnS next 20 Ricketts,, Con. W. T. II.
Brooks next, and Gen. ]. H. Martindale ou
tho right warrenS Pifth corps WINS at
Dethesda church, but owing To tho gap bo-
troon his left aud tho right Of Smith, Mnr-
tndAls had 10 spread las mon over o long
siratch 10 guard that fiask from surprise.
Tho attaok begun at O'Clock p m. Ths
Confederate line was hold by tho original
Longstroots corps, now under Il II. Ander-
son. and composed OF KershawA, Helds and
Piokotts divisions, md Hoks's North Caro-
lima division. EIoke held tho Confederate
right, then came In order to tho left Kerhaw.
Picket, and Fioli
RickettS mon broke through between Tioke
md Kcrshaw, and took 900 prlsonerS Al
the same tin,o Russells division carried the
lntrenchmcnts on tho left of Ricketts, 0ns
Of RusellS roginnents tho Scconi Con-
necticut heavy artillery, acting Us INFANTRY,
rscoived Its baptism hero and lost 81 killed and
1877 wounded. Tue lea,ler. Col. X y Kellogg.
was kihcd and VIVA tho Hsst " nino Union
colonels who gave up their lives on this field,
while leading their mon 10 tho ohargA Part
of Gotty's division Of this corps carried tho
enemys works on their front In the Sixth
corps about |, 800 killed md wounded fell In
this brief engagement
In Smithb oorps, Dcvens' division moved
out In faoo OF n sweeping artillery flro and
capured the enesnyr advanced works, witt
some prisoners but Oh advancing second
lins ot intI'cDcAments was encountered.
Finding this too strong to attack. Doyeus
halted whore he was and in,rooched- Brook
division OF this corps, on tho right OF Devens,
pushed through the outer lns Of tho oosmy
and reached the n,nin intrcnchmcnts, where
a CALLING nrs checked tho assault This move
mont cot tho Rightocuth corps about loo
killed and wounded.
All the ground gained by thcso charges was
IntrecheJ and tho arrival of the main army
was awaited
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,.r MhaS' " ~. ES ,, ",,1
o'o"'"M ~. a.. 'ass 80.
so'l ~ ,u,', ~ 'sA, s,,,, NJ
tiou"'iFs M'h
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etc NOtAAiAittAfeAo -
these troops, bow
ever, proved equal
10 tho emergency.
and rallylns b 10
mon and recalling
como that woro
marching q W n y
under ordcrs, 40
held ttis enemy In
check until word
reached tho other
divisions OF the
corps and they
wero brought up
under Wilcox anl
on.l D..ftar .nI 80.
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A FLANK MoveMENT BY LRE.

A FLANK MOVEMENT BY LEE.
While tho lighting was going on at Coli
Harbor, on June |, bctweon tho Elghteonth
and sixth Union corps and Longstreot'a Con-
fcdratc corps tho other corps were distribut
ed as follows, The Fifth Union corps wss
noar Bethesda church; Burnside's Ninth
corps WINS north OF the Fifth. toward tho Tot
opotoniey. Ewells Confederate corps wns In
front VI Warron and burnside and Hancock
was north OF tho Totolotomoy confronted by
Hllls corpR
During tho night OF tho lat Hancock wa,
moved from tho extreme Union right 10 tho
left, and took position on tho south Of Wright,
below Cold Harbor. The corps got Into posi-
tion early on the ID Of June. tho men very
much worn out by tho kong night march.
Hancocks limo was parallel With road from
tho Dispatch station road across 70 Now Cold
Harbor. south 70 the swampy bordcrs Of tho
Chickahominy. Corresponding with this
movement Of Hancock, Leo moved HilIs
corps from tho Confederate loft TO the right
and placed itoppositc TlancockS lima Brock
inrldgeS division, which had arrived from
tho Shenandoah valley, was put In alongside
OF Hill.
Tho long sap betwoen Smiths right and
Warren was closed by moving tho Fifth corps
to tho south, and Turnaide on the north, was
drawn eloee IN on WarrqnS right During
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John r. , command
ing a brigadol being
severely wounded,
Col Byrnes lRich-
ard, commanding q
bligndol and Col.
o. il. II orris,
killed.. Though
compelled to retire.
the mon OF tho lead
ing brigades would
not 60 far. A por-
tion Of tho line
Col. Beavers regi-
ment, tho One Hun
drod and Forty
eighth Pennsylva-
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JEEE!zJ@G!G!59EIG!5GE
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
Suffrage In The South.

The South is regarded as the most
conservative section of the country on
the woman question. says Woman's
Journal. but there is good deal OF
latent woman suffrage sentiment there,
only needing to be called out. Rev.
Anna H. Shaw, National Superintend-
ent of Franchise for the W. c. 7. U,
has just been giving a series of tenn
perance lectures in Maryland, and she
put in some strong words for woman
suffrage, although warned beforehand
by timid friends that it would not do
at all. 1t was well received by the
audiences, however. and the papers
spoke very favorsts, in their reportA
Miss Shaw had AsSSathusiastic meet
ing at Sandy SriAeA. . large audi.
ence at Westminster. sd ut Hagers-
town, where several meetings were
held. the church was crowded every
evening. Men stood MP all through
the meetings. aud even the vestibule
was full. Who knows but the next
State to grant woman suffrage may be
a Southern one?
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
PRINCElY TITLES.
How ellis HighRess- Has Fallen From
First to Fourth Place.

How ellis HighRess- Has Fallen From
First to Fourth Place.
1t is announced from Russia that the
Gar has bestowed the title of ''most
illustrious" upon the Comtesse de Beau
harnais, nee Skobeleff, and wife of the
Due de Leuchtenberg. The notability
of that otherwise far from interesting
piece of news consists in the fact that
the lady has had a title expressly in
vented for her, she being the first most
illustrious Countess" on record. ''Most
illustrious" is regarded as being of the
nature of ''highness," while of some
what less altitude; oddly enough, ''high-
ness" itself has been going down in the
world until, we suppose. it is held neces-
sary that its descent should stop some
where. 1t was formerly the distinction
of Kngs-Henry VII. was ''his high
ness only, and when Kings became
majesty" it passed down to royal
princes and to electors of the holy
Roman Empire.
Then Louis XIV. created distinc-
ton between ''highness". and royal
highness," the former thus tax
Ing anoJner step uOWhWaru. lnen,
when the illegitimate children
of the grand monarch received
the title of ''highness," the
Prince of Conde, scendalized by the pro-
ceeding, distinguished himself by the
title of ''serene highness," or ''most
serene highness"-the title which the
Germans call ''durchlaucht," and which
Thackeray makes fun of byrendering it
''transparency"-so that plain ''high-
ness" from being first fell to fourth in
the scale. We are reminded by the
French authority, to which gratitude is
due for some of these curiosities of
history, that while the Prince of Mon
AGO is ''most serene highness," Prince
Bismarck is ''highness' only; and that
the epithet ''most serene" was original
ly invented by Venice, which called it
self ''the most serene republic" Re-
publics of more modern growth, how
ever, have not followed the Venetian
example, for reasons too obvious to
mention. The last simple 'highness,"
by the way, known in England was Oil
yer Cromwell, who took it at a period
when it was the brand Of royalty sover-
ngnty.-London Globe.