The Irish standard., 1890-08-09

FtI0VernOr, IN nlSrequeSL 90 the efT0Slu6nt
Up appoint speaker as chaplain at
1Arge' for the Indiana troops in the
Eaeld. He replied on the same paper.
Let the appointment within requested
| be considered as nade. to take date
from the passage Of the law now before
congress authorizing me to make such
appointment. Signed A. Lincoln, Feb
EruarY 3. 1882 The act of congress- was
passed. and the writer got his appoint
ment.
The Sixty.ninth Regiment, New
York state militia, performed prodigies
of valor. they stripped themselves, and
dashed into the enemy with the utmost
fury. The difficulty was to keep them
quiet. While the Second was engaging
regiment Of rebels thew retreated into
a thick hay field to draw the northern
ers into trap. The Second continued
firing into them. while the Sixty ninth.
by a flank movement, took them in the
rear. and pouring a deadly fire into their
ranks, afterWard charged them with the
bayonet. The slaughter was terrible
and the defeat complete, for not a man
stirred of the whole five or six hundred.
In this attack there were very few of
the Sixty-ninth wounded. = Harper's
Weekly, August l05h, 1851
Colonel Michael Corcoran commanded
che Sixty.ninth on that memorable oc-
casion. When the other Federal troops
fell into disorder the ranks of the COM
mand were broken by the flying fug1-
tives. Colonel Corcoran gave the order
to follow him to the right, but ia the
din and disorganization that abounded
the order was not known EXCEPT by
those nearest the colonel. The cavalry
of the c0nfedaracy at once surrounded
his little Dand and it was useless longer
to resist. The colonel and Capt. Mclvor
and seven men were TIA ken. prisoners;
Shortly after the regiment returned to
New York, and its gallant commander
remained a prisoner for thirteen months
at the south. He subsequently, organ
lied the t'Corcoran Legion" and while
at Fairfax, guarding the front Of Wash
ilgton. he met his fate in 1868. He and
his staff had ridden to the depot to see
General Meagher off, and on returning
to the camp his horse threw HIM. He
was taken up insensible and died that
night.
I Harper's Weekly OF the same date
says: The New York Zouaves re-
ceived the first cnarge of the Black
Horse Guard, about which Governor
Wise has so often spoken. 1t was a
splendid corps of cavalry, all the horses
OF which were plack. They came upon
the Zouave regiment at gall0p, and
were received by the brave fremen upon
their poised bavonets, followed instantly
bY volleY. from which they broke and
fed, though several of the Zouaves were
cut down in the assault. They quickly
returned with their forces doubled
perhaps six OR seven hundred - acl
..gain they dashed with fearful yells
upon the excited Zouayes. This time
they bore an American flag, and q part
OF the Z)uaves supposed for an instant
that they were friends whom they had
originally mistaken. The flag was
quickly thrown down, however, the
horses dashed upon the regiment, the
ruse was discovered and the slaughter
commenced. No quarter. no halting,
no ainching now, marked the rapid and
death-dealing blows of our men. as they
closed in upon the foe in their madness
and desperation. Our brave fellows fell,
the ranks filled up, the sabres, bowie
knives and baYonets glistened in the
sunlight; horse after horse went down,
platoon after platoon disappeared-the
rattle Of musketry. the screams Of the
rebels, the shouts of Remember Ellis
worth t. from thr lungs Of che Zouaves
and the yells of the wounded and
crushed belligerate filed the air, and a
terrible carnage succeeded. The gal
liant zOuaYes fought to the death, and
were sadly cut up; but Of those hun
dreds of, Black Horse Guards not many
left that bloody encounter .
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moment, Z inq CURED the Young matron.
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