Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-23

thr inside. For Instance, hcr rchc4l
laurels are for the men who held Tho
"Bloody Angle at Gettysburg. July 3, is0J
They repealed piekctt's charge.
They held Cemetery Ridge.
They fought with Hancock.
They beat back rebellion, tide at High
Water Marx"
Very good Hurrsh for theml
hut how came they 10 be on Cemetery
Ridge that lucky day mud houri
f.ec wantci that stretch of uplands a. a
vantage ground to buffet Meade.
a. p. Iiill'H corps dashed for Il.
The Confcdcratc- Of Hcih. Pcttigrcw and
Fender struggled and died TO sei4a 1t Oh
Julyi.
Why dldn't they take ~
Ash Reynold. lie Is dead, but his deeds
talk.
Ask Doubleday.
Ask wadsworth, also dead, but living In
his record.
Ask gray haired Robinson.
AK the Iron Brigade.
Yes, ask the Twcuty-i0urth Michigan
men. who should know llttle about II.
That regiment Loot murc men killed NJ
Gettysburg than any other Of the 100 Union
regiments engaged therc.
1t lost more Killed aud MORALLY wounded
there than any other Union regiment;
more killed and wounded altogether, aud
more killed, wounded aud captured than
any other. The captured didn't fgurt
very heavy, by the way. The Confederate
general, Ewell, tried TO bag all Of them
that walked. nj one stage Of the light. aud
commenting on his experience 90 tho col.
mel commanding Henry A. Morrow. after
the latter hHd been wounded and made
prisoner, he said that the Twenty fourth
Michigan was foolish In not surrcndcring
before Il was 40 badly cut up.
Gen. Ewell, the Twcnty fourth Michi.
gan, came here to light. not to surrender"
wa, the reply.
The sound men who surrendered mum.
bcrcd 81. the Eonud men that stuck TO the
flag and carried Il out for another day, ~
The Killed aud mortally wounded were W
and the wouuued In addition, rs Gen.
ellthought such hghting was foolhardy,
That wns because his men faced IL, The
opposing generals had different views.
Wordsworth, who commanded the division
10 which the Twenty fourth belonged, said
TO it, leader; "Col. Morrow. the only fault
find with you iE that you fought too long.
hut God only knows what would have 10.
come Of the Amy Of tho Potomac II sou had
=
IL will he idle, Of course, TO look any
farther than Gettysburg to get good nc.
count Of tho Twenty. fourth Michigan 10
the war, but back OF every grand deed lles
n cause, and back Of Oak Ridge, Gettys.
burg, lie some important factors In the
making Of the history Of that day.
The regiment was raised with hurrah
IA ten days, In Detroit and Wayne county,
mud an Incident that led 10 It's formation
gives clewto Its makeup. When Lin.
coin called for aDc.0co men In the summer
81 lsd9 thcre MSS riot and talk Of resist
nnee In Dctroit's TO reaSsert loyalty II was
proposed 10 raise q regiment on the spot,
aud after some delay Governor Blair, Yield.
ing Il N said 10 Ills wif,'s solicitation, gave
authority for new regiment when there
were several others Ia tho state still short
~ men.
The ranks were filled speedily by the
best blood In the county, 3l3 OF the men
being Michigan born. 35I Americans born
In other states aud 100 foreign born. IL.
colonel was y Virglninn by birth aud had
fought in Mexico. iIe was a Judge In the
recorders court. The Lieutenant colonel
was sheriff, a man standing feet inches
in his boots.
The regiment went direct TO tho Army o,
the Potomac, reached there after Ante.
tam aud had IL baptism OF blood AZ First
fredericksburg. Previous 10 that fight the
regiments brlgaded with IL Stunned It's
campo. They were tho old, war worn, hat.
Tie battered, victory winning Iron Brigade
OF the First Army corps. Tho Twenty.
fourth men were fresh faced, clean and
polished, and their trousers were sky blue
anu innocent OF Virginia mud. The Iron