Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-15

Bull" Sumner, and had no thought OF
yielding the Union center 70 Hill. Col
Cross at isngth planted his line In the
sunkcn Road already packed with dead.
and with ardor bordering upon savage
fury melted his men IN their desperate
work. His wounded head was bound with
q handkerchief and blood areamed down
hls face. Up aud down tho ranks be moved
telling the mon 10 put on ''wnr paint and
sound the war whoopn with the pow.
der end Of their torn cartridges the men
strcakcd their faces and Joined In the say.
age CRY until the whoop res0unded above
the din Of battle.
A frenzy seized upon each man, aud I'm.
patient with their slow, muzzio loading
guns, they tore loaded ones from the grasp
Of the dead and wounded and fired them
with rapdity, At times sondlng the ram
mera along with the bullets Tor double exc.
outlon. And they won. Hill lost the Bloody
Lane and Cornleld anil Orchard, and gave
up the contest Col. Croas aud The Fifth
New Hampshire wcrl praised on all sides,
from McCleiian's hcadquartcr. down, for
their gallantry n the Bloody Lane, and
after that day the command was known
throughout the army as tlc Fighting
Fifth" The casualties were 10 killed and
wounded. Many Of the wounds were from
canister and shell, and the mortality was
light as only In the regiment.
The Fifth marched forward again to
Virginia with about 30 men. IL losses by
disease aud battle having reduced Il 10 that
fgpre from an original roll OF 90 It.
next Eight was In trout Of the stone wall NJ
Frcdcricksburg. where u went In under
the lead Of Hancock, Cen. llicharlson's
successor. The Flth was in Hancocks
front line. sldo 10y side with the Irish bri.
gadu In that terrible charge. Shells. case.
shot, canister aud bullets tore through the
ranks. Stlil tue heroes swept on over
bitches aud fences, over hillock aud plat
tho gaps In the ranks growing wider
wider and n struggling swath u PROSTATE
men marking their course. On they went
without voice 70 cheer them or n man 10
support them until thoy stood up free OF
every screen facing the wall that sheltered
Lees rinsmen. Here they took their stand,
and. as Hancock said. "rfuslng to yield
any ground. died where thoy stood"
Cross was wounded, tue major was Killed
and two captains who succeeded TO the com
mnnd were killed. Ont Of 10 officer. were
killed aud ~ wounded, aud the score all told
II dead and wounded was 49, ont Of 800 en-.
gagged. The death list reached ~. and nc.
cording TO these figures, given by Col
Gross, the percentage Of killed and u gsu.
eral casualties exc cded that OF any other
regiment In the division.
At Chancellorsyillc the regiment, with
the rest Of the Second corps, got OF with a
slight loss II marched to Gettysburg With
III officers and men. Col. Cross had boon
promoted 10 command tho brigade, al
though n brigadicr's star WINS perylstently
denied him. Notwithstanding that Hancock
had frequently urged II Ia reward OF bis
brilliant services Hancock commanded
the Second corps at Gettysburg. aud on
July sent his old division. including
Cross brigade and the Filth, into tho
whirlpool Of battle al the wheatflcld On
the march down the line Col. Gross saluted
his old chief and exclaimed gayly, but
prophetlcally, "Goodby, general, am never
going 10 got that star"