Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-31

In on charge iIll STOW you lhuuHAuH
that never saw rchvl, OF show mo one
that WIS NJ AntIctam or GcttysbuT OF
Chattanooga or Atlanta, aud IN prove
that his presence there was an accident
aud he never got caught In another iight'
Imagine this wiscacrc trying 10 bolster
mp bis ease by cross examining survivor
of the Seventy Ohio volunteers y
regiment which, II IL did not rush to arms
a. the first call. was long enough IN sefv
ire 20 rr-snll-t nod start on asscond term.
and saw enough lighting 10 swamp such
calculations ~ lguoramu- ssts storu upon
A. the nfit show Of ~ record.
Ignoramus 90 Ohio yetsrhnl-Say. you
didn't SEQ Fighting Of any account In the
war;
ssveniy.thlrd ohioAn--That depends
don't know what you would call Cross
Keys and Manassas, Gettysburg and Wau'
hlichie. Restca and New Hope Church.
kcncsaw aud Atlanta, or litilo Baton.
Vile. wheru joe Johnston got his final DO
log up.
lgnoramus-T,u did you really get Gloss
wanted to-
Seventy third ohiean-wcll. stranger. /
d'dn't carry = thcodolits In the war orauy
stop to drive down stakes Tor the explains.
ton OF hlAtory. but at Manassas so OF us
went In aud IVA were hit, 20 Of them ~
Lari they never got up again, and % wcre
made prisohca. A. Gettysburg, although
We did no. compete with Pickett ia hi.
grand charge. 800 Of Us got Ia our bot
work and IA were hit, % Of them getting
their last call Thon nt Wauhntehle, Re
SAGA and 30 on--s,ill. mebbs IL wouldn't
strike you a. Of any account, as IL all do.
ponds.
llnoramns will discover all 40 once that
something hard ha, come batwrun his patio
aud the soft nothingncss Of the atmosphere
which Il % conzen.al % Il, aud IN despair
Will next proceed 10 prove that the war was
only a myth aud the veterans are horde
ofimpostorS, whose empty Trousers legs and
Tapping sleeves are souvenirs Of thrashiug
machine accidents and railway smashups.
Meanwhile. people Of sense aud feeling will
applaud the modest Ohloan and others Ike
hlin, aud listen 10 hls story Of the daya DO
trudged with gun and knapsaek through
Virginia wastes and over Georgia. barren
mountain, with Fremont, Pope aud Meade.
with Hooker Thomas aud sherman.
II was au incident rnthor than an acct
dent which drew my attention 10 the career
ofthc Seventy third Ohio. When the Grand
Army men were talking up Gen Hurt u
few WEEKS ago Tor commander 10 chief. |
turned casually TO his war record and
found that bits fortunes had hccn woven
with thl- regiment an equalization with
history Nni ot which hu was the third
aud last colonel, bgylus started nt the foot
II the toll Hs lieutenant In October. 1901.
The Seventy third wa organized Ia the
ian Of is0i from dsiaeAmgns. OF rvcfuita
that ruudgzyouHod 10 tue camps in Iosi
county. Ia ths winta- aud spring n isOl 10
maroNed Hue c1uutefmnrshci ln the tcdi.
oul aud pt0salc muynments ~ thr armies
in West virginia AVID Ia tho Shenandoah
valley winning no glorr. but having a
rough t.uc ~ &c nevertheless, campaigning
fli wcs,s In snow and rain without nu inch
OF sh.,ter other than the forests Afforded.
II no blood Was shed aad little advantage
was gained To- these marches 10 W.. un fault
OF the men, They sUlortiin the cause and
would have died II called upon. ~ Cross
krys IN May tho regiment hat n taste ot
wax and lost s,ilod Ia a Gkirmish. On