The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-07

ETY. organized and equipped the Forty-seo'
ond during the first weeks of the war, and
gave to it its first colonel, Sachem W. D.
Kennedy, brother of the superintendent of
Metropolitan police from 1860 to 1870, ]. A.
Kennedy. A large representation of the
society, probably 300 members, will take
part in the ceremonies of dedication. A
delegation of the survivors of the regiment,
headed by Major Peter Bowe, ex-sherif Of
New York county; Colonel J. j. Mooney
and Captain Eugene Sullivan, will accom-
pany the party from New York to the field,
and parade as feature of the exercises.
Tammany's chief, Hon. Richard Croker,
Mayor Grant, Commissioner Gilroy, Hon.
Bourke Cochran and other prominent pub
lie men of the city will also be of the party
in attendance. General Martin T. McMa-
hon will preside over the ceremonies, and
orations and speeches will be made by Gen
eral Daniel E. Sickles, Colonel Ely S.
Parker, who was on General Grants staff,
and is a representative of Indian blood,
and Colonel John r. Fellows. The Tam
many Glee club will also play an interest
ing part.
The arrangements for the unveiling and
dedication are in charge of committee
gerald, John T. Carroll, Alderman n. T.
Brown and State Senator George T.
Roesch. The committee of the Tammany
society that have carried forward the work
of building the monument to this success
full issue is headed by Police Commissioner
James J. Martin, of New York city. His
associates are Sheriff John j. German and
General John Cochrane.
The expenditure Of the society has been
very liberal, as the state supplied but 81. 800
toward the structure, and the cost was
$780, The bronze Indian figure Is feet
6 inches high, and the tepi 16 feet high.
1t stands on the slope of Cemetery Ridge,
near the Bloody angle" of the stone wall
where Pickett's columns were met and re-
pulsed on july 3, 1868.
The Forty-second well deserves a monu-
ment, and the design selected, though at
first thought it seems to contrast strangely
with the military statues around it, is
representation of the age and of the senti-
ment that brought the regiment into be-
ing. Its first colonel was grand sachem
of Tammany. Colonel Kennedy died in
the service, and had four uccessors-Colo-
mel Milton Cogswell, Colonel E. G. Charles,
Colonel James E Mallon and Colonel Will
liam A Lynch. Colonel Mallon was killed
at Bristol Station, Oct. IA, 1868, while lead
ing his brigade.
The regiment had its baptism at Balls
Bluff, Oct. 81, 1861, where it lost seven
killed, including three officers, six wounded
and 100 missing. 1t fought on the PENN
sula, particularly at Glendale, June 80,
1862, and at Antietam lost 1862 killed and
wounded out of 9S1 engaged. On that field
it was in Sedgwick's famous charge at
Dunker's Church, Sept. II. At Gettys-
burg it was in Halls brigade, Gibbons di-
vision of Hancock's corps, and was con-
spicuous in aiding the repulse of Pickett's
charge. It's losses at Gettysburg were fif-
teen killed and ffty-five wounded. After
Gettysburg it fought at Bristol Station and
in the Wilderness campaign, closing its ca
reer at Petersburg The total losses of the
regiment in killed and wounded were 40
out of 1,210 enrolled. The killed and NOR
tally wounded numbered 152, or 1875 per
cent. Of its numbers. During its entire
term of service the Forty-second was in
the Second division. Second corps of the
Army of the Potomac.