The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Wright's brigade, 1000 strong, its leader
with his cap poised on his gittering blade,
pressed on past the flank of Porter's men
on Crews Hill, and wheeling, reached the
foot of the bluff under the batteries. Here
they met the Fourteenth New York vol
unteers and were repulsed with heavy
loss. With remnant of only 800 Wright
hung on under the muzIes of PoYter's
cannon until dark. Semmes' brigade ad-
vanced against the angle between Wright
and Armistead and mingled his dead with
those of our own line around the buildings
of the Crew farm Armistead's men
charge six times upon the deadly batteries
through storms of bullets, canister and
grape, One of his regiments, the Thirty
eighth Virginia, lost its color sergeant
and corporals killed, and corporals
severely wounded, as each in turn seized
the falling colors. Finally the lieutenant
colonel seized the staff and was wounded,
and a captain who next took them was
soon hit by three balls. The colonel next
seized the staff, but it was knocked from
his hand and shattered, and the flag was
caught by the remaining color corporal
and carried through the fight, flying from
a bayouet. So deadly was the fire at this
point that the Confederates in their des-
paration made barricades of their fallen.
On this field, also, Confederate daring had
its match. Here were the Ferty-fourth
New York, "ElIsworth's Avengers" and
the Eighty-third Pennsylvania, two regi-
ments that afterward scaled the sleeps of
Little Round Top at Gettysburg and held
it gloriously to the triumph of our cause
The Eighty-third had lost 81 killed at
CnT
further loss of so dead. The Forty fourth
and Eighty-third charged together on the
advancing enemy and captured regi-
mental flag. The Forty-fourth had four
color bearers shot, and the fifth, though
twice severely wounded, refused TO give sp
the staff until he could do so to the colonel
who had intrusted it TO him. Another sol
der of this regiment was absent during
part of the fight on special duty, and when
the command was relieved after ernptying
its cartridge boxes, he refused 70 be re-
heved because he had a few shots left. In
the ranks of the Sixty-ninth IRISH regi-
ment be fought on until his empty box en-
titled him to JON his comrades in the rear.
The world reads volumes about the glo-
rious achievements OF the Army Of the Po-
tomac In after years, but the story of those
DdJLleS OF IoUS snow Glal II was during
these days that the bolt was forged that
shattered the grand armament Of tie Con-
federacy in 1865 Malvern Hill was
fought on our side by empty stornachs,
many Of the men having had DO food for
twenty-four to thirty-six hours, add then
only hard bread and water. Fortunately
their wants were relieved next day when
the supply transports ordered into James
river By Mcclellan on June IS In auticipa-
ton Of bis change of base, unloaded their
stores into the laps Of the heroic soJdiery.
The Confederate loss at Malvern EEli
was about e,eoo killed and wounded. This
swelled their casusity Es during the
Seven Days. 10 n, go against the Union
loss of sboss SeD
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oppcosut, for he should have known that
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and SIZED Msi~ern Hzaf ahsaA Of him As
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