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

ROUGH CLIMBING AT wAuHATCuiE
sudden nt,sck and wa. fur.ously hs,ailed
by one Of Lnng.trcets veteran divisiona
The sevonty.thlrd went with IT, brigade
10 succor Gcary, and on the march to tue
ffons was suddenly fred upon By soma
Conicdcrate- on a hilltop far In Gearya
rear and between him aud his snpportA
The regiment was then not quite ~
strong. aud with the Thlrtythirl Massa.
ohusetts waa orderul 10 change front and
50 up that hill aud drive OUT the enemy.
The two regiments numbered about 5OJ In
all, and stretching their line 50 a. 10 cover
one slope the men pushed their way up a
steep ascent Of about 30 yards. The hill.
side was covered with heavy timbsr and
undorbrush, and ia many places the men
bad 10 pull themselves mp hand over hand
BY Selling onto the roots and bushes above
them. Fortunately at this stage the enc.
myia fro passed over the Arad. of the Oar,
lux assailanis, bat ~ soon ~ they reached
The summit the clear moonlight revealed
them 10 the ConiederAtcs NJ short range
Tho latter were sheltered by bruastwurk,
aud opened a murdsrous Gre upon the ad
Nancing line The Seventy third Wa alone
Tor time. and forged IT, way over tree.
tops, rocks aud logs up 10 the Confederate
works
liza few minutes tho Massachusetts, men
iolnel tho ohloan., AMI grAud rush of he
gallant band forced tho enemy 60 ice down
the hillside This cleared the road Tor sup.
ports 70 reach Geary, add Lonsair.et Hban.
duurl bis attack. Con. Grant pronounced
this action. which determined tho result Of
the battle Of wtuhatchlc. ~ Gciry'- nght
q called, zone " the most daring fcats Of
arms in the war" The Seventy third lost
o. Ellsi end wounded. resulting in 10
deaths all told. Thus II cost the regiment
les lu noble blood 10 win Immortal fame Ia
on incidental lght n Wauhatchc than to
wage long aud stubborn battles iu Ru oh.
tcuro c1rnero " Ia, Held at Manassas aud
Gettysburg Tor tho deliyerancn OF tho CAPT,
tai " the nation.
After the rrlief Of Chattanooga aud of
Knoxville. which soon followed, the seven.
/ ty-thlrd was rlurgauifed as "a veteran rel.
| mrnt 10y te.onlistmout OF rs u tue &c
/ original member, ~ no ahll 10 d1duty. With
| tho nli.tion N some recruits the rrrment
| started on Shrrmhn's Atlanta campaign
/ about lilstrnug IL served ln the Twentieth
corps, formed Dy consolidation of the Elsy.
] enih and Twelfth. On the way down 10 AZ.
/ lluA II was engaged IN many brilliant nc,
lions AZ ResNes, New Hope Church. Pine
| Mountain, kgugsAw, Culp'. Farm and
Peach TIVE Greek, IL deaths in battle Ia
the cnmpaign ruuniug up 20 %, with about
$50 wounded Ia addition Then II started
on the great march 70 the sea
On the way up through the CarollnRs "a
join forces with Grant Sherman had but
one serious encounter, aud that with only
a portion ot lls troops, the leit wing, un'
der Gen. Slncum. which Gen Joe John
atom attempted tn uyerwhelm NJ benton
/ VILE March ~ IL was sharp game VI
Johustoua 20 crush slocum alone and then
turn on shurman's other wing aud ser,
thut the same turn. Ia defending Ia
ground against repeated assaults the Sow
onty-thiid iucrd the most terrible muskrtry
iire 10 ever endured aud hrcd the last OF itl
sixty rounds NJ esrtriises iu return. For
tungtely, covering OF undrrbru,h gave
the men partial protection. Yet IL lost
10 KILLED ami wounded, ~ being tue huai
mortality list Tubs cios-d rs nghtluy
reur, swelling tho total deaths in battle 70
III aud the wounded nnd recovered 90 $40.
or tsl iu all Qua ~ $50 mumtur, Ia tls
r'slWrut Ouly I've Ohio rs.auruts In the
81 Ightlng alO' oscsHaJl the esyrnty,tllul
In the number killed In Nattle aud only one
IA prrc,utagv OF killed 90 the membership.
GEoGGE l.. kiLNEL