Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-22

Peach Orchard, on Emmittsburg nike.
July 2, 1909 In fact, the Ono Hundred aud
Toriy.lrst was the angle itself. Il mum.
bered az o'clock that dry go men all
told After some manonyoring TO get into
the best position TO meet tho daring %.
taults OF Longstrcct's Confederate, com.
lug from two directions against tho angle,
Col Madill found his regiment alone,
facing whitening lrc from artillery and
mussotry on both fronts. When a whole
Confederate division emerged from shell.
terlng wood and dashed for tho Peach Or.
ohard. one Of the captains ~ the regiments
sald 10 the colonel. 'lladn't We better get
out OF thisp
~ have no orders 10 get out. II ] had
my old regiment could whip all OF them. y
was the response. In twenty minutes.
however, the brave colonel found that he
must 10 or leave bis last man In the fatal
augle. Al the first Confederate volloy
20 fell In few minutes "a lay dead
within sight OF tho colonel. The major
aud tho adjutaut were killed, and ali
tho color guards and both color bearers
wcro killed or wounded. a wounded man
Jaw the bearer Of the state flag shot down
mud took the stan from his hands. In a
lew minutes tho bearer OF tho stars and
stripes iell, and the same wounded man
caught up the falling flag and carried il
until relieved Of Il by the colonel. With
nineteen unwoundcd men and his ilnglntact
Col. Madiil marched back before the wave
otenemles pressing up on all sides.
Graham had been wounded and captured
and the line at the angle was DESTROYED
Con. Sloklss, surprised and overcome by
tho sudden and awful disaster, was hasten.
Ing forward Into the very Jaws OF death TO
Try aud save something. But Il was too
late. Where an hour before two lines Of his
troops bad shown bold fronts west aud
south, the Contedoraies were In possession
aud were following up their successes by
pushing boldly and with all the ardor Of
triumphant soldiers toward Little Round
Top, tho key TO Gettysburg. Seeing Col.
Aiadlll moving on with his beggarly hand.
ful tho general pleaded. Colonel, for Gods
sake. can't you hold onp
The leader OF tho once proud Ono Hun.
dred aud Forty-lnt east an cye along tho
ground behind his few followers, "a though
measuring ghostly ranks filled by his fallen
heroes, and with husky voice exclaimed.
Where are my monW
Could he have held on with 10 soldier,
against 100000 He would have tried
had u been no ordered, but In an IN
slant slckles was cut down by a musket
ball. and Resistance at the Peach Orchard
and the whea,iield, In fact everywhere In
front Of Little Round Top, wins ended.
The One HundredRnd fouy.drst lost 100
Killed aud wounded. The killed and NOR.
tally hurt numbered %, Out OF o officers 0
were Killed or wounded. The loss amount.
cd To over 80 per cent, Of those engaged
and was exceeded only once ON the Union
SIDE IN the war-nAmely, tho First Mime.
sofa, which Lost ~ per cent.
let tho regiment was not wiped out, IL
was Transferred To the Second corps Ia the
spring Of 1864, and took part IN all tho
bloody charges led by Hancock from tho
Wilderness 70 Petersburg. Lieut.. Col.
watkins, having recovered from his Chan
cellunvillo wound aud returned from cap
tiyily, was In command. In the assaults !
at Petersburg, June Is, 1904. the regiment
ttorncl the Confederate intrcnthmcnta, |
and there Col Watkins met his doom. lie |
wns shot through the body while leading |
his men In tho heat OF battle and died Oh |
tue Held. He bad redeemed his pledge.
bfORdE L. kILMEn. |