Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-11


wright's brigade, 1900 strong, it, leader
with his cap poised un bis glittcring blade,
pressed on past the flank Of portcr's men
on Crews I'M, and wheeling, reached the
foot " the blnt under the battehas Here
they met the Fourteenth New York vol
uniccr and were ropulsci with heavy
loss. with rcmnast Of only so Wright
hung on under the mu1zlcs 81 potcr's
cannon until dark. Senmcs' brigade nd.
vance. against the angle between Wright
and Armlstcad aud mingled his dead with
those OF OUT own line around the buildings
" the Grew farm. Arinisttad's men
charge six timOs upOn the deadly batteries
through storms " bullrt-, canister and
grape. One 81 his regiments. tho Thirty.
eighth Virginia, lost it's color sergeant
and corporal- killed. and cnrporils
severely wounded, ~ each In turn seized
tho falling eolou. Finally tho lieutenant
colonel seized the stat and wis wounded,
and captain who next took them wnH
soon hlt by three balls The colonel nest
seized the stan but IL was Knocked from
his hand and shattered aud the dag was
caught by the remaining color corporal
and carried through the nght, flying from
n bayonot. So deadly was the Dire NJ this
point that tho Conicdefatcs In their des.
paration made barrlcadgs Of their fallen.
nthis Held, also, Confederate daring had
IT, match. Here were the Forty fourth
New York, "Ellsworth'a AyenRers,n and
the Eighty.thlrd Pennsylvania, two rrgi.
ments that afterward scaled the stecps OF
Little Round Top At Gettysburg aud held
i gloriously 10 the triumph Of our cause.
The Elghty.third had lost u killed at
Gaines Mill, June "a. and now suffered
further loss OF 20 dead. The Forty fourth
and Eighiythird charged together GU the
advancing enemy aud captured rcgl.
mental flag. Tho forty,fourth hnd four
color bearers shot, and the ffth, though
twlos severely wounded, refused TO give up
the stat until be could do NO to the colonel
who had intrustei II to him. Another sol.
der OF this regiment was absent during u
part Of tho tight on special duty, and when
the command was relieved after emptying
It, cartridge boxes, no refused 10 10 re-.
liuyed because he hid few shots left. In
the ranks Of the SiSty-nnth Irish rcgl.
mcnt he fought on until hia empty box en-.
titled him 20 Join his comrades In the rear
Tho world reads volumes about the Rlo-
rlous achievements Of the Army Of tDu po.
tomae In after years. but the story OF those
battles OF 1859 show that Il was during
these days that the bolt was forged that
shattered the grand armament Of tho Con-
lederney In ls6i-a. Malvern Hill was
fought on our side by empty stomachs,
many Of tho mon having had no food for
tWentyfour TO thirty.six hours, and then
only hard bread and water, Fortunately
their wants wore relieved next day when
the supply transports ordered into James
river by Mcclellan on June ~, Ia anticipa-
ton OF his change Of base, unloaded their
stores into the laps OF the heroic solilery.
The Confederate loss at Malvern Hill
was about 5000 killed and wounded. This
twelltd their casualty list during the
Seven Days to 1000 against the Union
loss Of about 300.
Leo was fairly outwiitcd by his boylsh
opponent, for he should have known that
Mcclellan was heading for james river
aud seized Malvern llill ahead OF him. As
II turned out, Malvern Hill secured To tho
Army Of tho Potomac u new lcsse, with
gnnoont cooperation and free water com.
muuICatlOn with tile north