The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-24
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Hazel Grove was in the possession of Jack
sons troops, and as the plateau was precip-
itous on the side facing Charlottesville,
the several batteries of artillery which had
been brought down there could not be easily
hauled off and saved unless the road was
opened; but nothing prevented our infantry
from rejoining the rest of the army, for Gen.
Berry, with the I'd Division of thel3d Corps.
had checked JacKson's advance and we were
not cut off. But that was the word, at anv
rate, and Gen. Sickles determined to ATTEMPT
pushing through BY the road by a night
movement 10 this end our lines were
formed. the aforesaid road being the left
flank for the charge, in which two regiments
were to advance, formed 10 column III con.
panies, the 40th New York leading and the
18th Maine following them, being temporal.
Iny piace9 win wards brigade. Connect
other regiments of Wards brigade in lines of
Dattle extending to the right In the tangled
WOODS. Inc column advanced with pneanned
m nus When the head Of the column OF the
4gtn New YORK approached the enemy's line
s saeS reCsiveo volley OF musketry in their
faces, winch threw them Into a panic. and
Dack they came upon the 18th Maine in a
mas, The 18th attempted to stop them'
lInere was no firing Of any account. Int our
men We're thrown down and trampled upon.
ana sh many Injured. However. the force OF
again formed; this time the order to the
leading company-C Of the 17th-was to fix
bayonets and If the leading regiment again
DroKe 10 receive 1t upon the bayonet. The
second advance was a repetition of the frst,
tne cnly variation being that a good many
lnen were injured by bayOnets in the hands
OF their friends. The enemy were In close
proximity to the road on its south side and
the bullets began to come in from that direc-
tion. Ihis compelled the forming of line
OF battle by the 18th, on The north side of
the road, facing across II, and a brisk fusil-
ade ensued between the unseen foes After
a VIII lie some one shouted cease firing"
which was repeated on both sides OF the road,
and quiet Immediately followed. The other
part OF Wards line, as soon as 1t entered the
wood. began to be broken up by the difficult
ties of the way and the darkness and there
was no head nor tail to the lines. The men
struggled forward as they could, some of
them nnally emerging into the lines of their
was the famous midnight charge, that brought
honor and promotion to more than one. But
at the end OF this charge the 18th and most
OF Birney's division were just where they be-
short hours intervening to daylight. At
break of day ON May Sd an immediate
movement began to straighten out out
lines and save the ensnared batteries,
stea posSbfGIII1e s,ds by getting them down the
dumped over the declivity OF Hazel Grove,
ana one at least fell into the hands of the
enemy after firing. a few rounds into the
swarm OF Jackson's men that emerged from
the woods and holly renewed the battle.
Under this fierce attack the veterans Of
Birney still marched and wheeled to get into
the positions assigned to them, ii having
been decided to abandon Hazel Grove as too
far advanced for the rest of the line. 1t fell to
Of the nth. to support batteries located
about 800 yards from Hazel Grove towards
Charlottesville; these played upon the
Hazel Grove position, upon the rebel in
fantry In the woods, whose line was formed
along the road where we charged In the
night before, from which it advanced to at
tack our line OF infantry, composed Of Ora
nam g brigade. which was about 200 yards
IN front OF the battery we supported. The
enemy posted about 80 cannon on the Hazel
Grove plateau and they played upon the
batteries we supported upon the troops sup
porting them, upon other batteries located
near Chancellor House, and upon our line
OF infantry, which with the nusket and bay
sometimes following up the discounted foe.
This struggle continued about three hours,
other parts of the 3rd Corps line being as
sailed In the same way, and In the thickest of
II General neral Berry was killed. The 3rd Corps
with Williams division Of the 18th Corps
received the whole weight of Jackson Corps
and did not bulge for hours. At length the
troops OF our line had expended their am.
munition and were relying upon the car
tridges OF theirfallen comrades and upon the
boJOhOss @OmCWlcl6 U6tWtb0 D ana y q.
at the angle where Graham's line facing
south met that of Williams facing south
west on the road, the enemy at last wedged
himself In and poured through the gap. 1t
50 happened thatGen. Sickles with Gen. Bir-
ney had ridden up and saw this break. In
stantly Gen. Birney turned to our brigade
and called upon 1t for charge. Between
our brigade and the point aimed at stood
cabin. This somewhat separated and dou-
bled up our lines In the endeavor to press
that the three. lett companies, E, A and F,
with LIT Col. Merrill, became detached from
the rest OF the regiment, rejoining it later in
the day. The 18th with some other regi-
ments OF the brigade swept forward upon
the incoming rebels, made left wheel as it
| approached the line and thus scooped Ia
| about 200 prisoners. Our line was re-estab-
| iished but owing to the confusion and con-
sternation caused by Gen. Berry's death
| and to some strange conduct Of the officers
| who. succeeded him. also to the idea at army
headquarters that better line could be
formed further back, our troops were with
drawn In good order from the low ground
which they had so stubbonly defended. The
lorvflle House at that moment Gen. Hook
er stood on the steps and was having some
sharp talk with Gen. Geary. Hooker de-
clared In an emphatic manner that he was
the line Of batteries posted on the road had
no Immediate support, lie said '.where are
troops to support these batteries?" At once
Major West. then having the seven compa-
mics Of the regiment under his command,
stepped up, saluted Hooker and rendered the
18th Maine to support the guns If desired.
Gen. Hooker thanked him and said he had
plenty Of other troops at hand. Without
much delay the movements of forming the
white house line, so called, began and were
successfully completed. Here strong breast
works had been thrown up and the army was
again ready to receive the enemy, but he had
got enough Of it. Without further fighting
our army remained there two days and then
Withdrew to the old encampment. The field
hospitals were left behind with many of our
wounded as well as the hospital attendants,
composed mainly of the company musicians,
and these became prisoners to the exultng
troops of Lee.
The losses Of the 18th Maine In this battle
were finally determined to have been-killed
and mortally wounded, officer and men !;
simply wounded, 8 officers and 60 men miss
Ing Qncluding prisoners not woundd) 38 men /;
total, 113.
give the names of those recorded in the
Ad1utantGeneraps report, but 1t is not COM
plete:
Co.A-Killed and mortally wounded: Charles o
Blackstone, George F. Hardy. Wounded
lst Lieut. James M. Brown. Corps. Joseph
8 Hobbs, Charles r: Todd, Priyates Jediah
enow, Edwin Hatch, Daniel G. Mason, Da-
va N; Spaulding, Franklin Skillings, John
/ LIE AuChoT. ITlSOu6TS. JOnl w. CLOUD.
| man, Melville c. Merrill
Co. B-Killed; George s. Mnliken. Wounded:
/ 1st Sergt. James s. Roberts. Privates vii
liam Kelley, 8. III. Wadron C?John
Doughty Eugene <. Jones. Prisoners
Thomas w. Kneeland.
Co. C-Killed or MORALLY wounded: Corp. Joseph
M. Atwood. Wounded: Capt. Augustus
GoldeTmann. Corp. j. f. Strout, Pri
Yates George +. Sawyer. VIM. H. Wood
ward Frank Lane, K. X. Allen. Prison
ers: Corp Geo. L. Perry, Musician L. G..
| Co. D-W0unded: Corp. Oliver D. Smith, Priyates
VIM. III: Joy reported wounded since May
y, '63; he was sent back with assistant to
the rear; probably taken prisoner while IN
hospitaD Richard Burchll, Ivory Maddox,
Martin McNulty, VIM. B. Small s. H. Simp-
son, Isaac Tibbetts, Waterman Trafton.
Prisoners; Corp. Levi Willard, Jr., Pri-
Yates Joshua g. Richardson, Alonzo w.
Sawyer, George III. Maloon, VIM. McMas-
ter (the last two named deserted while
under parole).
| Co. E-Mortally wounded: George s. DYER.
Wounded: Corp. Tobias Pillsbury, Pri.
Yates George K. Burbank, Cyrus johnson.
James e. Mitchell. Prisoners: j. III.
Heatey, George f. Cakes; Musicians
| Charles A. Dyer, E. N. Coolbroth.
| Co, F-Wounded: Corpls p. G. Jordan, Henry #,
| Stone. Missing in action believed to be
killed: Levi A. Whitcmob Prisoners;
VIM. T.. Harding Z. w. Murdoch, Dustin
b, Kicker
| Co. Comfortably wounded Charles Z. Fopg
Wounded: Capt. Edward ]. Merrill, Corp.
Lincoln Phinney, Privates James r. Good.
win, IL. III. Wheeler, Jr. Pris0ners. Corn