Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-30

tians Of Florida and Texas every state in
the C0nicdcracy was touched during iis
campaigns, and ~ eight different states IL
buried battlefield victims
The field services of tho Finy.nih BE-.
gan In shurman's brigade. in tho St. Innis
rendezvous. In 1901. aud ended when hedis.
banded bis army after the grand review ln
ieii. Tho regiment was with sherman at
Shiloh, Ia April. isul. and ui Bcutonviilc,
y. c.. In March, 1868 having followed bis
fortunes closely during the intervening
thr' years This record alone would be-
pfoud one. though IL could be- told In a few
sentences, hut the regiment has other
claims TO notice, havlu. won place
among tho 90 fighting regiments whose
losses IN killed and m1rillly wounded In
action entiilc them 10 special classification.
IT, battlefield losses wuru distributed over
the whole period u ~ campaigns. aud Ia
fourteen out Of tho thirty.Avu months
Of its campaigning 10 counted iis killed In
action. and la the aggregate these amount
ol 10 10, nearly u per cent u the total
numbcr borne on the rcgImental rolls.
Probably ono out Of every i've who stood
ia it, ranks IN battle was killed.
Bat the best 81 all l. that the fighting 81
the ffty.nfth meant something Shiloh,
the Nicksbury assaults, Atlanta, 'tiitsa
yycro tho noids of it, nclcr.t struggle
Two Of thcm were victories aud tho thifd,
Shiloh. hnd d. triumph for tho Fifty-nith
aside from share in tho general result.
which was negatively q victory IN thas
haitlo the rglmcnt was Ia Shcrman's
division, Second brigade. aud was detached
from the main Hoe and sent 20 thcoXircmc
left to hold position morn than milo
distant from other troops. It 10 hap.
pcned that the lcft Hank Of tho Union limo
was just the point tho Confederate de-
trrmiucd 20 smash Nc tho outset. Thia
flank rested very near tho Tennessee river.
aud hcrus, that river help would come 10
Grants support u IL camentnli. The Con.
fr1rratc commander wished 10 fight 10 out
with Grant alone. aud therefore aimed 10
forcc the Union line back FROM tho river
and seize tho crossing places before a juno.
ton could DO effected between the Union
troops on the Held aud the 5000 marching
60 thuir relief or the routed army could es-
,npo over tho same route The battle was
fought 49, planned. Johnston, the Cunfcl.
crate commander. was wounded while uri;.
ing bis men forward 10 brsak the Union
Resistance on the lcft flank.
The brigade IN which the Fiftynfth
iorycd was commanded on that Hold by
the colonel Of the regiment, David Stuart
u Nkhiuf hiUukiA Whrn hluusht luto
close action was 40 mvn-5i9 Of the
liny-lnh, tho remainder part VI tho
Iif'y.fourth Ohio regiment The Conird.
crate resemblance. developed tho luit "
prcutiss' line, which was next on THO
hght from Stuart, 90 the leit OF tho Union
army. and that line was the iirst attacked.
but the battle wHs hardly under way when
ttuar'a men wcru trcn 10y tAa Couiedor'
ut,,. aud being IN motion, Shilling their
Positions 20 receive An expected attack,
they were supposed TO be- mnucuvrr,ug 20
flank The ouomy's line Considerable tlma
was lost hy the Confederate Ia preparing
o. meet this new emergency. lirigadcs
mud regiments changed th,is places, and
reserves wcru brought up % an tlu zap In
The line gt battle caused by this extension
Of fruut Il fcll 70 the lot Of Chalmcr,'
Confederate brigade, of Withcr'a division.
10 gmuplo with Stuart, aud tbnt command
moved forward under the personal dlryC-
ton u Con. Johnston, with orders %
drive the lonely brigade back toward tho
river md isolate Il from the rest Of tho
Union army