Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-07

fusion and darkness. not knowing friend
from foe. actually assaulted tho very polut
held by strouy'- gallant men.
DR.. Palmer asserts thut manyof his com.
rados Ia tho bastlon wore shot by putuama
meu and that Putnam himself was killed
BY a Union bullet On the pampet Of Wng.
nOr. His account continues "Ihe writer
estimates that ~ many ns 501 or 800 men
frccr,ded in furciug their way into that
bastIon; that 900 tr 900 fell thcre; that 100
or 80 succeeded In escaping back TO tho
Union lines after they became convinced of
the folly Of attempting 20 hold it. aud II IL
known that il0 men, who persisted 10 bold.
INK what they had taken at such terrible
coat, were, after three OF four hours Of drs.
perata nghtiug, oyerpoworud and taken
prisoners. but from shortly Afer o'clock
until u. midnight, they succeeded IN Dc.
Tending the fertilization they had taken
despite repeated assaults of tho enemy"
Gen. Tallaforro writs. a. follows Of tho
Union defense Of tho conquered hnstloni
'Tho party which had piinci access could
not escape. 10 was certain death 10 attempt
10 pass tho line Of concentrated IRE which
swept the face OF the work and thcy d.d
not attempt Il. but they would not sur
render, aud IN despair kept up constant
fire upon tho main body u the fort" Tn,
Coufcietates called Tor volunteers 20 dis.
lodge the a.sallants, aud the crack com.
pany Of Capt. W. ~ ryan. Of the Charlie.
ton battalion, responded among Others.
Con. Tnlihfcrro says "Ryans company
was selected, and the gallant lrlshman At
the head " his company dashed nt the rcck.
less aud insane men who seemed bent on
immolatlon, Timetables had now slngularly
NHHss q . B.. a.. A.. a
sailed and they held fort within fort
Ryan rushed az thom, but he irll, killed
outright, with several Of his men, and tho
rest rccoilcd"
DE-, palmer's story goes on a. this point,
"Thc ground within that salient was piled
with dead and dying; the wounded cried
for help, our number. had been greatly
Tcduogl by the lire, aud the retirement, ono
nt "a time. of those who thought the at.
tempt 10 hold on was folly. There still
rumaincd 40 men, mainly Of the Sixth
Connecticut aud Forty ci Fhth New York,
although tlrte WIS hardly regiment that
had participated Ia the assault, some OF
Whose men did not Ioin that stAlwart com.
| phuy who determined to defend the hastiun
90 the last. furmoru than three
hours that defense Of tho fort within the
fort was kept up, but AZ mid.
night the C0nfederntea, by suddenly rush.
Ing In upon them from front aud naukl
and rear, did finally oyerwhelm them, tAon
they surrendered"
The foFty.clghth lost 81 men aud o oal.
GERS Killed outright mud Is men and ON.
GERS mortAlly wounded. death roll OF -,
the highest 10 amy regiment iu the assault.
it, wounded numbered officers aud lOi
men. The prisoner taken In tho hastlon
were -, the highest number belonging TO a
single regiment, The regiment went In
| with 300 mca and 10 Officers. aud the lussss
were 20 men and 10 officers, 2l9 ia all.
In February, is6i, the Forty.cighth no
eumpanled the expedition led By Gen Soy.
mour into tho lutorlor Of Florida, aud on
the 9th Of that month fought In the dies,
pernio battle at Olustce, where Il was Ia
close contact with the enemy Tor five houra.
During the last two hours Of the tight IL
was without ammunition, yet maintained
Is ground under severe lro IN order u
cover the withdrawal OF the defeated army.
| In May, 1874, the regiment WAS trans.
| ierred TO Virginia aud fought with heavy
losses at Dpwry's Blun, on the james, In
May, % Cold liarbor In june aud at Peters.
burg In June and July Il charged into
tue breach a. the "Cfatcr" July 20, aud
nrcrward fought at Strawberry plains.
Fort Fisher and Wilmington.
The lighting period Of tho regiment
covered nineteen months, aud H. losses, all
told, were 20 killed and mottally wounded
aud Coz wounded aud recovered, making q
total Of $50 killed aud wounded, about ~
per cent. ot iu enrolment.
Cen Barton, the second colonel 81 tho
regiment, died recently IN New York, aud
lls funeral sermon was preached by De
Palmer who, as boy private in Company
ID, az onr time served Hs bis ouledy.
According 20 the camp stories told on
"Perrys Saints" after they reached tho
front the boys dld not pose ts models Of
rgh'eogsnes-, bur they proved in good
score VI bloody contests thut thew wore
noble and darIug lighters, aud that was
what they enlisted for