Arizona republican., 1891-12-19
was spared to light elsewhere ana to some

was spared to light elsewhere ana Co some purpose,
 The day of action came to the Seventy third at Manassas or Second Bull Run, on Aug %, when in McLean's brigade, Schenk' $ division of Sigel's corps, it helped to give Stonewal Jackson's army the severest blows it ever endured, the fruits of which, however, were never garnered. r-The supposititious champion of the Seven ty-third may be excused for his pride in the record of his regiment at Manassas, even though that was not glorious Union triumph. The Confederate bullets had the same sting there that they did on more re- nowned battleiields, and every southerner killed there was one less to fight at Gettys- burg or Chickamauga.
 In little journal history of his regi- ment Gen. Hurst has given plain story of the part taken by the Seventy-third on Aug 29, when 1t came into position 200 yards in front of a wood where the enemy was massing troops for a charge. Gen. Hurst says; "We watched with terrible anxiety One two, three battleflags were seen to pass into those woods, and then we knew that the Seyenty-third Ohio would have to meet the charge of whole brigade Ol EtbtlS. AAub N0 NNtthl III lAll anu ptt tieutly bide oTr time. Just then there emerged from the woods, half mile out on our left flank, brigade of men massed in column, and they bore down steadily upon us. The enemy in our front move in concert with those on our flank now come out of the woods-their line masking and overlapping our own. The moment they emerged from the timber our regiment and the whole left of the brigade poured into them such a murderous volley that they rctreated to the covert of the woods again; and now from their partial covert they opened fire on us, and the com bat grew fierce indeed. 1t was the first real, earnest, open field lIne-of. battle fight ing we had done, and the regiment seemed determined to acguit itself we'll And SO, without any defense whatever the battalion stood up and delivered it's fire most effect lively, shouting and cheering as they saw the enemy waver and go back into the woods"
 In this apparently simple piece of busi. ness 70 of the regiment were mOrtally hit and 12 were wounded and recovered.
 By the fortunes of war the SeyGnty-third was exempted from heavy losses until Get tysburg was fought, ten months after Ma nassas. At Gettysburg it was in Stein mehr's division of the Eleventh corps, and didn't get in a shot in Reynolds and How ards fights of the first day, nor in Sickles' battle on the second day, neither in the re- pulse of Pickett's charge, with Hancock on the third day. Its position during the battle was on Cemetery Hill, overlooking the town, and that happened to be just the point that General Lee urged Ewell to as. sault with Stonewall Jackson's old corps Attacks were made by Ewell at points on this line but the Seventy-third was not touched by them, and only took the aver age punishment that falls to regiment under fire of shot, shell and sharpshooters' bullets on battlefield. Its ranks of 800 lost in this way 50 mOItally hit and l03 wounded and recovered If it failed to get Into the famous actions of the field it helped to defend Cemetery Hill, which, if Lee had carried it, would have given him all he was fighting for.
 After Gettysburg the regiment went with Fighting Joe" Hooker and his new command, the Eleventh and Twelfth corps, to help out Sherman at Chattanooga, and fortune at last brought glory to it's ban ners. One night while Hooker was feeling his way around the Confederates on Look out mountain one of his divisions under Gen. Geary was isolated so as to invite a