Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18

men. they are holding Fremont's $
Army of $4,000 in check. while
jackson, with the rest of bis army.
aud many thousand prisoners are
crossing the bridge over the Shen-
andoah at Cross Keys. Here. too,
they win new l:urels after many
hours of severe fighting and heavy
loss, including the wounding of
Gen. Steuart. then in command of
thr whole Maryland Line. June
"a. and they are making the final
| charge with the Stoncwall Brigade
under Gen. Winder at Gaines s Mills.
on whose stubbolnly contested field,
among the dead and dying, they
lay down exhausted that night. af-
ter McClellan's defeated lcgions
had taken safety IN flight. July
finds them facing the terrible artil-
lery fire from McClellan's batteries
at Malvern Hill. where the night
after the battle Capt. Hcrbert's
company was one ef those selected
and which occupied the advance
post OF the army of Northern Vir-
ginia.
This practically ended the fight
ing career of the list Maryland Reg
iment, &. ). A. as such, for il was
mustered out at GordousviIlc about
the middle of August of that year
US62).
But. Capt Herbert had not gone
South to fight during "A season. TO
him. as to the other gallant men
from Maryland. great principle
was involved, and his services be-
longed to the cause of the South so
long as there was an organized army
left To maintain it. lie promptly
re-cnlisted for the war. and was sue
cessively elected major and licutcn-
ant-coloncl of the 2nd MARYLAND
Regiment, which was organized mt
Winchester III the autumn Of 1862,
composed largely OF the men who
had served in the lst Regiment,
with some new acquisitions wh) had
come over from Maryland. Ills
first ambition, rs he, himself, ex-
pressed it, was to make the I'd Reg
iment equal in discipline to its pre-
decessor. How well he succeeded.
to Appomattox.
| have not attempted to follow
either of these regiments of heroic
Marylanders through their suffer
jngs and prlvatiOns in the camp,
on their forced marches, under the
scOrching suns of summer and
through the bitter cold Of winter,
often without food, and with only
scant clothing. My time will only
permit me to pass To what history
seems to conccdc as the decisive
struggle of the war, the battle of
Gettysburg. Here the end Mary
land Regiment. Col. Herbert, form
ed a part of the 2rd Brigade. COM
manded by Gen. George ii. Stcuart,
and was next to the 3rd North Car
olina, which held the right Of the
line. On its left were the 10th,
23rd and 37th Virginia, with the
1st North Carolina held in reserve
on the left flank. The brigade,
which was i'm Gen. Edward John
sons division of Ewell's Corps had
arrived on the night of the 1st of
July (thc night of the first days
battle) and taken a position to the
east and southeast OF the town,
where they laid down on their arms
for the much needed rest, after hav-
ing marched over 130 miles in the
nine days preceding. There they
waited all that night and the next
day while the very earth was shak-
ing with the roar of artillery, aud
its torn victims being borne past
them, helpless TO the rear. AT last,
at 6 O'Clock in the evening, twenty
four hours after they had gotten in
position, came the order to "FOr-
ward" Picture to yourselves a h'll
as steep as Saratoga-st, from Cal
vert to Charles, so rough and reg
ged, and filled with bOulders that
the officers had to dismOunt and
send their horses, powcrless TO climb
it, to the rear. Such was C.lp's
hill. Bristling with lines Of breast
works one above the other; strength
ened by the trunks Of trees which
had been felled for the purpose. and
their branches thrown outwards and
beyond, so as to best impede the
progress Of the charging column.