The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07

III NSa - connection was
s-G, MSA - ONLY nominal
| III MM Kearnv nathan
| Nv lMW ~ecru;ted tbe Jor.
| \ ESN&Ss sew bows nor led
| | ! rIss,W Mem where tho
| TX gI " bullets flew. b,,t
thew were ..xaor-
ny's ,Jersey,s, navartheless and be was
| their Zone A. med PHIL, in the fond ;llu-
| sion of the time so f. is eli tbe sama thirty
wears after whether the nrattv idea 1vos
spun from truth or fancy The surviv;ng
veterans look unon Kearnv as bavin9
been their military father. thew "re,1na'
| on his old family manor. and keen bis
memory green in countless WAYS as become
| brave soldiers for a fallen hero wbiIe
| the gallant Tevlor fell at their head ond
| Torhert led them to many victor;es ord
| half a DOZEN other briood;ars &c ,,,aII
Kearnv has been their idol ..t,rst Iast
and ALWAYS Snrelv he vas . e,rand f,,r,,,.o
| for any hodv of men to tic to nc ~, . rsh al
on the tented field and the 'Iersays ave, , ,v..
valiant comnanv fo,. a,v ~, borsehooI-
TO fall in With while going 70 the ,yacs
Bcipo 50 well met thonrb their contoot
was brief. let their w1raitbs travel down
| fame,s golden halfway tooether
| The First Jersey brieade wac mada ~, ~
| certain odd Volunteer connanias left aye.
! from the three montbs nnota in Anil 1891
and other companies that took time bv N q
forelock. got themselves nm in m;l;tary
| shape and were hoping the rebellion vonld
NOT col]anse without. narnitiino Nav, To-
sew to get in a lick when TincoIn,s SECOND
| call to arms-Mav + 1Se1-mada il coon, - ~
| them a nleasure inst To live The E;rst
Second and Third regiments bnrr;ed ~ tho
front and served in the reserves at RulI
Run. In August the Fourth reoimant and
| Hexamer,s batterv-"A }, First New Tow
sew light artillery-ioined their comra1as
| and Philip Kearny. a hero of MANY fields
already wearing an ernntv sleeve was com.
missioned brioadier TO iesd them rho o1d
| fighter was a stern. unbendine ,nartinef
and for seven months he nut the JERSEYS
| through course of harnmering that turnsd
out 4 goo soldiers where q Oof) buddine nov.
ices had been. The upsbot was . crack
brigade. ahead of all its fellows in denort-
ment and drill. Kearny had done II. and
the whole army as well as half the country
had admired the performance. So Kearny
and his JERSEYS were in fine feather before
| the fighting commenced. Tn Anril 1880
when the army started for the PENINSULA
1 Kearny was promoted to the command Of
a division and separated from ,Jersevren
! for good. They drifted into the Siytb
corps and remained there to the end
The first affair of blood was at West
Point, on York river, May z. where Hey
amer repulsed charge with canister and
| the JERSEYS made coUntercba rpe. The
division comrades of the Jersey $ o,ick1v
concluded that Kearny hadn't erred in
farming out his soldierly reputat; on among
such ready fighters. Ii was at Gaines'
Mill, though, that the JERSEY boys learned
| that the rebellion wasn't bubble 10 COL
lapse at the first prickinc. They were
called out in Slocun,'s division Of reserves
| to aid Porter's Fifth corps in n struggle
| where the odds were twn tn one CoI
fever to follow his ragiment II, tba So
ond there were only four CON, aaT;es far
| duty. hut their loader Col r NJ T1ote.
nut them in the front line to rc1,eve . fl, FIJI
regiment that hed been crt r. 800
| Col Tucker was n,ortallv 1vs,, ndad AVID
when some Of his men starfed n .arrT Nm Mn,
TO the rear he called ont .sDon,t naind mo
hnt m ahe.dI, Tha m.ior IT n %.
son then ran totbe co,ors ,ys1 oil b;ss,,..,.5
tn raIIv tse men ard y-.s ,,1,o1rls, 49,
down In this lttle bat+a1;oy, 40 -
killed and 90 -,ountled irsi5a ~ ~, -,
The Fourtb reninant under ri T II
Simnson refused ia retreat 1rbn,, o,,+ ~
from III s1nnort and defended its esro,,,,,1
until 81 were killed and 1os wte,5,aed ana
gave nm only when completely s,,.rou dad
The Third lost IS killed and 1856 wounded.
The First lost "A killed and SO wounded.
Reserves always find the hottest place in {.
fight if they find any and Kearny himself
could feel proud of the ranks that stood up
until nearly GOO bit the dust oat of less
than 1000 engaged. Every man doubts his
own courage and that OF his fellows until
the baptism of fire is passed, and the SOL
der who left Gaines Mil field without de-
serving the hated brand OF coward had
no longer envy in his heart for the heroes
OF BGena Vista and Chepultepec. He was
In the swim with the battle Scared"
But the heads of the Jerseys were not