Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-03

.,ass 10 Hil's corps, the vanguard oi tue 1
t-.dlnuhot, aud there was nothing TO
s',.Inmish the Twcniy.slxth from a dozen
~ organizations In the commaud, ex'
s,.,iut Ia long line q well clad. hearty
,iheh spirited men,
Ia, certain sense II had been n pet rcgi
-,',i to TINT tsuc; that b.. with friend NJ
,,sn il bad Nujoycl H. privileges anh
Jippod hard HUGS now and then, and
-,rthed tofcnnsylvania fr'sh from queen
,.iurcs and the native heath. So while
,is mass u war worn troops IN liills LEAH
,s- division looked upon their early mora
hi tflp to the country market town ~ .
,aaplng raid to gobhlu Hiorrz 81 shoes aud
n.aritioro the eyes 81 raw home guards
~ militia. the soldicra OF the Twenty
sstl ear,d not "a rap ia. the prospective
,lrudcr further than that the taking Of u
fsirht lead to u scTimmggo certain to be
onay aud possibly exciting. put u
dmyn that the regiment marched in SO
a-onr aud have yet to tell how 10 hobblcl
l,rk numbering only eighty for duty.
And how wnA the making 81 that great
unworthy page % history
The r,gimoat stopped more hullcts at
G,ft,,hurg than did amy other infantry
offlniyaiion In either army ina single bnt.
Ia
f'pion aud Confederate regiments sccu -
,hou d few cases whore the loss In Killed
mi wounded was greater IN proportion TO
bumh,r, engaged than that 10 the Tween.
tv.ixfb al Gottyshurf. hut this regiment
ia a largo let ~ missing and " MI tho
go tcfr known II would doubtless stand
ID thc head OF all. both In actual numbers
lid AMI In proportion OF los to nghting
nNng'h.
orr.nircd DO 1861 from companies recruit
nj ma elrht couutiCs Four companies
iail-l from the mountain districts along
The Blue ilitgc, thrcu were frum the cen.
trnl counties and thron irum the southern
larltf. The organizer was I"hulun u
Vnuce. a bitter opponent Of secession mp TO
Tie moment the die was Gust Vance, un'
inc nsny political coloucis. tel his boys
INTO several fights, particularly At New
Vsruc and In thc "scvon Days. Ia i~a
lie va. elected governor ~ August Of that
year and took his regiment home, and
thew Il r,maiucd Ia garrison throughout
the Manassas, AntictHm, Frdcricksbur;
and Charlottesville campaigns. no this
long miiough was due the bursting lilies
OF .,alaaft ycon,aury that marched uhccrl.
lyon to Gettysburg. good food for pow
d.Er
Hsawsii known story how llcth's bri.
gale. mn Into nuiorl's cavalry and Rcy-
colds Infantry ulon. Willouglby crcck il
The early morning Of july !. The brigndcl
q Archer and Davis plunged across the
stream. dropped Reynolds with chance
tho, aud then were surrounded and all but
dositoJed Then iioth'S reserve brigadcs,
under pcttigryw tud Bruekunhough, too,
iiup rushed TO the RESCUE Of their buckles,
comrades aud the three days struggle was
hgun The TwcntysiNth was on the let
Il pcttigrw's brigade and crossed thg
oJck abreast of McPhcrson's woods. WHORE
M,rdith'a "lron Brigade and i,0wlcy',
hnnsy lyanun'-. replacing the hrigndcs
that hal wrcsilcd with Archer and Darts
v,m awaiting the next victims Will,
crossing the creek the CaIollnan- met d
tcaihing fire from the men 30 the woods
hut they wrathcud II and pushed up Oh,
Slope on hayonct charge
Oac Union brigade gave way little, and
a. pctilgrcw followed up, the Twenty
sixth alone struck the other brigade on 90
sank. by that time Union supports wen
% hand, batteries wcrc IN position, Int
every clump nj trves. uycfy fence, ridge aut
building hristlpi with bayuucts and can
non. II looked - though li"th's met
would earn their shuOa aul sugar or 81
without The Twenty pressed On 1.
within twenty puuU ~ lts antagonists, thl
overlapping nana u the Iron Brigade.
Finding their ammunition low, the moi
went among the doud picking mp cartridges
aud were busy at this VIXEN Pettigrw 10
oplled his brigade to make now align
nent.
The Twenty-siXth didn't retire, TIL
constant shifting of Union regiments frun
position to posltldh led the Coniedcratcs q
expect m easy victory but every step II
advance revealed new ioc--to the right
10 the left, or la front. In the pathway O
The Iwcnty-sixth, Cooper's Pcnnsylvani