Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-17

amounted 10 ~. ard NJ the DISASTROUS
charge ou ksueAw Heights, june "a, the
regiment led the assault as skirmishcH.
dashed rHllguly forward 70 the cnony'H
works 0u tie hillside mud vHlHly looked
around for hr'p 10 huli what their ynl.r
hnd won Cot. Silas Miller was shot down
with mortal wound. 'ul The death roll
WIS 10 iu al. miller bad r.gu from the
ranks 90 lead this crack regiment. and died
like a. hero 10 che rFguf twenty-five Whan
he WIS lyiug ON the nmpufatlu1 table th,
names uf his deal boy were brought iH,
anil hc Wupt pt, iulatU'y Willie under the
Surgeon knife 81 oppose those Hgggruls
thought me such baby that ! cried from
the PAIN De- said 90 o. clmudc after it
was over "But I dldut cHc for that.
was thinking ~ the old ThiriyslAth.
thought ct hlr as tho was when we lcft
homH-oycr q thousand strong. Thought
81 her now, with scarcely enough iur a full
company TWAS for that cr'rl."
The handful went on and lost , more by
death az atlanta, mud then turned north
20 help beat hln, liood'a invading army In
Tennessee. On that famous march Of q
nIght and day. between Columbia and
Franklin. when Hood at times held both
sides Of the road In sight u the Union col.
NAAiA fhfhA NlN itNtHa "a ~ WV sue
the Thirty sixth was iu Opdycke's brigade,
Ar,t In advance, cutt.us rond through,
and then rear quad. bufl,ting the imucttl.
Gus pursuit. UpdycEc and his men coy.
cred the otvHi 30 we'll that tho troops on
nhCld reached Franklin ana hastily ran
up log and earth brllstworlis to defend
tho crossings nf NnrpOth river Late in
tho day the rrlf Euah Hlcl In past the
limos Of battle and halted Tor roat aud srp.
per. Startled in q twiukling by the umI.
nous "ygllN ~ The enemy thuy looked
backward 90 SEQ Dds cleaning banners and
huyongt moving mp iu OhnrEc, mud TO
their Uu1aemUut the advance Union rrHl,
muu,s wuru quickly crashed and scattered.
and the second line 40 the bruastwor'B
soon met the Htme fate Leaving their
coffee untastUi, Opdyckg's men seized their
mUskuts 10 recover the Lost mmptrts.
Fail In, Thirty Forward to tho
trenches" were the rapid oricIs of Col.
Porter q. Olson, another man graduated
from the ranks 10 be ruler over tho Fox
River heroes.
Opdycko was speedily endorsed md
fought on foot, Col. Olson forged ahead,
chcctlng his mon mp 10 the pJmpet, whrru
ho ftll shot through the heart. Two color.
bclrcn oi the regiment foll, aud third
carried the banner, minus It's stan, over
the bloody course from the h,youar 10 tho
rnmpnrta, and NJ last unfutlcl IL above
the pnmpct, with the curmy on the opnO-
site side clutthing at g. ioldsnnd demand
ing its surrender Nouls cannot picture
the awful sotue-thc savage fury OF tho no.
pcnted Confederate ous,Amghts and the
lionhcgricd tenacity OF tho heroes who TO.
PEELED them. Opdycso's men bore tho
brunt ~ The terrible struggle, and pluck
aud daring finally won the day.
Tho los, of the ThIrtysiNth was about
20 Killed and wounded, tho deaths, iu an.
L. Two weeks later u loss Of q at Nash.
willie awOllrd the total 0f Killed IN lai. out
Of 1870 ENROLLED. The total killed and
wounded Ia three years was 80 about %
per oeut, Of the roster,
At the close Of husIllllcs tho regiment
was ordered 10 Join Sheridan Ia New Or.
leans, and Little Phil" selected 10 for
hcadqunrter guard The result was the
nici,naming Of the lllinoislns "phll Sheri-
dams Pets" In q sense the term would
not have been mlsnomcr in the bloom Of
their fighting career.
GIoRGE L. KuAlER.