Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-02

,,uai on the Hat for the highest losses In
lid amoug Union regiments. This rec
- vas made by he'd. persistent fighting,
4 The ranks were allied NJ the outset and
hfwaH recruited from the men Of tho
r-i counties Ia the northwest 81 tho
Sc The one thing In the regiments ia
lfon ihc start was good leadership. Ia
! del. John W. Mcl.aue, was q soldier by
ttsro who had comiuanded militia troopa
q nany years, aud had served as an OIL
o. In tho Mexican war. lio drilled a
rl-,iAl spirit Into his men.
ne EIghty.third was organized In the
n Of is5l. drilled In the camps on tho
liomac In the winter Of i3Ci-2 and re-
tel IL. baptism Of fire" in front Of
| Amoni Ia May. 1904 The first hard
| ihang encountered was NJ Gaines Mill,
| iae q, 1902 This was one of the bloOdi'
81 baitlcs Of the war ON the Confederate
r and one u the most stubborn on the
ra.,n side The Eighty-thrd was placed
g bot corner, and their brigade general
rat word to its commander to hold II.
lie needn't have sent me any such word"
r5'ed Col. M1l4auo 81 intend TO hold H."
Tie eaemy took Il. ilnally, after walking
orf Mel.ane's bnly; but the ponnsylva
mans bold on until the samo brigadicr had
taealltd them second tune The position
vas tle extreme left Of tho Union army,
where II rested on tho ChickAhominy river.
The Couielemte attack was made nt that
/ Ia,ai hya ifesh corps led by Iongstrcet.
4 The uHioa center and right were ut tho
/ time gagged In fierce battle with Gems
4 A p Rl and Stoaewall Jackson, and
l0Hcipct's aim WIS TO push his troops
ttr4sh the Union left and sweep down
along the river bank 10 secure tho bridges
aai cut "a all chances Of retreat.
Tae Eghiy'third lay In the front line be-
bed brrlstworks Of logs hastily built for
The occasion. Three times tho charges Of
De Coniedemtes were repulsed by the com.
ind Efforts Of the Infantry and artillery
td ihenit was discovered on the line OF the
hgAiy third shat the limo had been cut in
two on Ia right, the enemy was advancing
from that direction aud It's position WIS
oIol lrom the rast Of the army, This made
crisis 10 try the mcttle Of officers and
r'n. They had fought from behind breast
works to rcpulse the attacks on the front,
~ 10 warilng oil the new danger would
: compelled to come out from cover. True,
ueHwcrc woods NJ hand 10 lend a partial
tnsn, but those woods soruoned the Con.
identes ~ we'll. who advanced Indian
iuhlon lcaplng from tree 10 tree and firing
"hcy advanced. So long as the Pennsyl.
,ahlans bad had brcntwork shelter the cf.
10 Of the enemy's bullets had been but
hlsht, hut under the new order OF things
We ranks thinned out rapidly
Col hclAno was killed instantly by n
hihic ball. and about the same timo the
kooni In command, Nal Nnghel, was
llled by shell. Men fell on all sides and
ne prostraie wounded tried vallantly TO
handle their muskots and keep up tho fight
'nthe ground. In the end the Confedoritos
s"o way and the Eighty.third. led by q
.aptain. had a Breathing spell for 70 forma'
uon' The enemy had passed along on their
hSht sluarely to the ronr, and the com
HAnder Of tho regiment prepared 10 meet
an onslaught from that direction. lie faced
hls men to tho east and GAINED an opon
h'ld directly IN rear of the brcastworkA
Previously occupied. The ilrst line, that at
we breNtwogks, had faced west, the sec
o'd 10 the woods, north and the third In
'ue open Hold, faced east In u short time
s'he regiments were seen advancing To-
Nard The Eighty.third In the direction
nueFe Union troops had been nt the open
ingo OF the fight Thinning that they might
y, supports coming TO their relief, the
H'sh'y'lhird allowed them to approach.
Altera parley the troops proved to DO
enemies and the bail again opened. After
lHe sharp firing the captain leading tho
"suneht ordered a retreat 10 tho old