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

TUT FIGHT RACED At ARM's LENGTH.
lors' House. It was not a.. plain sailing as
was expected, for Sicklcs' Third Union
corps was moving IN the same direction
lust ahead % the "Johnuirs" aud wouldn't
he hurried even 10 suit 's"lnyinciblcs.
Tho First regiment passed In splendid limo
over barn knoll, No tho base VI which
Sickles' men lay under cover. The Caro-.
linians stood Il 80 long ns men could aud
then ran back, with the enemy nt their
heels, 20 line Of braastworks IN the rear
They made a stand AZ the brcnstworl,s aud
the pusucrs took turn at punishment
Rnd then ut running away, Tho first lost
T. Killed and IS wounded 100 In all, with
! o.iiccrs among the fallen.
The Carolina brigade marched 10 the field
ofGCttyshurg lnJuly witliwcll flllcd ranks,
Gen. A. r. llIll was their corps loader
Ia place OF the dead "Stoncwull.n With
him they assaulted Reynolds corps In Nc
phcrson's woods on July /. As 40 Gaines
MIL, battery confronted their advance
aud rnincd shetland canister into the ranks,
chiefly upon the FIrrt regiment That bat.
terry was doomed. One piece was the prize u
the First, aud they dashed forward without
n halt until their banner Wa floating In the
town, the lirt Confederate das In Gcttys.
iAAaH WHY hNfN lHAAAt tNAANaN " tAlA mum
at the other flank Of tue same field tho
Eghty-third Pennsylvania fought gallant.
~ to defend Round Top with success equal
TO that Of the Carullnian, 10 their charge
The First lost officer and ~ men killed.
officers and ~ men wouuded-l20 IN all.
which was more than half Us membership.
In the Wilderness battle on May Q, 1855,
the First led it, brigade and division In Hn
attack on the Union lelt ON the Orange
plank road, aud az the same hour IL
double, the EightytAid Pennsylvania,
had the place ol honor IN u Union attack
on the Confederate loft along the Orange
turnpike, q couple Of miles distant Both
regiments suffered In the ensuing three
days, the First with a loss OF 10 killed and
III wounded, besides O officers Killed.
At Spottsylyaniu week later the First,
reduced 10 a handful, entered the "DlD5dy
ANGLE with H. brigade In the foriuru ~.
tempt 20 hold it.ns-lilants at arm length.
It, commander and other officers wora
wounded, the second 10 command killed.
and the ranks lost lpklllcd aud 81 wounded.
At the end Of another week, after almost
two years OF this ccerutricduoling. the two
regiments met fairly az Jericho Ford, North
Anna river on the rond to Richmond. The
| First charged 40 the head NJ Muiowan's
brigade and ran into battery supported
by the pounsylynuinus Thp regiments
grappled for an instant, the commander uf
the Carolina brigade was captured by ono
OF the Eghty.third aud the leader oil the
First was killed Ia the melee, The Afst
lost - prisoners, the highest Ia any battle
| OF It's career,
Bloody Cold IlRrbor next following,
both escaped, and through the siege Of
| Petersburg their lines ran separate again,
though with proporionate LOSSES. Almost
| at the close the bhgudcs 70 which ouch be.
louged were supports 70 companion hri.
| gndcs that fought At White Oal Road
! March 81 l-ii one week before Appomnt.
tox. The affair ended abruptly, aud neither
regiment was severely engn ged, but the
colonel of tbs l'irst was shot dead by u
| stray bullet This was the last death In
| the regiment aud the score stood Isl. The
record of woupdud closed April . whom
! the major commanding and one captain
| were shot down, making go In all,
| ON March %, also, the Eightythlrd
scored Isl deaths, and on April ! added T.,
| max ing 2s2 closing rs record ot wounded
| AZ the same time. 80 the tucliHt2 stood, a.
| AppomRttux, $50 against 01l casualties On
/ the battlefield, almost tho maximum wa.
| strength u q regiment
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