Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-02

limit - hghtiny hal tc.n rvach"i and that
a blusllss- campaign 90 pcrhai- ons hard
tus.lc wOuld end H. liut during the month
suCccoling the regiment fought -rVcu en
gagvmsnts, in oac ~ which u lost morv men
Killed than In any other - the thirty sih
battie- ~ it, carvsr Thirty slN baitlssdur
Ing thrre year - hghting' One battle Tor
each month ~ the r,al wurk u the war.
ons hattie q month whsru IL srrvic.- ~err
msrit0ri0us aBi conspicuous
The FirSt Malns va. rvcrlitcd In sit
weeks time IN the fall ~ is6l. the whole
state l-ing the mastering hsld The otii
c.rs hal their pick ~ rrcruit.. t-caus" u
wa. the first call for truoprrs AMI the quota
allowed bat one cavalry regiment, ~ they
took none bat sound ahlcl-slied men in
all rrspects. t-twr.n the ags-, ~ eighteen
AMI thirty hyc year.. % corr',t moral AMI
temperate habitS. active. Intelligent, VIZ
orUas and hariy. weighing not les- than
i25 nor NOR than iDD pounds"
The fst man to enlist WAS Jonathan u
Cilley, and BE- was Also the hr~t man
woundei The surgruus pronounced his
wound fatal. bat b. lived a. L. the last
oomman.ler q the rrgimsni anil l~i u la
the last eight lattle- Ou the li-L
The truopsr- feshs,l their maiden swords.
but only hgunii,ely. In the hhle and sssk
campaign ~ the Shenandoah valley la the
spring % isil They early met with Que
disaster that taught u~sful lesson. In
covering banks rrtrrsi down the valley In
May, one battalion. galloping In columns u
fours alongA narrow pike, ran full tilt into
a COufs,lerais battery. The Leaders rvincsi
up In surpn-.. Anl the rear ranks rushed
on like water over a milllam. men and
hor-.s i-coming involved In a bopclcS- aud
appalling wreck.
The neSt eSt-risnc. ~ the regiment was
At Cedar mountain. on the llapidan, where
IL stool In line for some hour under hr
from artillery aud pascal the ordeal with
out finching In the other battles ~ their
Dirt year. seouDd hull Run, Aniieiam and
Frederic ksburg. tie rvgimsnt Nss often
un,ler hv with fatal rs>ults, aud In the
ChaBcello~yille campaign went with Gen
slovenian On hi. famou. ride arunnd Lees
army. meeting with stiuing aiNenturc-
AMI lively brush now aD'l then. by -quai
runs. with the COnfcicrate trooper. In pur
suit. Int all ~ this was only practice fOr
the .srions work Alea.i, AMI ID was an deal
cayalry corp. that Gen Plcasonton lei cat
on June y. is.l. ca cru-- the IiApTahannock
riyer ia the face u "Jeb" stusrts gallant
..lualron- and flnd out what iIce was doing
with hi ille army The first Maine wss
In the division oi den. Grgg, and hal for
its bsigadier the iA.hing yonhg Fitzpatrick.
toy % twenty-five No ne~i tO tell here
how the men of iiufori oru-soi the river.
met and drove back stuart's bsst bnga'les
under Gems. Jones, liampton and l>e. IL
was tie nrt genuine hor~.baek hght Of
the war
Grcgg's division foried the river and
seize,l stuart's biyouas. brandy station
heaaquartsrs and all. and Stuart, aroused
to wrath. turpe,i his whole ppwsr iuo-s
upon the daring brigade of Col. Percy
WyBiham that had despoile'l hi cunp
Gregg was In danger ~ losing th' ifu.is ~
hi charge when kilpatriek apPcan'i. Lad
in. D.. command for the iirst time under
frr. Coming in,Ls fehl frbfigade cmrrg u
IRON the wOod "a oI-rn grairHi ani charg,'i
In column ~ squSlronS \ Confrisraie
battery, scrrsDed 10y shrubbcry, welcomed
the new arrival With shells. and q force of
Confederate cavalry dashed upon the lead
ing regiment. capturing it, colonel and
hurting it, line hack The second regiment
farrl even wor-e. and Fitzpatrick role to
the Tirt Maine, shouting. "Men % Maine.
you must save the dayf'