Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-13

-. many to one that we would light be- |
~. we prayed or slept again. Our corps |
n..,nee under Gen. Sedgwick lay on the |
s,.,hern or Confederate side Of the river |
,.,le shelter Of the rayincs that thread
~ nlan below Fredericksburg midway
,.,vsen the rivers bank and the base 81
~ range OF hills made famous by the
,i,ody struggles Of two campaigns.
s.drvick bud stolen march on the
cenfcierntes by leading us across under
,hslryery noses onc heavy, foggy morning.
.ad Tho enemy had less cause to concern
A,,.elf about what we would do after
sonneine 10 close to our game than ve had
!, eoneern ourselves about how no should
,.aislodged from his hillside rife pits aud
,he cannon crowned crcsts above them.
~ ind been there before on the same err
~ and had seen 1909 OF our comrades
BALDWIN in an attempt like that to which
=, vere called--wc who numbered but
400 True, we were not entirely alone.
rive other corps, constituting fvc'siNths
AZ the then magnificent Army NJ the Po-
,omae and numbering nearly 10000 men,
lav hut eight miles distant, beyond those
ls,rhts aud beyond the Confederate camps
a, The same elevated plane, and our days
If wearing inactivity IN those narrow and
s.-mpfd rtvlnes had been Mt times cnliv-
.,,-i nv the thought that the Sixth corps
laA crossed the river merely to lie low and
r,bbie no the men In gray whom the other
fye earrs would drive down into the Wiley
an theft march across the hills to meet ~.
But. no. the oNlcr came from army head
ouartrrs 40 Charlottesville about mid
right ON Saturday that the Sixth corps
,bould climb the heights and drive the en-
,my out and push him on into the trap
ALLEGED to be awaiting him ut the other
end N the llnc.
gtealthlly once more our columns
marched and cottutrrmnrched up and
down the ravincs AMI over the plains, ne
We hal done every night for u week, aud
Al daylight rested Ia hiding TO quiet any
alarm the enemy might have taken from
our movements. We covered n little more
ground and hugrcd the foot of the hills u
little closer: that was all that showed on
the surface. But the programme for the
day showed something more. Every rcgi-
meat and every battery In tho line was to
crowd anil hnriss the enemy In its front.
while picked storming column should
make forlorn attempt to scale Marye's
Heights, the stronghold Of all that rpnge
Of emhuttled hills-hlGryc's Heights with
their stone wall brcastworks, their chain
OF earth redoubts, their reputation as a
slaughter pen and their machinery for
butchery In prime working order.
The highest post Of honor fell by mere nc
eident to the Sixth MIME regiment, body
Of sGlwart lumbermen from the banks OF
the pcnohseot. The storming party con
sisted of line Of battle. dcployed parallel
to tho heights, with heavy ends or columns
masscd 10 form the wings The line o
battle WIS led by Col. Hiram Burnham, al
the Sixth Maine. his own regiment on the
right hugglng the plank ronh which ms
eends and crosses Marye's hill. Three
regiments were on the left ot the Main'
men, and one-the Fifth Wlsconsln-wn
diminishing In front OF the whole line.
The right wing column had an cas-!
march for the first few rods. for II move,
up the plank road. When II started n
double quick the enemy's rifle pits, re
doubts and stone wall hrcastwurk hrough
every arm Into play. The advance Of tn
right column was u signal for the Others
and with Intervals between the right col
umn and the line Of battle, and again bc
tween the line OF battle aud. the left col
umn, the entire party moved In fair uniso
up the foot Slopes The Confederate car
noneers on the heights took particular all
at the solid ranks Of the wings, and fe'
rounds Of shell checked their march pei
oep,ibly. Colonel Spcnr. Of the right co
umn, fell an early victim, and about th
same time shot burst over the fron
rnks Of the left column, killing reg
mental leader and several men.
The line Of battle facing directly III
stone wall aud redoubts swept on Mt doubI
quick, bayonets In hand, without, firing
shot, aud the connection was quick