Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-15

Ono month later. at the head Of a recon.
nolttriug column, the regiment fought ~
way across the l,nppahnnnock river In the
face u a heavy lire from the encmy's rifle
pits on the opposite bank. At n signal tho
Nermontcr, dashed 10 the rivers brink,
launched number Of pontoDn boats,
scrambled In aud pulled across. On the
other side the men In the foremost boats
charged up the bluffs and ovorpcwcgod the
CoEfcderates who were paying attention
10 the boatloads yet In the stream. II WAS
adaring feat, carried 10y GOODNESS and nerve.
At Gettysburg these Ncrmontcrs were
in reserve. II was Stannnrd's Vermont
militia that wAs lmmortalizcd IN the ro-
pulse Of pickctt's charge. After Gcttys-
burg, IN the pursuit OF Lee to the Potomac,
the finh wasaway to the front on the heels
Of the cavalry. At funkstown. Ma, near
Antietam. on July 10, the Ccnfcderatcs
turned on their pursucrs, and the Yer
monters again displayed their yalor on an
obscure field. Col. l.. 4. Grant. of the
Fifth. commanded the brigade, md, noting
that the enemy wa, making for ridge
between the lines, he thought 1t would bo
good scheme TO got thero nrst with his
Nermontors.
The position was so extensive that his
troops only made u fair skirmish line when
dcployed. The outwitted enemy tried TO
carry by force what they had let slip by
dalliance aud charged again and ngain.
hut the Green Mountain boys were grit"
To tho bone and didn't bulge an iotA The
main Union army and trains were yet far
IN the rear. aud the skinnishcrs worc left
untided a whole afternoon and night.
They held out. though and after firing
away their supply Of bullets sent messen.
gers 20 fetch UP more on strotohcrs In
one Of tho charges made upon the Yer
monters Col. Grant counted seven regi.
ments In the column. Yet they fell back
before the deadly skirmish FIRE.
AZ the close VI the Gettysburg campaign
and It's sequols the plucky souls Of tho
army began to ro-onlist. Tho Fifth was
the first Vermont regiment TO 10 In for
a second term. After holiday trip TO
the old green hills as reward for To
enlisting, the regiment took its place In
the Sixth corps, numbering 700 muskots.
At the WILDERNESS, May o, 1864, IL was In
Gen. Gctty's line, touching elbows with
llnncock's men In the Plank Road fight
The lieutenant colonel. j. a. Lewis, was
wounded ut the outset, and Maj. &. u,
Dudley stepped to the front to lead Col,
Grant was stlll brIgadier OF the Vermont.
ers, and discovering, rs he thought that
I
the Fifth, ordered Dudley TO charge. The
mon dashed In with cheer, carried tho
point and looked around for supports.
The latter had weakened rnd left tho
brave boys In tight place, fpr the enemy
kept q strong reserve aud ilnnked Dudlry's
little band, forcing n TO rutrcat. The reg.
inent rot out OF the Wilderness with an
even half OF ita men on their legs, and
three days later the dRshing Upton chose
II rs one OF twelve picked commands to
make up nsturming party ut Spottsylvanla.
That famous assault was only step
around the corner from the soenr ~ Han
cocks bloody game u little later, and was
aimed NJ the same stronghold, the angle
ON McCOol's farm. The brcastworks we're
high and solid, topped out with loopholed
hcndlpgH, but The stormers went over them,
capturing aud dispensing two lines OF Con,
federates and spiking thpir cannon. Once
more the Union supports skipped the up.
pointmCnt Lees generals rallied their re-
serves and drove Upton from the works.
Tho Nermonters refused To back out and
said that II ratiuns and cartridges wpro
supplied them they would iight 10 through
to a finish. hut headquarters took diff
turcnt view and recalled them The Fifth
lost ~ In all, ~ Of them mortally hurt.
Mai, Dudley nrnse from sick bed 10 lead
his boys aud received q wound that aggra,
waited his disease and death followed
In The Petersburg and Shenandoah cam
pgigna the tcElment fought rs u hattHl.
Ion, AZ the nnt assault on the works NJ
Petersburg, April =, lst5, IL led the sixth
corps line and planted It's color= first upuu
the Confederate works IL lost 10 Killed
that day, making grand total Of 2l3
deaths by the enemy bullets, besides az
wounded, GLpi,UE l.. hlLMEL