The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-27

house. IL was not as plain sailing as was
expected, for Sickles' Third union corps was
moving IN the same direction just ahead OF
the "Johnnies," and wouldn't be hurried
even to suit Lees "Invincibles.n The First
regiment pissed in splendid line over a bare
Knoll. at the base of which Sickles' men lay
under cover. The Carolinians stood it so
long as men could and then ran back with
the enemy at their heels, 20 line Of breast
works, In the rear. They made a stand at
the breastworks, and the pursuers took a
turn at punishment and then at running
away. The First lost 70 killed and IS
wounded, 100 in all, With Z officers
among the fallen.
The Carolina brigade marched to the field
OF Gettysburg in July with well-flled ranks.
Gen. A. P. Hill was their corps leader in
place OF the dead "Stonewalln With him
they assaulted Reynolds corps in McPher-
sons woods on July /. As at Gaines mill,
battery confronted their advance and
rained shell and canister into the ranks,
chiefly upon the First regiment. That bat
terry was doomed. One piece was the prize
of the First, and they dashed forward with
out halt until their banner was floating ia
the town. the first confederate flag in Get
tysburg. One day later. almost 70 an hour,
at the other flank of the same field, the
Eighty-thlrd Pennsylvania fought calamity
to defend Round Top, with success equal to
that of the Carolinians in their charge The
First lost officer and 10 men killed, off
GERS and "a men wounded-120 in all which
was more than half its membership.
In the Wilderness battle on May 5, 1864.
the First led its brigade and division in an
attack on the union left on the Orange plank
road, and at the same hour its double, the
Eighty-third Pennsylvania, bad the place of
honor in a union attack on the confederate
left along the Orange turnpike, a couple Of
miles distant. Both regiments suffered in
the ensuing three days, the First with loss
OF 10 killed and ia wounded, besides 8 Off
GERS killed.
At Spottsylvanis a week later, the First
reduced to handful, entered the "Bloody
Angle" with its brigade in the forloin at
tempt to hold its assailants at arm q length.
Its commander and i've other officers were
were wounded, the second In command
Killed, and the ranks lost nineteen killed
and hftY-one wounded. at the end of
another week, after almost two years OF
this eccentric dueling, the two regiments
met fairly at Jericho Ford, North Anna
river, on the road to Richmond, The First
charged at the head of McGowan's brigade
and ran into battery supported by the
PennsylvaniaDs. The regiments grappled
Tor an instant, the commander OF the Caro-
Ina brigade waa captured by one Of the
Eighty-third. and the leader of the First
was killed in the melee. The First lost
twenty-five prisoners, the highest In any
battle Of its career.
Bloody Cold Harbor next following, both
escaped, and through the siege of Peters
burg their lines ran separate again, though
with proportionate losses. Almost at the
close the brigades to which each belonged
were supports to companion brigades that
fought at White Oak road March 81 1865,
one week before Appomattox. The affair
| ended abruptly, and neither regiment was
h,,N ~
First was shot dead by stray bullet.
This was the last death in the regiment,
and the score stood 2Sl. Tho record Of the
wounded closed April 2, when the major
commanding and one captain were shot
down, making $50 in all.
On March 81, also, the Eighty-third scored
2Sl deaths, and on April l added l, making
2S2, closing its record of wounded at the
same time. So the duelists stood at Appo-
mattox $50 against 974 casualties on the
battlefield, almost the maximum war
strength of regiment.