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


military population ~ IL stood In 1851. Had
de combat been left 10 those two common
vtalths tho Keystone would have annihi.
hiid the Palm ,ttoand come ont OF the con.
t,.t with m army large enough 10 intim.
hato the umpire. II 10 disposed.
South Carolina furnished the regiment
that lost the highest plumber killed IN bat.
tIs during the wnr. Orr's Firt South Caro-
liza Rides, which piled up a death roll q
81 She also furnished one for second
Place on the southern aide, the Fist South
Carolina volunteers, which scored 9si.
The ltt place on the Union side was
taken by the Fifth New Hampshire, with
score u eaj, aud the second place fell 10
tPgnnsylvanla regiment, the Elghty.thlrd,
which had lit " asl Hero begins an.
ether duel between Keystone aud Pal.
met,o. The Eighty.thirl rolled up score
o. % killed and wounded, the deaths, as
higrc stated, reaching 2sA The First
SOUTH Carolina had 90 killed aud
wounded. the deaths scoring 81.
Tho Elghty.third Pennsylvania came
in.o being as a reorganization u n rrsi.
uant composed Of volunteer and militia
companies that responded TO President
ilaso.n's frat call aud served three
moaihs. The colonel at the head OF both
rrgiatntg. John w. Mcl.anc. hHd served
AsAvolHNtccr officer Ia tho Mexican war,
anA distinguished himself as a master IN
organization and drill The First South
Carolina had similar history. for Il was
formed out Of the dlsbandod First South
Cifulina Of the provisional army, called
iato belng by the convention when the
rsie uoc1ed Ia December, 1850. That
rgimtlt WAS made up of old militia com.
ranles and volunteers enlisted to serve the
fiaie six months
THIS provisional regiment and the ono
formed out of II were created and led by
The sane colonel, Maxcy Gregg, who had
he,n a volunteer officer In the Mexican war
and had acquitted himself ~ an able din.
cpllnaHan and Muster Of drill. And II
Eppgnod that at the very time 10 a month
tnd almost 10 "A LAY, when Col. Grggg was
f1tung his Palmetto men ont Of old hUr-
ness Into now Ghd touching them up with
Dis Mexican war "reminiscences, Col, Nc
lahe WINS doing the very same thing with
Dis Keystone boys Tho 'Eighty.thlr,l was
nhy for orders IA the fall Of 1851, and tho
Iirt South Carolina also, Each went TO
their respective stations for assignment to
place In the line, and both began their
iShting careers on the same day aud on the
Aame Held, within long range rifle shot Of
each other Tho Penn ylyanians mum.
bfed about 40 men, the Carolinians but \
tribe less. They wtrc not dipotly opposed
upon that field. Galncs' MN, June ~, iS69,
Dor upon my other, except nt North Anna,
Va, May 81, 1907, but were engaged for the
whole three years In the opposing armies
o. northern Virginia and tho Potomac,
often on thesame battle ground. No fancl.
lgl comparison could hciglitcn the parallel
The regiments started fairly equal, and
10Th were In the thiokost Of the fight with
varying numbers engaged and varying
losses In different battles against metal
tempered by the same heat. They emerged
with net result almost equal. oh, no,
twas not duel. but twas every like" t.
The South Carolinlans struck hand lines
IN that first hght at Gaines MIL. They
were brigndcd with four other regiments
NOM the same state, aud Col Grugy be-
came leader Of the whole column. Bust
hcA opened by an order TO charge upon
'api, Edwards regular batteries, support
ca by Cen Warrcn'i regular infantry, As
often happens, the poor fellows were com
PEELED To stand idly aud look death In tho
lace q long time before the word came 60
90" The First was In the front line AMI
made It's way slowly under fire from tho
battery through tangled thlcket, As
soon as IL was clear Of the thlcket and
about TO spring across an open field War
Nns brigade charged upon II, AMI
Win Que deadly volley. like blast from