News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-01-14

in the civil war it sustained tue greatest
loss, numerically, in killed an MORALLY
wounded Different classlca. 1ns bring
different regiments to the front, as follows:
The First Maine Heavy artillery bore
the heaviest total I'm killed Of any regi-
ment of any arm in the service, that Is,
423: also the heaviest loss, numerically, Of
any regiment in any one battle. namely, 30
Among infantry organizations the Fifth
New York (Duryee's Zouaves) sustained
the highest numerical loss, killed and
mortally wounded, in n single battle.
namely, III, at Second Bull Run. This was
% per cent. of the number engaged.
The First Minnesota lost the highest per
centagc both in killed and MORALLY
wounded and in aggregate Of casualties in
a single battle. At Gettysburg p per
cent. were killed, and the killed and
wounded together amounted TO 50 per cent.
The First Texas (Confederate) infantry
lost at Antietam S2.3 per cent. killed and
wounded, and in killed about 20 per cent.
The Second Wisconsin stands No. l in
percentages Of loss IN killed and mortally
wounded during a whole term of service,
namely, 1917 per cent.
The Twenty-four,h Michigan suffered
the highest loss, numerically, Ia killed and
wounded of any Union regiment at the
Orr's regiment of Rifles South Carolina
Confederate sustained loss, numerical
~, in killed and mortally Wounded during
its whole term of service equaled by no
other infantry regiment in the war, name.
ly, 1874.
The killed and mortally wounded in the
Fifth New Hampshire during its whole
term aggregated 295, "A loss not equaled by
any other Union infantry regiment.
The Fifth was organized in the fall Of
1861 from the average of volunteers of that
time, after men had taken second
thought about the war, had seen the
wounded from Full Run and knew by
many signs that somebody would have TO
be hurt before the war should end. The
first colonel, l.. E. Cross, was "a New
Hampshire man, who had seen active life
in the west as an editor, as regular cav
airy officer and rs Lieutenant colonel in the
Mexican army. He resigned his Mexican
commission to engage in the civil war.
The regiment went to the peninsula in
Gen. Towards brigade, Richardson's di-
vision of Summers Second corps, and had
it's baptism of fire at Fair Oaks. With the
rest of the division it crossed the flooded
Chckahominy river, over Grapevine
bridge, on the first day of the battle, TO
help retrieve the disaster to the Fourth
corps. The Fifth had constructed Grape
vine bridge, by the way, the only one that
withstood the flood and which proved the
salvation of the army. The regiment acted
as advance guard and led the way through
the swampy thicket close mp to the enemy.
Night coming on, the contending armies
bivouacked within earshot of each other
On the morning of June l IA spirited Con
federate attack was made on Richardson,
but he returned the assault, and Towards
brigade advanced TO within thirty yards Of
its opponents. Howard was wounded and
his men suffered heavily Col Cross took
the Fifth to the front to relieve the other
regiments of the brigade. The Confeder-
ates were well posted and opened fire on
the newcomers only to receive answer in
kind.
Col. Cross was hit, and ia killed and
wounded were the casualties Of the regi.
ment in about twenty minutes work.
The seven days battles at the close Of
June cost the Fifth 10 more in killed, the
wounded swelling tho loss to about 100
It's next pitched battle was at Antietam,
where, on the 18th of September, IL fought
along Bloody Lane" and in the adiOin-
ing corufield The Irish brigade of the
same division. Richardson's, opened the
ball on that immediate ground by "A bril-
liant charge that carried 1t to a crest
overlooking the lane where the Confeder-
ates were sheltered. The Irish regiments
lost heavily, and Col. Cross led the Fifth
in to relieve one of them, passing his
command by companies through the shat
tered ranks Of the front line and immedi
ately forming for further advance.
This was one Of the hottest actions OF the
war The Sunkcn Road, or Bloody Lane,
was between the contending forces, and
behind that on the Confederate side was