The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-18

OVER KALI FENCES AND SIONk
WALLS.
mapd charged on the Sd of May, 1858, in
the Charlottesville fight The Jerseys
were reserve to the column that stormed
Marye's Heights, and following up the
successful assault they ran into a heavy
force of the enemy that stood at bay be-
hind a breastwork of logs and brush at
Salem Church, three miles back Of Marye's
crest The brigade, with the exception of
the Fourth regiment, was engaged for two
hours and half in a wrestle with superior
numbers. The commander, Col. H. ".
Brown, was wounded; Col. N. w. Collet,
of the First, was killed; Col. Buck, of the
Second, wounded, and the total loss was
over 500. 1t was hopeless fight, but
plucky one, and the new Fifteenth regi-
ment gave notice that New Jerseys fight
ing timber hadn't been exhausted by the
draft of Kearny's original 4,Oo0 1t lost
$50 killed and wounded
Gettysburg, following Charlottesville,
the Jerseys missed so far as fighting was
concerned, but they made the famous
forced march of thirty-fve miles which
put the Sixth corps on TO the field in nick
O. time After Gettysburg came the long
wait until the Wilderness, MAY. 1864
NlEdnNtl1i6 the 4NEllN-IufTu
WAS discharged and the Tenth took its
place. Col. Torbert had won spurs too
big for plodding infantry to keep bright.
and was given cavalry division under
Sheridan, so for the third time the brigade
lost dashing commander. Col. Brown,
Of the Third regiment, succeeded him
Two years of steady fighting had reduced
the original four regiments TO mere bat
L L - Ill /
in battle. With only month Yet TO serve
they entered the bloodiest cam paign of the
war and every step they took toward
Richmond was marked with dead jersey
boys of the brand OF 1861. In the first day
at the Wilderness Col. H. Q. Ryersol, OF
the Tenth. was shot to death as 4 sort Of
initiation sacrifice TO place the regiment on
q footing with the old hands. The hard
est fighting of the Wilderness. May 6 and
Z. was shared by these men, and 81 Spott-
sylyania, the sJh, 9Th, 10th and I2Jh, the
different regiments were fated TO get into
every grand charge, now with the heroic
Warren, now with the fiery Upton, and
again with Hancock, the superb
In nine dsys-May ) 10 1.-THE First reg
iment lost "a. OF which 20 We're killed; the
Second g. II of them killed, the Third lis,
Of which - were killed, the curtin 80, OF
which IS were killed. the Tenth l46. . OF
them killed, and the Fifteenth, that en-
tered the shambles with - officers and -
men. emerged with only 6 officers and Isl
nleC. Its killed alone II five days al the
unequal slaughter reached the enormous
total OF lI6. or over . per cent, dead OF
the field. This regimen: came cut With
the highest roll OF honor IN the state Its
killed numbered 240, and 10 Of them oe-
loaged to the original s4I that joined the
Old brigade IL ISo2
The original four regiments Of Phil
kearny's day were discharged az Cold
Harbor IL June Their death rolls were a.
follows: First, Is: Second. g; Third. Isl;
Fourth. I6I- Hexamer's b4tterv made q
wonderful record for execution. but Il was
fortunate enough 10 place the big death
roll On the ene2lyS SIDE, 4 way those sob
6ie-s have who substitute science for dash
II lighting. GEORGE L hTLNER