The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14


Road, and at that point the formation OF
the ground broke up the division line, leav-
ing the Irish brigade alone on the hill. 1t
couldn't advance with one flank exposed,
If wouldn't retreat: so it planted its line
With dogged air and began TO fight. Tho
Sunken Road and sloping hillside beyond
it were alive with Confederates, who found
targets to their liking in the stubborn Irish
men perched on the brow of the adjacent
knoll without square inch of shelter The
color bearer of the Sixty-ninth advanced
several PAGES and wavedethe green flag de-
family at the enemy, an act which drew d
fire that completely riddled the banner
One after another the men who held the
staff were shot, until eight were down
Capt. James MCGEE then seized the flag
and as he raised it the staff was cut in two
by ball.
The contest was so desperate that mus
kets became foul and ammunition gave
out, but the gallant fellows held on, using
the weapons of the dead, of whom there
were plenty, until relieved by fresh bri-
gade, and there on few square rods of
earth the banner regiment of the brigade
and of the state of New York scored rec
ord of II killed and .125 wounded. That
means 1856 victims among 317 combatants,
and every veteran knows how deadly the
fire must be where the proportion of killed
to the wounded is greater than one to two.
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