Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-11

c1rpg was the cNtrumo lcit N tho union
limo than hc felt iuIui-itIyo about what TIC
Confederate could do or would do in the
country adjacent Biuoys was the lcit
division 81 s.ahluF corps, and in front OF
his outpost lly "a strip Of woods that
screened the regions beyond from vic'y IN
tho Union CAMPS 4 hndnd of Hsui1u's
First regiment stole into the wUuus and
the steady cracl, oi thrir rifles announced
thet the marlsmcn lad their gnmr in
fisht nrncy told licu.1u Co take another
100 men. with regiment ui Infantry Co
huck them up Bld sD.ur tNo country
farther 60 tAo lot, starting from tho
Peach Orchard tDc scouts went along tl1
rlii westward tp tlD Nrlloli huusg anil
disappeared over tIr ridge. Their Steps
lcI into broad valley thnt hug the s,,'p
mountain H.d, opposite lit,io Round Top,
aud very soon tlo familiar interval shots
gave warning that the oncmy bad bcun
sighted 600 that quarter also. Nillc1N.t
brigade ~ Auduvuu's division, the ul.
vance guard OF l.e''s column tAt was
marching stcaltlily around 60 ussnIlg
MndtHlctt, h1l Just reached that point
BrrlnnN ssirmIshrf ~ took 60 the tres. ana
rocks, cful man having ln OAK truu. or %
huge howldgr for citadel. aud poured a
fire into WIilcUS's leading regiment that
surprised and stHsg rcd o. The C0ni,dcr-
utc4 wegr umhuHhDd ln certain trnse, tur
thry were not looking for anything pt tho
kind 40 that time and pinrc. Niilrny sent
a second regiment 90 aid the fret uui Boz.
dan called In bis helpers. After twenty
minutes nf this bushwhHoiIns tho Sharp.
shooters heat a rltrnt, and then SicLlrs
knew aud Meade know that Loo was
udging along toward Rt%ud Top.
The bloody Peach Orchard battle opened
not long after lioulGns plucky scout
ended, and tho First regiment took place
~ honor loo Sirklcs' trout line. Tempting
targets they had, too, Tor awhile, when
lnngstrpcts deep aud well closed ranks
advanced boldly Co the attHck.
The Second regiment hgs meanwhile
climhol up among the powders on Little
Round Top IN turn their far.carehing eyes
upOn the exposed places south and west, or
nill beyond and beyond Sirklr,' m,uacrd
left. Tho enemy h. seen smoking M
behind tho woodlands ridges, farms and
| stone cgos fences, and Che ShnrpshuuJurs
| glide down the mountain, through Devil 70
| Den, inll tho wpoiul loop bordering tLc
Wheat Field This hns become Sicklos' lett
by % sharp bend hack from tho Peach
Orchard. Tho sharp houtprs crawl cut
among trees md bushes, well on 10 the
broad PLAINS where Luug,trcct's veterans,
| led by the fiery Hood, are crouchng low
| and creeping up to make their mad plunge
| for Round Top, one Confederate battery
| i silcnced aud n charging regiment breaks
| three times IA the face of the hull,cyo
shots Of BeriaU'H rincmon, Then the
| scouts retire Indian fashion, stopping for
| pick shots only, and the whirlpool Of battle
| a,uthos around the Wheat Field and Devils
| Den TO the base OF Little Round Top,
| ShGrpsh0oting o. ended for the day on that
| ground, for the oombutnnts are az arms
lcngih and brute forco'taLes the place Of
skill.
At the Wilderness Spottsylynula, Cold
| lIarhor and Petersburg the regiments
fought together IN their uniq q roles
Thoir highest LOSSES wcm Ht tho Wilder
ness and Spottsylyanin. In the First rcgl,
| mcnt 500 men showed on the rolls and 10
Of them were Killed. Tho wounded mum
bored 1893 aud the casualties reached ar
average Of i0psr cent The death roll Wa
over 10 per cent. The Second showed Ia
name, ON the roll. or these IL wcr killed
aud @7 wounded. Tho percentages wor,
the same a. In the First. AZ a place al
safety the ssirmish line Is not to hc recon
mundcl, but this sad boast can hc mad,
Tor iVdAn'H men that thpy sold their live
dearly, nnd perhaps sent more Contodcr
ntcs To dust than any other regiments IL
thcnrmy. The First regiment lost its killet
IN twonty-four separate battles; the -Ur0nt
IN twenty-onc. Both wore engaged uu sew
oFal other fields. GruRIE l., klLAllM