The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-25
MT STERLING ADvooATE TUEsDAY.JULY 25, 1898

I Howard was borne TO the rear IL
safety, but Davy stopped before tn,
low line of trenches, behind which
the zouaves were firing. He turnet
front to the advancing graycoats
took off his cap and waved it ovei
his head. Then he ratified the ad
vance.
"Come in here, you little devil,
shouted brawny Irish zouave, pull
ing him in hand over hand.
Davy's bravery did not go unno
ticed in the trenches. Howard wa:
favorite in the regiment, and the
drummer boys gallant stand by the
fallen officer was cheered 70 the echo
The laugh and the cheering changed
the face of affaira The zouaves
dashed out from behind their lines
for death grips, and the other fellows
fell back. And 80 was the victory OF
Malvern Hill won.
1t was a glorious day for him when
President Lincoln came down before
fredericksburg to review the army
And when the Fighting Zouaves'
in company front" with lines as
well dressed as if they were on pa
rade at Union square, swept by the
president, Davy's heart was fit tc
burst with pride
Captain Howard was promoted
rapidly. The vacancies after Nal
vern Hill left a wide gap in the
zouaves. He became the colonel OF
the regiment, and Davy was pro.
NOTED from the fife and drum corps
to be the colonel's orderly,
1t was laughable to see the mite OF
horseback.
On Marye Heights "Mr. Lees peo,
pie" as Davy called them, were in,
trenched behind earthworks and 3
stone wall we'll covered with rife
pits. Burnside's men would have tc
charge over an open plain without q
shred of shelter-up hill too. But
when Burnside said 'Gor" the brave
fellows went
What a slaughter 1t wasl TlN
zouaves, supported by other gallant
regiments on the Left and right,
swept up the hill toward the Marye
mansion in magnificent line, drums
beating, colors flying and with q
cheer that was waited over to Fal
mouth cliffs. Then the murderous
fire Of musketry, grape, canister and
shells converged on them from the
batteries, and the line staggered.
But ON they went and then the
deadly fire from the stone wall did
the rest The ranks melted away like
snow before a midsummer sun The
fragments of the splendid charge fell
back sullenly.
Davy seized drum from a drum.
mer boy lying bleeding and trampled.
He rushed to the front and beat the
sharp advance ''rut-tut-too, tara.
ra-birrh," accompanying the flies
shrilly.
The 1ouaves were falling around
him, but he beat the more madly
and was heard above the cries of
agony, screams Of horses and thunder
Of the guns and the rattle of mus,
kerry.
Close up, men, close up" shouted
the colonel Steady"
But the 1ouaves seemed hopelessly
broken.
Just then Meagher's gallant brigade
swept past them to the attack, three
green and gold flags futtertng In the
air. The demoralized men turned
with a cheer for the brave "Sixty-
ninth Irish" then with q ringing
Irish shout rushed forward again
to meet the same deadly hail and fall
back.
Where's de curnell2' asked Da-
Wy as he and the other Lad met
among the fragments of the regi-
ment.
Davy was sitting down He had
rolled up the blue pantaloons, dis
playing jagged wound in the limb
"a pitiful small hmb-and' was ty-
ing bandage on it.
Where's de curnell, I sayP" de-
manded Davy.
"Out there, said the other, wildly
waving his hands DE whole regi-
ment is cut to pieces over dar."
"Over whereT demanded Davy.
Out dar. He was shot tru de
head"
I'll bet me hat yer lyin, shouted
Davy, jumping up. But I'll see ter
it,
In front of Marye's Hill and at the
end of the plateau was a sunken road
skirted by stone wall shoulder high.
This was held by Cobbs brigade and
was impregnable. 1t was here that
General Alexander said, THE ground
is so well covered that even a chick
en- could not live on the plateau when
we open fire"
Up the red field little Davy crept
with his wounded leg, searching with
sharp eyes for the distinctive uniform
of the zouaves, the shells screaming
over his head, the solid shot hurtling
past him and tearing up burrows in
the plain, sending up the earth in
showers.
And now swept the third attack