Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-27

ONLY nANBTuL LED NJ sErGEAST.
trenches 90 to 100 rods FROM the enemy
br,astworks aud under an almost constant
FIRE The lo~se- In Killed In the irspches
during the last wc,k In June included
Captains William II shopp-r and William
X Currier and I.ieutenantz Calvin Boston
aud Hiram q. Gage.
On July 90 the regiment lei General
putter'- stofming column In the change ai
the mine crater. an affair planned fors
rvp.tition of the surprise ~ June ~, but
which resulted la a disastrous failure.
The burnside mine under q Confederate
fort eNplpls,i H. mammoth powder mays
Eine long after daylig and Putier's diVi.
lion charged through binding clouds oi
smoke aud dust upon the ,oniesisrats
work. adjoining the crater Colonel Dan.
iel White. with the Thiry.frt, Jed the
Ad,nnce column - Grimm brigade. By
the time Whites follower. reached the
works Alongside ~ the dep crater the sn.
emy lad recovered frOm hi. surprise and
-,,ur,,i an incs~saut rain ~ bullets and
urat, tTfE. the gallant bDy- - Maine.
division % ooi,. troops also ehargci
over the same ground a..i broke into
panic. blocking the advance oi colonel
White. line Tie Confederats- se,.-i
thi. moment ~ confusion among the In.
Ton truoI- to engage la a counter charge
with the harc bayonet. The Maine hoj-
turned upon the as-ailant- aud fought
with them hand a. hand. The color- ~
the Thirty hrst disappeared FROM the nas
stall during the melee. but we're rsscu"i
from capture Colonel White was wound.
81 and captured. and every regimsntsl
commander In Grifiin's lrigade-sis In all
-wa. ciit down. for the fr-t time IN IL
history the regiment lost heavily In mis-
Ing Th. unacoounted Tor numhsrci 81.
the Killed % and the wounded a. The
rull of honor was incrrs-s,i by the death
~ Captains Almon ". Gusts" and byron
H.GilmOr,, Lieuisnants George " Thomp-
sou. John e.. Whittrn aud william li. Al.
lyn. Lieutenant William u. Pierre was
mortally wounded aud die'l IN the hands
~ the enemy 90 the original 20 oommis
stoned oficers. ~ had fallen in hattie. sey
eral had bscn disabled ~ captured. aud
but four rvmained on duty. These were
Captains james Dean aud Joseph ;. linr-
low. Iieutenant- o.. \. Bolton and y. A.
Sprague Lieutenant Bolton was serving
A. an aid On the general, aud Dean com
mandoi the Thirty hrst. In their nest
battle the last % the summer series fought
at Poplar Springs Church. Captain liar
low. Lieutenant Sprague aud ~ men were
Killed. wounded, and 10. including Cop
tain Dean. were made prisoners ~ war
Only handful ~ men remained to esuOt
the color~ OIL the field after they bed lesn
saved from capture by Sergeant fiulall
Of Company H. kimball was the unking
officer aud assumed command ~ setting
colonel The Thirty first had hsen In ihe
field Eve months and was virtually wip-d
,ut. Blight captains and two acting cnp
tain- had b.en Killed IT, total los in
oficrr- Killed and morially wounded bad
rach.,l ~, q circumstance unparalleled
In the war. The siHty.hrt Psnn-ylyaBis
lest M equal numb~r. bat it, battles began
IN June. is6l. aud ended In April. is6a.
still the Thirty fir~t did not abandon
the hght. About 600 fresh men were tran-
ferrtd to it, ranks. aud IL remained In tlis
held 20 the md. The grand total OF killcl
and wounded was 62s. u Killed aud mor.
tally wounded. ls3, and % deaths from all
causes. 500 An eleventh hour regiment
indeed GEoiSE L. hIiAAh.