The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-17

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(Hazlitt was killed at Little Round Top,
Gettysburg, in the hand-to-hand conflict
there with this same Texas Brigade:
"Col. Warren's command, especially
the 9th N. Y, by the most gallant fight
ing kept the enemy, who were in over
whelming force, in check till the battery
was out of danger, though at loss of half
their numbers. would give all praise
and credit to these gallant men for the
noble manner in which they stood their
ground, thereby preventing the capture
of this battery. x j; X As there
was very difficult ditch to cross, one
carriage being able to pass at a time, 1
left at walk"
Extract from report of Col. Robertson,
9th Tex, (the regiment that fanked
us on the left):
"At the edge of the timber the ene-
my's skirmishers were encountered (part
of 10th n. " by my skirmishers, and
driven back to point in the timber
about 100 yards from the open field be-
yond. Here | encountered the regiment
Of the enemy that had been deployed
as skirmishers, who had rallied on their
right. | ordered the regiment to fire on
and charge them doth n. W They
broke and were closely pressed to the
open field, where we encountered sec
ond line of the enemy in the 9th N. Y.
Zouaves, who, after permitting the fleeing
regiment to pass its lines, presented a
solid front for short time. X X *
Their stand was but momentary. They
gave way before the impetuous
CHARGE OF MY MEN
and fled, leaving the field strewn with
their dead and wounded Such was the
impetuosity of the charge and the un-
erring aim of my men that very few, if
any, of that regiment reached the hill
beyond"
See my account. At this time the
men had not time to load. Those who
stood at charge bayonets, refusing to
leave or surrender, were all shot down.
The loss in the 9th Tex. during the
battle was 260, including seven color
bearers.
From report of Col. Garry, Hampton
Legion. (This regiment was in our front
and joined On the left of the 9th Tex
We had gone about quarter of
mile when the skirmishers became hotly
engaged with the Duryea Zouaves.
We received their volley and charged
upon them and delivered our fire at
short range, killing, wounding and capt
uring large number. The captured
were the wounded. They were COM
pletely routed, and as they retreated
over the ravine and up the hill large
number were killed and wolHded by the
well-practiced aim of the men of the
entire brigade" (Loss, II killed, 63
wounded, but believed to have been
more.)
From report of Col. Woford, 18th Ga.
CThis regiment was ON the left of the
Hampton Legion, and overlapped our
left fank.) x j; x "The brigade moved
in splendid order, and with shout ad-
vanced through the second strip of
woods on the enemy's lines 4 x
The right wing of my regiment en-
countered the 9th and 10th n Y, sup
porting and in front of battery of the
enemy. !: x !; We pursued these
fleeing regiments to the ravine at the
foot of the hill in front of the battery,
killing and taking prisoners nearly every
man, with the assistance and co-opera-
tion of Hampton's Legion and 9th Tex.
:" AS we advanced on the battery up
the hill from the branch my regiment
CAPTURED THE coLoRs
of the 10th n. Y. The Color-bearer
was killed. x x 4 Nearly all of
the men lost were killed where we first
encountered the two New York regi-
ments Of Zouaves and at the second
battery"
The loss was 19 killed and 131
wounded. As before seen, this brigade
did not get our (Hazlitt's) battery, but
did get Kerns's, defended by whole
brigade, after they were through with
our poor little regiment.
After reading the foregoing reports,
any impartial critic will not blame the
9th \. Y. for falling back and being
defeated. The reports Of the 4th Tex,
next on left OF 18th Ga, and 1st Tex,
on their left, both speak of the engage
ment. These two regiments also APP
pear to have taken hack at us, by the |
report Of Col. Garry, Hampton Legion.
The Confederates had thus five times our
and hence had five shots to our
one, but we checked them long enough |
to save Hazlitt's battery, and made
many Of them bite the dust.
The 1st Tex. only lost three killed
and seven wounded the 4th, 22 killed
and 66 wounded. As the 5th Tex, 18th
Ga. and Hampton Legion were the ones
that first encountered the 9th and 10th |
n. Y, and their losses were SO much
larger than the other two regiments, it
seems reasonable that our two regiments
must have added to the casualties that
they received in their after hard fight.
The two fanking companies Of the
9th were armed with Sharpe's breach
leaders; the rest of the old members had
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