The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-14

oooAOu out llOn ucIlluu EQolr lines
for death grips, and the other fellows
fell back. And so 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 to
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 On
horseback.
On Marye Heights Mr.. Lees peo.
pie" as Davy called them, were in
trenched behind earthworks and a
stone wall well covered with rifle
pits. Burnside's men would have to
charge over an open plain without a
shred Of shelter-up hill too. But
when Burnside said "Gol" the brave
fellows went.
What a slaughter it wasl The
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 a
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 a drum from a drum
mel 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 zouaves were falling around
him, but he beat the more madlv
and was heard above the cries of
agony, screams ofhorses and thunder
of the guns and the rattle Of mus
kerry.
CLOSE up, men, close upv' shouted
the colonel. STEADY"
But the zouaves seemed hopelessly
broken.
Just then Meagher's gallant brigade
swept past them to the attack, three
green and gold flags futtering in the
air. The demoralized men turned
with a cheer for the brave "Sixty-
ninth Irish," then with a ringing
Irish shout rushed forward again
to meet the same deadly hail and fall
back.
Where's de curnells" 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 a jagged wound in the limb
"a pitiful small limb-and was ty-
ing a bandage on it.
Where's de curnell, l sayl" de-
manded Davy.
"Out there" said the other, wildly
waving his hands. "De whole regi-
ment is cut to pieces over dar."
Over where's" demanded Davv.
"Out dar. He was shot tru de
III bet me hat yer lyin," shouted
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
by a stone wall shoulder high.
This was held by Cobb's brigade and
was impregnable. 1t was here that
General Alexander said, The ground
is so well covered that even a chick
on could not live on the plateau when
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
his head, the solid shot hurting
past him and tearing up burrows in
plain, sending up the earth in
showers.
And now swept the third attack
over the bloody field, and Davy crept
hastily into a hole made by a shell.
It was rolled back by the others. The
lead and dying began to form close
Of CHASTITY windows.
Davy crept forward again. He had
only IA confused idea of the line on
which the zouaves advanced, but he
Knew they were on the right of the
brigade and that a vast number had
away from the scorching fire
INTO the old railroad cut in front of
die stone wall, where the Confeder-
tie artillery had literally torn them
% pieces. 1t was toward this ravine
hat he worked his way. He knew
regimental cololS were either
'aptured or in that ravine, and where
colors were he knew his colonel
would not be found far away.
Holy drum, he whispered to him
elf. Der boys wuz just cut to
The tide of defeat was now rolling
tho fourth attnnl, ond L., LII