Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-18

WIFI b C6rT1uC Crash. LyCle ulSQmeQ
were behind the convenient wall using
it to screen their own heads. The line Of
Tennesseeans swayed, and as one man
drew back. A glance at the former po-
sition showed goodly rank Of PROSTATE
men, cut down in files as they marched.
With fierce yell, not stopping for or
ders, the Tennesseeans dashed for the
wall, leaping over the dead and dying
in the mad charge. Lytle's men, alone
and without ammunition, gave way, but
they had the pluck Of their race and re-
treated only a few rods. Every request
Of Lytle's for aid brought the reply that
there was none to send him, but that
his position must be held at any cost.
At last he saw that he would be forced
to yield the ground after sacrificing all
his men. Forming bare skirmish line
from his old regiment, the Tenth Irish
-he commanded brigade at the time
-he charged toward the wall The
slender line was wiped out and its gal
liant leader left for dead on the field. In
falling back the remainder Of the Tenth
ran the gantlet Of the Confederate Irish
rifles, and the pathway was marked with
rows Of dead So far the account was
even.
Lytle became prisoner to his country
men, who gave timely aid and saved
his life. Other Union regiments took up
the fight at the stone wall and the Fifth
Confederate barely escaped annihilation.
Cleburne rescued it by heading des-
perate charge with fresh troops. The
Tenth Ohio lost half Of its men killed
and wounded. Its Irish antagonists suf-
fered a loss Of about one-third While
the Memphians were marching north
ward ON the disastrous Kentucky raid
their thoughts had been upon the roll
licking times they promised themselves
beyond the Ohio, especially in Cincin-
natl, a river town where they would
find congenial pleasures. But, alas Gin
cinnati meant other things for them
than good times, and, moreover, had
met them half way. Lytle hailed from
Cincinnati and had recruited his Tenth
Ohio in the Queen City.
Stone River followed .Perryville so
closely that fighting blood hadn't time
to cool off. The very men who had
fought Perryville opened the fight, Har-
dee's Confederates once more swoopinR
down upon McCook's unguarded flank
Cleburne had been promoted to lead
division, but kept his Lishmen around
him, Arkansans and Tennesseeans as
we'll. His old brigade. under Lucius
Polk, made some Of the bloodiest charges
Of tie day and always had the luck to
run against Union batteries. They took
them in, too, on the way. The Tennes-
see Irishmen alone ran through one.
without stopping to count guns or pris-
oners. This was at the hospital, which
they carried by grand rush. They like
wise fought in the famous cedar brakes
with the regulars One incident Of tha'
bloody spot is described by the Tennes
see annalist, showing that Eishmen al
preciate valor for it's own sake. H.
says: "Our regiment, having driven the
enemy from the bushes on our left, wa
hotly engaged in front when regimen
in blue, forced out on our right, movc'
by the left flank at double quick, righ'
shoulder shift, across our front, takin.
our we'll directed fire at 30 PAGES with.
out altering the step Of single man. /
called for cheer for those men as they
passed out Of range"
A thrilling description Of the battery
capture is also given. The author led
company in that charge and lost over
half his men. ''In our advance, he
says, 1--WE had driven line across a
cornfeld the other side of which stood a
four gun battery, still playing on us.
For a moment we lay low from the rat
tling grape, but quick the order was
passed down the line, Fix bayonets as
you lie!' At once, with yell we were
on the run; the line Of supports gave
way and two guns followed The riders
of the other two cut their horses loose
and left their gunners, the last Of whom
was killed with the lanyard in his hand.
Among my killed was my first lieuten-
ant, an educated Irishman brave to a
fault. He told me that morning he
would die that day-this was in answer
to my question as to why he had donned
bright new uniform and white kids
adding that he had saved them for the
occasion and meant to die like gen.
tleman.
The Tennessee captain lays stress upon
another popularity of his Irishmen.
The wounded never "hollered. -. In the
battery charge mentioned one Of them
had leg badly shattered by bullet.
A strong kind hearted prisoner, seeing
his cheerfuness offered to "tote" him
to the surgeons in the rear. AS he was
borne away upon the back of the Fed
eral, his captain heard him whistling
1.-THE Girl I Left Behind Me. !"
The Fifth could not have been fight
ing regiment of the west nor q Cleburne
regiment without a record at Chicka-
mauga, Atlanta and Franklin. In these
three desperate contests Cleburne turned
to his old command for last resource
as Jackson often did to the "Stonewall
brigade" /" In fact it was his habit to
fight division until it was no longer a
division, then take in the brigades sep
arately until they ceased to be brigades,