Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

then marched back by night at q pace not
at all slow and with bloody noses. was
not in the battle, but served through
many later campaigns In o regiment which
had It's baptism of fire there and lost 20
killed and 108 wounded while facing the
music. I heard the story from the lips OF
my comrades again and again at our camp
fires, for they talked of that battle more
than of all others together. Had been
with them and survived it seems to me
that should, not be silent as they are I'M
der the slurs cast upon those first defenders
of the flag in Virginia. Last memorial
Sunday, in a sermon addressed to very
noted body of New York veterans, the rev.
erend speaker retailed the old jokes from
thu pulpit and said that the name Bull
Rim always carried him back to his boy
hood, bringing up the picture Of n mad
bull loose in the field and everybody max.
ing haste to get out of the way
There was something besides running
that 21st of July, 1861, or Washington
would have been added to the Southern
Confederacy next day and doubtless belong
to it yet. Leaving out the deeds Of all 9th.
er regiments three commands alone made
a record which should redeem the honor OF
the whole army. The banner regiment
that day was the First Minnesota, renown-
ed for it's brilliant charge at Gettysburg:
It lost at Bull Run 4S killed, 1902 wounded
and 80 missing. Corcoran's Irish regi-
ment, the Sixty-ninth New York, lost 80
killed, 50 wounded and 95 missing. Cam
eron's highlanders, the Seventy-ninth
New York, lost 40 killed, 43 wounded and
115 missing. These losses We're not incur
red in slaughter pens, but in desperate
a E~r1I1 = rHynS rp3v nv
Tia LOSSES In the three regiments, taken In
comparison with those Of other battlefelds
Of 1861, leave the Bull Run veterans no
cause to blush for the honor Of their arms.
AT Wilson'S Greek, Aug. 10, 1861, two regi.
'ments bore the brunt Of the fighting. The
First Missouri lost 78 killed, 2O8 wounded
and ii missing. The First Kansas lost II
killed, 1877 wounded and 20 missing. These
commands led the attack at one point, and
before they could be relieved or REINFORCED
were compelled to stand before one Of the
most desperate and bloody Confederate
charges Of the war. In tho Balls Bluff af-
fair, which was Federal disaster from be-
ginning to end, the Fifteenth Masscchu-
sets lost IA killed, 81 wounded and 227
missing. The Twentieth lost - killed, 40
wounded and 1913 missing.
Grants first battle, fought ut Belmont
Nov. z 1851, was one of tho desperate ones
of that year. The Seventh Iowa lost "a
killed and 1O4 wounded; the Twenty sec
ond Illinois, 81 killed and 80 wounded.
The losses at Bull Run of the First Min
nesota, the Sixty-ninth New York and
Seventy ninth highlanders We're incurred
in the hardest struggle of the battle, the
struggle where the day was decided. This
was on the Henry House plateau, within
the limits Of square mile. Before describ.
ing that field and its remarkable incidents.
Twill trace the movements Of my old regi-
ment as an example Of the difficulties which
surrounded those raw volunteers Of 1861.
The regiment crossed Bull run with An
drew Rorter's brigade early In the day,
when the cry was son to Richmond"
Every thing was promising for supper that
night at the Spottswood hotel, In the
city by the James, until an occasional bat
terry or regiment belonging to the Southern
Confederacy appeared In the way. Failing
to brush these distractions aside, the Fed
eral leaders tried to flank them. The regi.
ment refer to, the Twenty New
York, led by Colonel II. W. Slocum, dress.
ed In blue coats, went forward across coun.
try for this purpose. The Eighth New
York militia, uniformed in cadet gray, en-.
tered wood, marching In the same general
direction as the Twenty seventh. In o
short time Slocum's men saw regiment
coming for the woods of on their right
front dressed In gray, and havingits coloEs