Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

worth's men, the Turkish trousers in vcr-
million and in blue, the 'Lost Children"
and Zouaves d'Affrique. Our men wasc
In the division will: the Ninety fifth heEve
campfire neighbors. and in spcnl:ins% y
these Keystone boys pronounced e 5"j<&ss#
Gosline as though it were 60 :'!':.
view of what had seen int
Wondered what shape this 50
bore that they should DO L.: 81 ',;. i.
feathered biped of wabblinG E = IL l'!1@4I.
bill. The Ninety fifth was a ci Y rc;, ;neIt,
organized in Philadelphia in 1861 ~ Colo
mel John NJ Gosline. If my memory Is net
at fault, the members were city men, large
~ of the classes engaged in mercantile life
or skilled factory work, hence lot robust
It is we'll to bear this in mind in following
up my narrative of the fighting qualities
of these "zoozoos,' because there are not
a few people who would have the world
believe that only yeomen are fit for soldiers.
The uniform worn by these Philadel-
phians in 1862, should say, still trusting
to memory, was more like the chasseur
than the zouave being composed OF tight
fitting and very much bebuttoned jacket,
tight legged trousers, reaching the ankle,
but covered at the bottom with leggings.
The cap was some regulation style OF
shake, as worn by chasseurs. Colonel
Gosline had served in the Eighteenth regi-
ment, three months service, as captain,
but had made record as a crack militia
man before the war.
Colonel Gosline was killed in the first
heavy battle Of his regiment, and the ma
jor was also killed that day. In the next
heavy charge Gosline's successor, Colonel
Gustavus W. Town, was killed, and dur
ing its service the regiment lost by death
in battle six field officers. Four were in
command at the time they received their
death wounds. The companion regiments
of the Ninety fifth were not long in doubt
as to the fighting qualities of the fellows
they spoke Of Familiarity as SC The Goslings
In the first battle Of Franklin's division,
after it's organization, Gosline's zouaves
opened the fight and kept 1t up against
the will of the enemy We struck West
Point Landing at the junction of the York
and Pamunkey on the 9Th of May, just as
the CQnfederates, retreating from York
town toward Richmond, were marching
past on q road q mile or two back from
shore. 1t occurred to some general in the
enemy's camp to send a division down to
the river to guard against flank attack.
Hampton's mounted legion led off, and
some squadrons were secreted in the woods
when "The Goslings," skirmishing in
front of franklin g division, ran into them.
The Confederate infantry hadn't come up
yet, and the cavalry didn't wish to fight it
out but the zouaves held on and finally
drew in the whole of the division. Whit
ing's Confederate division was foiled in it's
attempt to prevent our landing and driven
back with heavy loss.
Our division passed under the command
Of Slocum before its next battle, and ho
led it to the field Of Gaines Mill, June 81,
to re-enforce Porter's gallant corps after
it's long struggle with all the forces Of Lee,
Longstreet, Stonewall jackson and the
two Hills. Tales of slaughter that day
cannot we'll be overdrawn, especially in
describing the assault by Hills troops
against Porter's center. General John
Newton, whose brigade comprised the
Ninety fifth, was sent by Porter to storm
piece of woods where the enemy had
gained a footing and hold it at all cost.
Newton led the Ninety fifth and the Thirty
first New York on charge and drove the
men in gray from their vantage ground.
For two hours the battleraged at that point,
the Confederates rushing up on the front
and flank. But Newton's men stood the
ground like wall. Colonel Gosline and