The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-16


which the Sixth fought being due to It's
proximity to Gettysburg, and also be-
cause 1t Is the spot where seven officers
and 557 men Of the regiment dashed
upon an advancing brigade-the flower
OF Stuart'S cavalry. The brave men
who charged here with Colonel Starr,
July 4, 1863, incurred o trighttul loss.
Captain William p. Saunders OF this
reglment, was the only army officer
from tho state Of Mississippi who re-
manned loyal to the flag,
On May 5, 1864. began the battles OF
the WILDERNESS, in which the regulars:
commanded by Generals Grithn an9
Ayres, took part on the 9Th, 1th, lOth
ard 18th, During this campaigns OF
General Grant, the Twelfth infantry
was among the regiments that suffered
most severely. Out OF some sixteen or
eighteen officers who broke camp with
the Twelfth on April 80, only two were
remaining two months later. The First
cayairy now coming to Moutauk Point.
in this campaign lost in killed and
wounded thirteen officers out OF nine
teen and 133 men out OF Sl6. This rec
ord seems a sufficient answer 10 the
sighting question often asked IN the
civil war, Did you ever see a dead cav
u.rymap2"
any battery Is said, by Confederate tes-
tInIonv. TO have been that Of Battery D,
Fifth artillery, at SpoutsylVania. Al
the siege of Petersburg the regulars
were active In the trenches, and beat
the enemy badly in brush at the Globe
Tavern on August IS. The regulars
were also entitled to high praise for gall
lant,ry in the fight on the Weldon rail-.
road, for, although outflanked on poth
sides and nearly surrounded. the major
ity OF them cut their way out and es-
capped capture. In this conflict the en-
envy made a bold dash and captured
the cc,ors Of the Eleventh infantry.
Captain Thiemanl of the Twelfth IN
fnntry jumped on the breastworks,
sword in hand, and knocking down the
soldier who had secured the colors. re-
captured them and waved them det1ant-
ly over the works.
In the great battle Of chickamauga
the brigade of regulars stood like
stone wall, but owing to the capture
of stan officer. who was on his way to
order III to q different point, large
number were taken prisoners, The
Nineteenth infantry was nearly wiped
out OF existence. and every man lett IN
Il was finally captured. during tue AZ
ianta campaign the brigade OF regulars
under General King particularly dds
ilnEulshed Itself. At critical moment
Captain Stetson, at the head OF his COM
pnny OF the Fifteenth infantry. dis
played conspicuous valor. In the adj
vance from Marietta TO the Chatta hoo-
chez one company OF the Fifteenth lost
forty men, and in the seventy-tive days
campaign the brigade lost as a prisoner
only ONE man who was wounded and
captured ut KeneEaw. Among t he val
uabie officers Of the Fifteenth who sac
riiced their lives in this campaign,
were Lieutenant Forbes and Captain
Engle, The losses Of this regiment IN
me war Included nInety-seveD killed,
400 wounded and 14S missing, while
slxty-one died Of wounds and fifty died
in prison. Both the Fifteenth and SIX
teenth regiments were desperately en-
gagged at JoHesbOro. and carried me
rebel works at al points, the Sixteenth
especially making splendid record.
The latter regiment lost in the war
slxty-one killed, eighty-two who died OF
wounds, 29I wounded and 1856 missing