The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-03-11

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we'll filled ranks. a p. Hi
was their corps leader in place of the
dead ''Stonewall." With them they
assaulted Reynolds corps. in Nc.
Phersons's Woods on July 1. AS N
Gainess Mill, battery confronted
their advance, and rained shell and
canister into ranks, chiefly upon the
lst regiment. The battery was doom.
ed. One piece was the prize of the
1st, and they dashed forward without
halt until their banner was float ~.
in the town, the first Confedera' c H. .
in Gettysburg.
One day later, almost to an lour.
ut the other flank of the same field.
the SD Pennsylvania fought gallant
ly to defend Round Top, with success
equal to that of the Carolinians. in
their charge. The 1st lost one officer
men killed; six officers }ch1Pbrsa:" }c1P a"ad s. i! y
NJ hon, Josiah Cox. Armstrong as
Lieutenant, w. NJ. Murray and J. f.
J. CaldwelD and 81 men wounded.
one 12O in all, which was more than
half its membership.
In the Wilderness battle, on May
., 1864, the 1st led its brigade and
division in an attack on the Union
left on the Orange plank road, and
at the same hour its double, the S3 |
Pennsylvania, had the place of honor
in Union attack on the Confederate
left along the Orange turnpike,
couple of miles distant, Both regi-
asSs. the fSw,5a s.' Toss -of sixteen
killed and one hundred and fourteen
wounded, besides six officers killed.
At Spottsylvania, week later.
the lst, reduced to a handful, entered
the Bloody Angle" with its brigade.
in the forlrrn attempt to hold its as
sailants ut arms length. Its com
mauder, (Col C. w. McCrcary, Of
Barnwell,) and five Others were
wounded, the second in command,
CLieut. Col. w. p. Shooter. of Mar
ion, killed, (also Lieut.. E o. Shoot
er and Caps. Z. ID. Brnilsford. ".
\. Kelly. James Armstrong. l.icu's.
\. +. Miller and NJ r. Tharin.l
and the ranks lost nineteen killed
and fifty-onc wounded. At the end
of another week, after almost two
years of this eccentric ducliing the
two regiments met fairly at Jericho
Ford. North Anna River, on the road
TO Richmond. The 1St charged ut
the head of McGowan's brigade and
ran INTO battery supported by the
Pennsylvanians. The regiments
grappled for an instant, the com
mander of the Carolina hri gadc was
captured by one of the S3h, and the
leader of the first (Maior Ihos.
Pinckney Alston,) was killed in The
melee. The 1st lost twcnty-iiv"
prisoners, the highest in any battle
of its career.
Bloody Cold Harbor next follow
ing, both escaped, and through the
siege Of Petersburg their lines ran
separate again, though with proper,
tionate losses. Almost at the close
of the brigades to which each be
longed were supports to companion
brigades that ~ght at White Oak
road. March 81, 1865, one wccl
before Appomattox.
The affair ended abruptly. an'
neitherrcgimcnt was severely engage
but the colonel Of the Isl. (Col. G
w. McCravy,) was shot dead BY
: stray bullet. This was the last da,
in the regiment, and the score st"o'
2S1. The record of wounded close
April =, when the major (E. ID
BrailsforO commanding and on
! captain (James Armstrong; w,re sho
q = down, making $50 in all.
u On March 81 also. the SD score
2Sl deaths. and on April ! add"
y one. making 2S2, closing It's recor
!. of wounded at the same time. :
II the duelists stood, at Appomntro,
u $50 against 971 casualties on ii
: battlefield. almost the maximum ";
y" y" strength of a regiment.
J. (Grcgg's '.Old First, as it W;
l. called, was composed of three COZ
RI NAMES from CharleSron-the Iris