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


10 tho Ia Of the oOnhlet--A Notable
Instance OF FIdsilty At tho Onisot-l Heavy
Loasrs, DanntIsis bravery, and Steady
DiSeipIIno-lmporiant Services ~ Critl-
cal JnnetaFes.
New York Post; Attention has al
ready been called In che Post TO the gem
erat tendency Of newspapers and held
correspondents, N the present war with
Spain. to pass over the gallant services
Ot the United States regulars with but
scant recognition, In their eagerness to
do full justice 10 the sxploIts Of the vol
uneers. Similar criticism probably
with equal cause, has been made OF the
war correspondents In our great civil
strife; but the Townsend clvii War IL
brary al Columbia University contains
materials for fitting record Of the
United S'HteS army IN the conflict for
ore OF the pro1dest epispdes In the
history OF the regular arHTyt 70 be found
here Is the exhibition Of hdellty by the
on-commissloned officers And privates,
who, treacherOusly made prisoners by
General TwlgGs In Texas IN 1861, resist \
M every temptn,tion to Violate theft
oa.hs and desertS their flag. offered
Commissions in the Confederate service,
with money and land filY rendered
10 them, they all scOrned 3ich induce
nIents. submitted 70 seYeTe hardship,
ana when at lust exchanged, avenged
themselves on the field Of battle for the
nravagTing Insults to their integrity.
Too few in numbers to act as an irl-
dependent force, the regular regiments
took part IN every great battle OF the
war fought In the east and In most OF
those west If the AilegheUles, Their
losses included 1855 officers and men
killed In actioh, and $50 more died OF
their wounds, making an aggregate OF
zoos. In addition, the deaths from disc
ease were over 3O.l Their severe
losses proved that they were in the
thlckest Of the fight, and the testimony
oF their commanders shows with what
herolsm they upheld the Union cause.
The vigorous charges Of the regulars
often won the day and in defeat they
more than once saved the Federal army
from much greater disaster by the OBJ
sp!nacy with which they resisted supe-
yior numbers.
Al the first battle Of Bun Run they
covered the retreat OF the fugitive
iTCpUS IEUttf tuttt htfd tV FtttNs
Their services In McClellan's campaign
on the Peninsula IRE matters for proud
recollection. During the siege OF York
town the regulars did their part In
building breaStwoTks, later to leave
them ard follow Magruder up the PEN
insua. until they found themselves in
the swamps Of the ChickahomIny. The
famous six Hundred at BalaklGva did
not behave more CALAMITY than did the
Fifth cavalry under Captain Whitney,
when, from the left OF the line at
Gaines's Mllis five companies charged
into the Advancing Confederate host,
en- entire division Of which was about
10 charge the Federal artillery, and
would have captured the batteries Il Its
onset had not been stayed by the Fifth.
AT the close Of the battle It was left for
the regulars to be che last troops to
cross the Chickahomtuy, covering as
they did the retreat Of the Fifth corps
10 the south side of the river. At
Ga.nes's Mills the Eleventh infantry,
now In Porto Rico, was said to have
suffered more than any other regiment
IN the field. The Twelfth infantry.
which fought at Santiago, also suffered
very. everely and a BATTALION, alone. OF
the ourteenth lost 14f men, killed and
wounded This last named regiment Is
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The tableiands OF Antletam also witt
nessed the bravery and staying quali-
ties Of the regulars. many Of whom met
their Death on the sunken road In front
OF the cornfield. At the second battle
OF Buzz Run. the Third ihfartry (the
Oldest regiment in the army. its age be-
Ing over ore hundred years) sustained
q heavy and exhaustlng fire from the
enemy as 1t did near San Juan block
house recently, in endeavoring to check
the retreat Of the disheartened' columns
OF Mcdowell. on the field OF Shiloh
many Of the best officers and enlisted
men Of the First infantry, OF which
General shafter was colonel from 1879
10 1897. were among the fafen, killed or
morally wounded, with their faces to
the foe.
Captain Pearson. OF the Fifteenth in
fantry, (wi1o was from Auburn. N. ~
went into the battle OF Shiloh with
thirty-six men in his company, fifteen
of whom were killed At Shiloh, too.
Terr!lps battery OF the Fifth artillery
had terrible encounter with the enemy
and lost six guns, but recovered them
al.
A brigade OF regulars. composed Of
the Fifteenth. Sixteenth, Eighteenth
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