Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-01-14

comprised the Fourteenth, Thirty fifth,
Forty fifth and Forty ninth regiments
from the Empire Stateo of the Confederacy
After proving its mettlo on the field Of
battle it was assigned to the famous Light
division, led by tho fiery A. p. Hill, in
Stonewall Jackson's corps "
A complete record of tho battles of these
regiments cannot be obtained, but one
hazards little in saying that the Forty
ninth regiment fought in II greater mum,
Der of the regular battles Of Lees army
than any other Of the brigade and perhaps
Of tho division and corps. The Forty.
ninth took its baptism of fire at Seven
Pines or Fair Oaks, on tho 31st Of May,
1862, and fragments Of it were in action
at various places on the works at Peters.
burg when they were Ovcrrun by tho sew.
eral Federal corps on April 2, 1866. IL
was In the thick of the fight in the five
great battles around Richmond in 1862,
for after Fair Oaks it fought ut Mcchan-
icsville or Beaver Dam creek, Juno 26:
at Cold Harbor or Gaines Mill, the 9th;
Mt Frazer's Farm, tho 30th, during the
seven days. and at Malvern Hill, July l.
With jackson tho regiment marched
from tho James to the Rapidan to fall
upon Pope's army. bore the brunt of the
fighting in Hills column ut Cedar Noun
tain and saw desperate work during the
two Gays hattie of jackson corps ut Man
,;ssils. or Iiull Run Second on the Goth
u;'l :'Itn q; August. 1t was one OF the
TO-. rex; :: :;;tlas.'Iy engaged with Konr-
w *..,. g, H.st:tllIy ON Sept. /. In that
~ H.. -. which began during ter
,"! ,.e.'ssn"ln and ended in darkness,
. -. - met tho enemy hand to
. WIG !1oG from the saddle
'& p. , rHs mon Of Company B
! .Irk..,n's lines This
Il ..r,n liz llis,: Dry Us u skirmish,
:: !. L.t.,,>iy one for those in the
scr e.. II. "" federal major generals
WV. y AMI |. i. Stevens, were killed. In
a., l......, .i the Forty ninth there were
eight casual, los. thrco of them fatal, which
was IuiIc enough for skirmish, but tho
commanding officer, Major Rivers, was
permanently disabled bya wound which
cost hiE, Il leg.
Antietam is tho one great battle Of the
series not inscribed upon the banner Of
the Forty ninth. 1t was engaged Mt tho
capture Of Harper's Ferry and did not re-
join its division until Lee had rCcrossed
the Potomac. It took part in tho bloody
affair ut Shephertlstown on Sept. 10, and
ory down to the end. fredericksburg,
charlottesville, Gettysburg, where it
fought three days, two days. fighting in
tho Wilderness. the "Bloody Anglo at
Spottsylvania, North Anna river, Cold
Harbor and the defense of Petersburg cost
tho regiment a heavy dole in blood. al
though it missed the slaughter pens and
made a record for giving heavy blows to
the enemy.
At Fair Oaks the Forty ninth took its
baptism of fro in Longstreets column ut
Fairs Oaks proper. At that point tho Con.
federates struck Federals, who were alert,
and did not make surprise rs was the
case at Seven Pines, another part of the
same field. General Joseph E. Johnston
saw the Forty ninth going into battle and
exclaimed, "Those men move like veter-
ans.
At the battle of Mechanicsville, June 90,
the Gcorgians stormed tho terrible bluff
defcnses held by the Pennsylvania reserves
OH Beaver Dam creek. Colonel A. j. Lane,
the commander, was severely wounded
and disabled for further service. This was
the beginning of the seven days, and the
regiment came out of the battle week