The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12

troops were reinforced and We pressed On, up
one side and down ibe other, Apd slowly but
not meet with a single renulse. We could see
them from tho ship, By the light OF their muskot
iashess nEhtinE on the ninth IN, ne tenth on and tns
OF danger or fatigue.
The rebels then opened nom Lake. Island
in the Cape Fear River also annoyed tho ad-
vancine heroes. The Seneca. got out Of am
an ordnance boat for moro shells. / stepped
below for a few minutes just before 8 o'clock
niSndous cheofinnS.' T.rnshcd on deck and saw
SS9GcHsts going Mp IN IN S ~ aiT TSiiS 3, AND nSar ar tSc soI.
S GiiSr,nf hs sd'O mSds shS an n'i immense Mels on bon1fe. .nI Fort
Fisher had raised the white nag and 'Confeder.
ate Point. bad once more S CONS unSsr the stare
Dor ,ot ohfSiSsrs.. among these latter being Cor.
msndInEE the GdsiencSS Of Wilmington. Gen.
Whiting 10 mortRlly wounded. Our loss lie not
s sRSF m ai%DHi s through the caSsiesSaoss oi one pf
our own soldiers. who took a light Into tho ,mein1
% TItE ,n sS Of tG To1 fort tbro a \ T tSe snish s sSo Feet
into the air. Hundreds Of mon were blown. TO
atons or sngulted: have been ashorc this
have some valuable trophies for you and ex.
pcct to hsye more news soon."
was o newspaper writer In this city. He on
Listed - a private In 9 ccSSmpsny of yqinntsers.
fSad sESs S %siCS R Ss de In fhS SSHih n g e Ystt p1s' 10 bls
mother as follows:
-, 10Y win DO pleased 70 know that ! am m, now tSc
lighting. The battle Is tho ioroeSt ever fought
,St OF It, We were attacked on sunday morn
Ing last Sy an ovsrpoworSnF force Of the enemy nngg
come UP the river. The rebels were under Beau
regard and Johnston. Our celebrated. Chicago
ooppssfnssEdI the w'S S.S RO Sn our on aid tsS on F asnaa yi Morning anS
a. 4 O'clock. The attack was a surprise. and we
SsOyS;whs b, came on. cxg ScSHi.iaT a 'k Wd Mas. have :.
ported on Sunday by some Ohio Regiments. :but
they ran without firing q shot, and our battery
! sition. Three times We ropulsed the charge Of
THE e regiments OF infantry supported, by three
@isS ..rr fnS i .iisneS %S%TalFf flb aFir rdeim shSis e sSp:
porting some batteries, at our left then re%treated
and the enemy. advancing in large numbers. took
outranked us. We then TOOK up . new position
half a mile in the reOr and fought there for six
" driven back to within half q milo OF the river
WHEN night came on, and We rested ON our arms.
Buell.. While tho rebels got 10000 fresh mon
undor Price and Van born. Al. 4 A. NJ. on
o MSndS fbs es sss5,t the 6s i, nS %ns t sS1t st 6 S%tste w on . esS;
the first position We held sunday morning, and
now wo will move forward with hve dNyg' ra-
IN iron The % n Ssss'h fs aGt'N Il n Sst'S i viii mfH Tr &c from fPCm
Corinth. j think God must have hoard your
B bs&iSsT' t storms my 'S Of bsl fo and ps sSsI r"s snd t am %n'
wounded. although my olo:hcn are badly cut.
IN Me six RH ineh sisp Of fn mu thG Snd n Masor. IN and sao fS ShSRR an In
life. The order to march has been given, and
must CO.
1t was soon after this that Howard Cushing
was promoted, from The ranks TO be Second
for distinguished gallnntry in the charge before
Vicksbur9, thus coming Into command Of tho
H hiry GUSHING m"'T was IN charge charge Of when he lost
his lite at the battle OF CettysburR.
At the close Of the rebellion Lieut.. Howard
where the Apaches wero on the warpath. Tho
records of the War Department SHOW that with
the trail OF Cochise. the worst OF the Apache
chiefs, who was skulking with a band OF 100
east OF Tucson. Sergeant John Mott, who cs-
capped after four horses had been shot from
under him: and who wrote the official report OF
der to attack when his force, from various
:auses had been reduced TO eight men. including
fifteen to one. but Gushing never faltered. BE-
fore giving the order he counted his men.
Eight, he said, that ought 10 be enough.
There was not a hostile tribe in Arizona or
Of. Lieut.. Gushing as a great triumph. He was
asbedu sobreur. IN unrelenting fighter. ana al
though the Apaches got him at last he had sent
their happy hunting grounds. The Hon. Sylves.
te. Maury, In writing, of his death, said: =,
to his other relatives it viii be c%onsoiing, to
know that Lieut.. Howard Gushing has left be-
hind him In Arizona a name that will hos die in
Lieut.. AlonEo H.. Gushing was the third son
In S5dsI Of 1 sEs n The IN M,l fs%1r tsss,@ fa~i IL wa Ms
Point with distinguished honors in 1861 when
20 years old, and was Mt once commissioned as
service for which he had evinced marked pref
crence; He was the first Of his class ordered
into the field and was assigned to the duty of
instructing volunteer regiments preparatory to
the first advance upon Manassas, in which
m TeoHSa1 hs,t nc Son an tSe a,o q se of fS. 81 d,s SreeM 8
battle of Bull Run this battery and another took
a position on Centreyille Heights: In the alb.
point and check the advance, of the enemy or
die in the attempt, large body of Confederate
spot. but were met with such a heavy shower of
canister that they hastily retreAted, giving out
as they went the Impression that the whole Of
admitted to have boon q strong factor In checking
the further pursuit Of the panic-strickcn Union
forces. Soon after this Gen. Mcdowell person.
ally ordered Green's battery to follow the line OF
retreat rs a rear guard.
Notwithstanding the fact that his men and
horses had been doing hard work for twcnty-siX
dered oil reaching Arlington Heights 10 proceed
Of infantry on a reconnaissance toward Fairfox
Court House, which established the welcome
the nature OF the rout, or were unable to follow
up the advantage they had gained. Whom Gen;
Mcclellan assumed command Of the Army OF
NAS - W A~ANhAhs 'eo AinAo NAAS
Of Ordnance on the star 81 Gen. Summer, with
the rank Of Captain. He remained In this
place during the Peninsular campaign, partici,
RSs n II By 9E GsH. oFMas sEEieIIsn an. ada sumner SUNS SseG f0l
two breyets for distinguished gallantry. At
Harrison's Landing, at his own request, he was
relieved from STAFF duty and placed in command
of a battery, holding this until after Antietanl,
when he was again brevetted for bravery.
After Cen Burnside,s attack upon Fredericks;
OF battery A OF the Fourth Artillery, md did
good service Mt the battle OF charlottesville
4 was At Gettysburg however. that he gained
TO a position in the centre of HAncock's corps,
and on this Leo concentrated tho fire, of 100
pieces of Confederate artillery. Cushing was
wounded twice carly in tho battle; A piece Of
shell struck him In the groin. inflicting a fear.
tl wound. and another shot shattered one Of
retire, but he declined to leave tho Geld. Wrap
ping his handkerchief around his wounded arm
he stuck to his guns to the last. Five of his
six pieces had been dismonntod, all of his nor
were dead or disabled. and alone the dauntlesI
Gushing stood beside his cannon and feobly
tried to servo It himself. Just as the change n
the tide OF battle came and tho Confedorates fal
tered, a bullet pierced the, brain OF Capt
Alonko Gushing. and he fell dead upon the
hold, the last man at. the last gun.