The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-04


Nearly year later. after GOO recruits
nan made it nearly u nsw regiment, ses
II Keeping up its old reputation for hard
lighting in the Wilderness campaign.
losing 80 at Corbin's Bridge and ID at
Po River, and then at the famous Bloody
Angle at Spottsylvania, having q place
OF honor and peril In one of the two lead
Ing brigades which scaled the rebel works
and took between three and four thous.
and prisoners. Then see them ut Cold
Harbor sacrificing twenty-five of their
number in bloody repulse In that uss-
less slaughter.
In the siege of Petersburg see them In
repeated engagements. At heamls
Station, when ons regiment after another
of recruits gave way, Walker tells us that
GEN. MILES, COMMANDING A d.
VISION,
"calling up portion of his own old regi-
ment the Sixty first New York, which
still remained firm, tbrsw 1t across the
breastworks, ct right angles. and 90 m
menced to fight his way back, lending the
regiment In person. Only few scors OF
men-perhaps two hundred in all-stood
by him; but with these be made ground.
step by step, until he had retaken
Dauchey's battery, and had recaptured a
considerable portion OF the line, actually
driving the enemy into the railroad cut
At last ut Farmsvil1e, only day before
the end OF the struggle. this regiment
sealed its devotion to the Flag by the loss
of four killed, including one captain. and
twelve wounded.
SIN the roundup of Lees army culmi-
mating at Appomatox, two divisions OF
the corps were commanded by Sixty first
men. Barlow commanded one and Miles
| the,other, and between them they fought
the last infantry battle the Army OF sne
Potomac"
In Colonel Fox's admirable analysis of
Regimental Losses during the Civil War,
he shows that the Sixty-drst. New YORK
came very near having place among
the forty-fye regiment. only that lost
over two hundred men, killedtor mortaily
wounded In action during the war Its
actual loss was ls3, incl uaing 10 oihcers;
He SAYS 'sThe Sixty first had the good
fortune and honor to be commanded by
men who proved to he among the ablest
soldiers of the war. They made brilliant
| records as colonies of this regiment. and,
being promoted, achieved national
reputation as division generals. Inc
Sixty-first saw an unusual amount OF
active services and hard lighting. 1t served
through the war in a division that was
commanded successfully by Generals
Richards on (kilIed at Antietam.) Han
cock, Caldwell, Barlow and Miles; aud
any regiment that followed the fortunes
of these men was sure to find plenty OF
bloody work cut out for it.
At the business meeting one new mem
Der was elected, Edward W. Heath OF
Wateryille, son of Col. Francis r. Heath
of the Nineteenth Maine regiment.
The officers, the nominations of whom
have already been printed, were elected
. l>ai, oil Tod anr m ~.
der.
| For the banquet, which was very elabo-
rate and enjoyable, select orchestra
under Fred A. Given, discoursed delight
| full music.
The paper of the evening was much en-
loved and was received with frequent ap-
plause.
GENERAL MORGAN
of the New York commandery, former
Indian commissioner, was next intro
duced. be spoke of his association with
Maine soldiers. having been an aide. on
tae staff of Gen. o. o. Howard in the
Atlanta campaign.
At Resoca Howard had the extreme left,
which was in danger of being turned. land
the speaker was sent to General Thomas
for reinforcements, and came back with
General Hooker and his command, When
commissioner of Indian Affairs after
wards, at a meeting in New York. Chaun-
cey Depew introduced him as gallant
young officer who charged at the head
of his division at Resoca and saved the
day. This, General Morgan said, was
true, except that the had no division, did
not charge at the head of it, and did not
save the day.
| Gen. Morgan was also in command OF
| brigade at the battle of Nashville, in
| which was regiment commanded by
Colonel, now General, Shafter. On the
whole he thought that Shafter did well
at Santiago considering that he had new
er commanded anything more than a few
regiments, that he weighed 1916 pounds
and, that the climate told upon him So
verely. He did the work and that wat
| sufficient.
! General Morgan commanded coloreG
troops in the war; and he said 1T should
be borne in mind that the four regiments
of colored regulars, by their steadiness
did much 10 secure the victory at Santi
ago Eyes. sir, if it hadn't been for us
there wouldn't have been many Rough
Riders in it, was the comment OF ne
gro regular, and in General Morgan
opinion this was true
The speaker referred with praise to thu
work of General Wood in governing Sau
tiago, and thought it showed the ability
of the American people to give to thu
Cubans proper seif government. ON
work now was not to kill people, but &c
give new civilization modelled afte
that of the Twentieth Century, and no
after that of the Sixteenth.
Mr.. Asher G. Kinds of the PRESS re
sponded briefly for the newspaper ner
present.
Those present were Lieut.. d. L. War
rem, Togus; Luther Bradford, Capt. K
f. Davies, Castine; John f. Rea, Capt