The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-06

wv i0 eouN'' 'nu4'! 1850
Individual cowardice on the pattIenelo'
said an old army officer, who had fought
In a score ~ I,attles but very few have
.,,Ioo ana
come uAuer my lIllllisuia's "O''Se, '.--@
the-WOrld rarely hears OF them. Ihefe
are however. cases on record In which
49, ',,.,.,.,,,,o,,, nae ARMED tail and
m"V's ~,
fled from sheer fright peioEe slhsle
shot has been fired, and some OF these
rey,r,a,,ta baVe atoped for their lapse
-. 1870, ,,o,,r. %
from Dfa'sls ~
which has covered them win glory
One Of the hrayest Of all the regiments
~, t,v,L, /, ne Arnor,can civil war
''a' .1. -. ~, ~. a.,
bolled 70 a man the very llFs' 'l'''e '"ey
came face to face with the enemy II
wns Mt Shiloh that the Tiffy-fIfth Illl-
- ..,,,..,,t .,,ot,,a5 tts h,rt,sr, NJ
NUS ies''iis''.
fire. In that battle II was detacheu
frbm The main body to take up posi-
49, On .,ho ,rsnne.sss. river nm the ex-
Nv" Va ''. $3.50. y -. 80
IRENE letL hanK OF the army anu
mile distant from supports. 1t was the
regiment'a first experience Of battle ant
not a man OF them all had probably
ever seen blood shed in anger.
The regiment had scarcely taken up
its position when Chalmers brigade was
sent to drive II out, and made furious
onslaught on 1t, to the accompaniment
Of a murderous IRE OF shells, The Fiji
ty-hfth, however, did not wait for the
attack, but seized by panic, bolted like
one man" 10 the shelter OF a nelghborIng
rayine Here they were, with the ut
most difficulty formed into square, and
recovering their nerve as quickly as
they had lost It, received the enemy's
attack with the greatest coolncss and
bravery, repulslng the confederate cav
airy again and again with heavy losses.
During thc feBt of the campaign. says
the PHILADELPHIA Times, there were no
brSvOr men In Sherman's army than the
Fifty-ffth. end, although in less than
three vears' fIghtlng they lost l57 men.
they were always TIE most eager to
meet me enemy and most difficult to
wIthdraw
II ,yh,JFin tha. same hattie that annth-
ar vcr,i brave regiment. the Thirty
Seeord IoTIii.a. allowed tte white feath-
or nnd rame nerilnusly near to dis
Crsce n feII to this regiment to clear
sho rom IIsc NJ hattie a task calculate
Cd m make tho bravest soldiers blanch
They wore. formed into double column
VIII. fishers and plunged into a
wood where they were Immediately
,yrer,sd by n han OF bullets from the
ma n body Of the enemy on the rlgat and
Sror, mon In ambush on Inc left. AS
,non n flor man feil thp column faitered
and broke. and. began. to rush to cover
in tho utmost disorder. They were raj
ijs5 IvItb dIficnIty md nRnin the coll
,,nsr nrocsedsd only 10 break and fly
a Ss-,ond lime
A. thIs sfars Colonel Which again
collected the men. held them al atten-
tinn ana then made them 20 through a
ns., az 5.iiS eooiI,, oS II he yvere on
.t.Hi 40 \. AZ ,,r1,,,G Sifhoiivh a perfect
A. ~ fS,iIsts vas whIstIIng and
sgrIst,is !. = NM thsir, heads This Stead
ia ,Sr' Zen 1aS .,othInr else could have
S6ns ma they reformed column and
Sso,,i5sr m. sSouIder they proceeded
,,,ItE tbsIrt.t tact ns cooIIV as II they
vac .taIeiIV mart In maneuvers.
n M Sv.st,S6 --Fsr1issian wnr one OF the
BnGst and brsvest AZ the PrussIan cav.
oir,, ,esj,,s1 was seized with an unac-
s,s Ganis n found itself unex-
,,e,toJI,, i,,bi,Sbed nv French infantry,
"a ,,ithn,,t INC sIIghtest attempt at re-
taIIatIon turned tan and fed pell-mell.
iaaS,inT ne colors and rs colonel behind
10 taIts care ~ themselves And yet
tS,s vsr,, rsoIrnent in the later battles
covered Itself with almost more glory
than ans, other. in either OF the contend
Inc armies .
+, IL n curious thing. but have never
,,s, met 3 brave soldier who has not
confssSed IN n feeling OF positive fright
when he first faces the enemy. Just as 1
understand tho rnoat eloquent speakers