The National tribune., 1902-06-26

ly. Brigade Observation-Disclosures the
remains to Baltimorfs they were finally
County.
| Dushane was brave and gallant sol
der. There was no question as TO his
| patriotism. He was for his country al
! the time. ever active iR its cause. Fol-
his regiment he exhibited the greatest con
Germ upon every occasion-his people. as
he called them; always vigilant in thei
behalf. at their head 'ino the time of bat
tie. he was like the Head of family t
| them. az
The brigade felt toward him the same
as his regiment They knew they woult
| always find him at the forefront of the
fight, and their confidence in him wa:
never impaired.
| When he fell at the front with his face
to the enemy. the State lost brave repre-
sentative in the war. He was succeeded
in command of the brigade by Col. Ora
ham, of the Purnell Legion. Capt Glib
son. of the Purnell Legion. Acting Assist
ant Inspector-General of the Maryland
| Brigade. i'll speaking of the death Of Col
| DuShane says that Col. Dushane Capt
| Bankard. Acting Assistant Adjutant- Gen
eral. and himself were in the works to-
gether ut brigade headquarters. At day,
| light they had coffee, and opened the mail
| When the fight commenced Capt. Gibson
went down the line. That was the last
he saw Of Col. Dushane.
\ fter the battle had ragged for some
time, Capt Bankard came to Capt. Glib
son, and remarked: 81 have lost my ia.
| ther' imeaning Col Dlshane). and Col
| Graham, Purnell Legion, had come in
from the skirmish line, and. being the
ranking officer present, was in command
of the brigade.
After the battle had nearly ceased
| Capt. Gibson. by direction of Col. era
ham. went down the line and told me OF
| the death of Col. Dushane. and ordered
me to take the regiment over the works
and deploy as skirnishers.
i gave the order and started, in com
pany with Capt. Gibson. to report to Col
| Graham. and had proceeded about IL
yards when ! was wounded. Col. Barrett
Their deployed the 4th Regiment The ST.
Md. was also deployei.
! After being wounded j went to the fielt
hospital, accompanied by Adja Kemp, %
the 4th Nd. After being attended to b!
| the Surgeon, ! was placed in an ambl
lance. TO be taken to the Division Hospi
! tai Being wounded in the right arm.
sat up with the driver. The other occu
pants were two Confederate Colonels
both badly wounded, lying down on tn,
strctchcrs.
About halfway to the field hospital til.
ambulance was met by two Sisters OF
Charity, who proffered the wounded mer
milk punches made of condensed milk.
| The Confederate officers seemed muci
pleased ut the incident. and had a hearty
laugh over it-mik punches on the fielt
of battle.
With the attack of Aug. 81 Gen. Lee
abandoned his attempt to recover the rail
road nj this point, as is shown by the
| following letter:
page 1874, Official Recogds.l
| Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia
Aug. 81, 1861.
| Hon. Secretary of War; Richmond. Va.
| Sir: | have the hsnop to inform yor
that the enemy's sIitefidrity of number.
has enabled him to effect Il Judgment OF
the Weldon Railroad Two attacks wer,
made upon him when he; first approached
| the road. in both of which he was worst
ed, but the sma!lncss of the attackin:
force prevented it dsiodrfng him. BY thu
time reiDforcements cfilld be brought from
the north of the Janirs River. the cnem!
had so much strengthened his position
| that it was found inpracticable to drive
him away, when the attack was renewe,
yesterday. 30 if
When the army first assumed its pres
ent position l informed you that | doubt
ed our ability to keep the road open. ow
| ing TO the proximitylof the enemy and hi
superiority in numbers II driven from
| the place he now occupies he could no
be prevented from. striking the road a
! some other point ms our forces are INSULT
cient to guard its entire length.
These considerations induced me t.
abandon the further prosecution of thu
effort to dis,odce the enemy. as it coulc
not be done without a greater sacrifice o.
life than we could afford to make, anc
the benefits secured would only be TEN
! porary. Very respectfully,
| Your obe9ient servant,
Il. T.. LEE. General.
The ID Md. Confederate Battalion
was in the fight during the four days. I
was commanded by Capt. John w. Torsch
| and was in Archer's Brigade, Heths Di
vision, A. p. Hills Corps.
It's loss was So men 20. r. G30). Oh
Sept. | it had but 30 men for duty.
The casualties in the Maryland Bri
| gade. Aug 1921, inclusive were as fol
lows:
Killed, four officers and 81 men: wound
ed, 1G officers and $50 men; missing, tire
| officers and 50 men: total. % officers, 29'
men; in all, $40 officers and mnn, distrib
uted as follows: Purnelfs Legion less
II killed. 80 wounded. 80 missing. total
1874. 1st Nd. loss-fve killed, 20 wound
ed, ~ missing; total, % 4th Md. loss
six killed. 20 wounded. four missing; TO
tai, 80. 18th Nd. loss-eght killed. 9
wounded, two missing; total, 81. Sth Nd
loss-two killed, 20 Wounded, one miss
ing: total. %.
The loss of the Fifth. and Ninth Corps
etc. was 1,227 killed and wounded, an,
290S missing. Total, 4.l35.
The loss of officers in the Maryland Bri
sade was as follows:
LIST Md-Killed, Col. Nathan T. Du
shane. Lieut.. Alfred S Reynolds; wound
ed, Lieut.. VIM. T.. Brashcrs, Adj't Josia
Il. Colony. Lieut.. Edward Williams, Capt
Robert Nicely, Lieut.. James +. ArmacoSt
Lieut.. Thomas Henry. Lieut.. Seth q
Reed; missing. Lieut. William Taylor
4th Md.-Wounded. Col Richard y
Bowerman, Capt. J. Bayley Orem. Lieut.
Thomas w. Mills died. Capt. A. c. VIII
iams, Capt. Josiah Bankard, A. A.
Gen.
eth Md.-Killed, Lieut.. Robert H. Her
gesheimer; wounded. Maj. Edw. NJ. Mol
ley. Lieut.. Charles A.. Connor
Sth Md.-Wounded, James Fay died
Purncll Legion-Killed. Capt Alex. S
Williamson; wounded, Capt. William Gil
son, A. \. I.-Gen.