The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

the Skillful qualities he had displayed
After the second battle of Bull Run it
again protected the exposed TANKS of
the Union forces and was almost inter
cepted by detachment of Confederate
cavalry, when Col. Brooke saved his
command by quick maneuVer. At
Antietam it occupied the extreme right
OF the line. In front the first line of
the enemy was protected by a sunken
road, his second by stone wall on the
hill beyond. Close by was an orchard,
and the historic cornfield where bitter
hghtlng subsequently occurred The
position was an important one, and the
F'ifty-third charged at double quick
and drove the enemy from the position
after desperate contest
One of the most signal accomplish
mentS of the regiment was during the
assault upon Fredericksburg After
driving the enemy's sharpshooters out
OF the city it marched into the town in
a dense fog and halted for on hour un-
der the enemy's fire. Soon after it
was one of the regiments that faced a.
desperate charge upon the Confederate
lines. AT the head of the troops Col
Brooke led his regiment to a position
within $50 feet of the enemy's lines,
protected by a stone wall and over
hanging batteries of Mayre's Heights
They held the position until night with
terrible losses, and despite every eff
fort to d1slodge them. When the reg
1ment went into battle it had 2S3 effec-
tive men. That night 1853 had been
killed or wounded. One battalion lost
twenty-five out of thirty three men.
Only one or two of the thirteen line Of
fcers escaped uninjured.
Col. PROXIES regiment reached the
battlefield of Gettysburg on the I'd of
July. Later in the day it became hotly
engaged near Little Round Top, where
Confederate battery, posted on an
emlnence, had become very annoying
to the Union forces. Col. Brooke led
a charge to- capture it, and the men,
with wild shouts, scattered the enemy's
ranks and took the position. Being UNI
supported the regiment was forced to
retire. Other services performed with
distinction by the regiment were at
Charlottesville and SpottsyIvania. At
the latter point they took part in a
desperate charge: carrying the enemy S
position in the face of a stubborn de-
fenSe
Gen. Brooke's services in the regular
army has chiefly been spent at West
ern posts. Immediately after his ap-
pointment as lieutenant colonel he was
sent to Camp Floyd, New Mexico. He
was transferred to New Orleans during
the disturbances connected with the
T1lden-Hayes election contest 1t is
said that on one occasion during these
disorders Col. Brooke, with a handful
of regulars, kept mob in subsection
by his commands, given sword in hand.
and display Of personal courage in
the face of threatened violence. Gen.
Brooke's next post was at Fort Mis-
soula, on the western border of Mon
tana, and later at Fort Shaw, near
Helena, Mont During this period he
figured conspicuously in Indian war
fare, particularly the troubles at Pine
Ridge agency.
For six years Gen. Brooke was sta
toned at Omaha, the headquarters of
the department of the Platte, and later
for a period of two years at st. Paul, in
the department of the Dakotas. Upon
his appointment as major general his
headquarters were fixed at Chicago.
and his command is known as the old
department of Missouri, comprising the
states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas
and Indian and Oklahoma territories.
When the war with Spain broke out
Gen. Brooke went from Chicago to
Chickamauga, to take command of the
first provisional army corps, and was
transferred thence to Porto Rico, where