The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-23


reFirafng W / ulhy bsfah s7s
were Veandsd a4l'iGf 4 Rled butrisht
inclutha @pY bHcSh. ~ gag ths
siithg gop esf pf aiPlaIsf )fq
regiRents .eA tqasai
one of the notable exploits in the
history 81 the fegiheist was tie gar
liant work Notwithstanding The
slxty-ninth was under fye fQF three
days and asked 10 assault position
ater position. There was never 4
moment when tic qFightlng sixty
ninth was not ready. 20 respond, The
gritty lrishmen rushed the trenches
og the southefnafE time and time
again. eheiE wild yels ringing out
across the blood-stained field. their
officers alaays al thQ from ~
Inltkosel aAfgd thArg<ay men asttl
down by the score The regiment
aeyer pagged. nor dId q ialter. u.s.
hfase Commanders Had seem many a
wild msment during the sthrec years
they had Fought their way south. and
a,angs Of theNhs-s with them vere ini
Lse thick Ut hot scrimmages but June
p Is aaR e lseA age {hree eaxs ~
the calendar of The Slxtyninth that
saw the regiment rpavormlNcf 9fJ
These same bays bad .peen as Wind
sor nehtng earnestly aqd stabppgply; :;
yamghns Rps Spottsylvanla where
Companv ii distinfnishcd itself 81 the
most cdnsplcnous and ftdbbofn light
Ang oG that awhil day: Biackwater.
Edonton Road Toloboi6iny, Clover
Hlli aud Antietam. tRstNs NnaA IS
& The battle Of Aniieiam gave the
Sixtyninth ts greatest opporinnisy.
The regiment was exposed 70 ter
flac ore Throughout the action.
4 The famous corn aela vas crossed
and rctr6ssed a dozen times, until the
position Sad been won. but At terrible
cost 10 the regiment The ballets n
TIE confedfFates had rrhciicallg dcci.
snatednthe regiment The endurance
OF the Irlsbmen on this day wns Won
aeriul They never SEEMED 70 tire,
and when night felA they We're still
busy. firing aud reloadips as though
khelr work bad Just begun The ON
GERS distinguished thenstlyes. but no
more 81 than the enlisted nien
Then CAME the battles d Tlatchers
Run. strawberry Plain ana Maryes
Hei1hts in this last 'ehsasenent the
sixyuinth assaultod afistone wall
nine times before alt gwas won. The
.confederates, put yp one Of the most
stubborn resistances OF the war
Flghtlng their way almost 70 the muz-
ales 81 TIE guns. which We're splitting
lead WITH fearful accuracy, the Irish
lads reachsd the barrier. only 70 be
hurieH back Reorganislng they aa-
saultedI the position time aud time
again, untn the torn iremnantsaof the
regiment cleared the waAlsand Rlanted
their colors over the spot where the
xonfcderates had fought so bitterly
and persistently,
There was grim fighting az Fred
erlrmburgg Deserted wFf0use. 0Nofth
Anna. and the frst Bull Run. in which
hsa teea stiached d M
First brigade. Summers division,
Army OF the Potomac. from Decenihdss
fSsi It was in the Second brigade
Richardson's First division. Second
corps. AgFy pfrehe fpleiaacs fahr,
the regiment befng DISCHARGED under
cploneI Nueent June 50, 1865, near
m lheNRte Shendaksllhka dssh-
ara the sfttsnlrfth stneted severely
one hundred and eight mcl were
killed and wounded and forty-two were
missing. This Is an evidence OF the
fighting Nhfrh tie eSixtyhiHth was
called upon to do. u is little wonder
mat the regiment was recrpited from,
New York eight times.
The. renord OF this sixtyninth before
Fredericksburg is one OF lhe cher.
lshed memories Of the war. Tie men
hattled with the. ferocity Of tigers
sgfTeripk fpmA ne enalhdibe are and
Thinning into the very mouths OF the
naemy's guns and artillery The reg
dment lest tyentSrfour killed and
ninety four wounded. IN May 1864.
al Spoltsylvsnia Court House, the reg.
iAent VAS ag2i1 called lipcp 70 cagTy
ont one of he most tryipg ORDERS. of
lie day I'm thAt memorable assault
O. %s0ss2 & ~
once was there a waver. the remain.
ing officers cortinnina to so on and on
until ordered q desht
AtvAnsietem foftafo four oqlearE ana
man Nwfr@ Mllkd md l52 8weunded
tsahih hlttfates the re8ah sglih
wAlcH the fegiment wrs held n that
when the ofncers in comnapd wanted
a Rsltlon taken tlfP gallant Sixty
ninliN Vi suI6gf0 ned ior.ftb task
TAe leusk More pdpsed tsa Loul
isiaNa NigmSat Ahtidfam{a regiment
Of men With half Irish blood. When
the regiments clashed therenwas real
aAhliua Rnl ~ hosHs tn battle
wAeea th6m the sigh d ether yield
ing. The sixty.ninth won the day,