The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

Aeeounts or halkkes and gespeotatlE or ealrning h0lnAs tn Asls &faee M@t. hos vsr,s,,,I,. fer Insrs sAs ne war pstwvs. ffaniu Dul helMEen Ass IpAon Anu A1e Cunleasracy Wa saasass lvv al ltsshees aecol.nt oI lals asrreLle Tor Asllske sHNvliA4l Iop nluunksaal. ga Aae esssltiaS ot lias se' cona uay 0a las krrAt 1a@sAs vt @sslss - hars. pdnaisssa, ., .a .aorr.ses s froin In,o..I eisanopOlEI Aifllai he resassales ene eAsaSs- ment or Lne 4nLantrE ai.a tnSh a1as ~ sr,i,v that aaasoaIs the resilsse aLs cLosta4e in lo selze Lns nikl 1op were Ihe 4ILn' and 1oLn yAAanakkia reetnlSnlss on tnS confeoerats sias; phs 1..N noa 4asge reg were Dul seven conpanles OI Lhe Atla. Ins ohns4 tnree having Deen seaL 0etVre lee h1 vance DeEsa, S..:s.,n ss Sa,es - rSusesa inc @ nun ser of men m thaL re8tAsehl t0 n9t eA caeding 2VD ana the 1atn naa not eA eeealng Sgo men in saa, aa,v s SSsse ssane- un- +nents to he true because l WAS Lh~ araeer in command or these troops whlcn constltAtea 1ns naaAsis .,,a ens ni.. 9nsition. Mr. hOyey thsn says lhab sne 3Dih Maine regiment, not over evys aommanded by c0lonel S.namoesla,n ssgnIsed ss5insed Ass and s arove back iais estlre column of assault. Just here the lslnS beglns and he makes a terrible r kerHstn .~A~NNee*.1~ Is good claImer aAd clAius that ne aehIeYed much more than Dc u1u 9h 1als neld. Ae corrnsanaed out oae rsSl- Eli of " whscfa Taacned tnis posiIlO,. sl. multaneousay. Aae rlght rsSltnAnt 9ik command dld hot enGvuntsF as kt ihy n lps D4sy y.ss SS sss nsw @to fork Ss eommaaa m
 ed by Colonel ktce and tne asrd fenA- aylvania, commanded by caHsAln. ts- sspysd, the "a, assssst a.b alns a Ine Tns ~ DrisaIs was commanded bV CVA0nel klneeus all sxcellenI elneer, untI tae fire ed my msn kiiied am, ins 1fl e, aug ,saf snsssEs,- menI by Colonel kktce Of New Avfk, wbo was made sTtg@aier~Aensrat s1s'i ia was on Ins a2th of May. isss, killed in front of Law brscAae' prop a5,lx, by the fire of the same naen whoas he mel in the struggle for Littae Round TOD where he won his spurs the gsaA hefore Chamberiins regiment k1th Maine. was on the left of their line and being thus placed received the tuIl fovne of my attack Chamberlain and his men behaved most Sat-anLis- nMver encounGered such hard n= h-efs ds,rinr the entire war. They fodSnt nv men a part of the time hand 70 hand. One of them. when reaching ko seize the flagstaff of the loth %S killed by Sergeant oCopnor Who S.ose n,1
 
 dfer's head. Mir. Hoyey tn his pup ifahed article says that Colonel Ghain- herlafn tsDiserning In a dash the grave nevii as his command (and he might have added of the situation because 1T n1v command had gained the top eI inc mountain, then not 2OO yards ois- fant fine battle would have been won bw inc Confederates--even the privates Fn fhe ranks on both sides knSw this as well as the oficers) the Maine Col" naal uuickiy ordered five companies 10 swing hack until they formed Hue at rinht angles to the rest. This was moi so much the shrewdness Of the Maine colonel as 1t was owing to the buIlets of the 18th Alabama men who had turned the flank of the 20th Maine and driven the left companies back lnao thAA position. This Ranking move r.ent was done by a part of my fsgi- rnent | went with the right wing in that movement. The A7th Regiment, under the immediate command or Lieutenant Colonel Mike BIiger to the left of my regiment, and three coEnpa- nies of my regiment confronted the ssrd Pennsylvania and also received the left oblique fire of the 44th New york and suffered dreadfully from iE My old company c was one of the three. Tfa captain. First and Second Lieuten- ants were killed and several Of the men.
 Mr. Hovay's statement that the charge of the goth Maine drove nay men from the field is not true. That seWiment charged several times and sach time was repulsed. The last charge they made when repulsed. as hey retreatad I ordered the 18th to rsereat. That old regiment never was ariven from It's position on any battle aeId by a charge of the enemy. and never lost its colors in the forty-eight en' agreements it was in. On this occasion [ ordered a retreat because saw thai the three regiments encountered out. numbered my men and if not they had sd much the advantage in position thai without endorsements l could not take Little Round Top. l was then within