The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-05-15
fierce assault and at 9 o'clock the

At most critical moment Gen.
Hubbard, whose regiment was held
in reserve near the point of the
great and threatening calamity, with
that cool courage that has ever dis
tlngulshed him, hurled his regiment
into the deadly breach, and with
murderous fire arrested the victori-
Gus enemy, who staggered and fell
back, and the Union line was again
formed and with the aid of other
troops the advantage was followed
up and the enemy began a precipi-
tate retreat from that part of the
field. The Union victory at Cor
NTH was far reaching in Importance,
and the result was largely due to
the gallant conduct of Gen. Hub
bard and his brave dashing 5th regi-
ment Of Minnesota Infantry
Fortunate indeed was it for Min
nesota that Gen. Rosecrans' personal
orderly and Bishop Ireland were
present on that memorable day to
witness the work of a Minnesota
general, who refuses to brush awav
dlffidence and modesty that would
not give him, his regiment and his
state, the glory to which each are
equally entitled Bishop Ireland
termed Gen. Hubbard as being un-
bearably modest in his description
and OF 'laurels rightly won. In the
Bishops narrative he says that the
9TH Minnesota assignment had actu-
ally been forgotten on the morning
of Oct. Sd. and Gen. Hubbard's
suspicion that such was the case,
and the dispatch Of an orderly. re-
sulting in orders from Rosecrans for
the 9Th to return to Corlnth was a
piece OF fine judgment and resulted
in the 9Th from being captured and
In its being able to turn the scale on
the following day. Bishop Ireland
was then a member of the regiment,
and speaking of the events on the
4th, he says:
Suddenly orders came to Gen.
Hubbard to support a battery on his
right front, and as suddenly the
battery was seen to be captured and
the whole line of Union soldiers at
right and left Of it, broken and
scattered under terrific charge
from the enemy. A scene there was,
never to be forgotten, rising as
wildly now before my mind, as on
the historic morning Of Oct. 4th,
1862 Union soldiers. from battery
and from infantry, rushing wildly
across the square, at the opposite
side from the railroad track, along
which was deployed the Fifth-the
Confederates soon appearing in hot
pursuit. We were no more than 300
feet from the enemy, who, seeming
" not noticing us continued to
thicken their line and hasten across
the square, with the apparent intent
of reaching at once the. centre of
The town. Col. Hubbard had no or
ders; but his cool-headedness and
quick intelligence were equal to the
emergency. He ordered his men in
to line; | see them nova straight
line, reaching across the square,
parallel to the railroad tracks, fac
ing the on-rushing enemy at the
upper end of the square rifles
clinched in firm hand awaiting
anxiously the order to fire. Nor
did the order come i'm a hurry. Col.
Hubbard, under perfect self control,
waited until the line of the enemy
had strung itself fully across the
square, until opposite every rifle of
the Fifth there were Confederates
to be stricken down. Then rang out
the order aim, fire. And the Fifth
aimed and fired. The effect was
tremendous, instantaneous. The
Confederates fell, staggered, turned
back the Fifth, the brandishing
sword of Col. Hubbard leading the
way, fastened in pursuit. Chased
and chasers disappeared from the
square. Beyond, other Union regi-
ments. rallying from the confusion
into which the Confederate charge
had at first thrown them, fell in
with the Fifth. The rout of the
enemy was complete; the victory
was ours.
The Fifth regiment of Mime
sofa volunteers saved the day. It