The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-20
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CAPSULE NO. 3d.
A FrER behaving with a gananuy which wn the highest praise rom mill
n AIRY mel higher p who ad seen them in action, the Second Regiment
took part in the bloody battle on the chickahOminy, June a. 1862 But it is
stating the case too lightly to say this Newark regiment merely took part"
AS a matter of fact it was starred in the engagement and brought to its act
ing all the vim and enthusiasm that might nave been expected Of a veteran
regiment For a m -four companies of the Second were exposed to the full
force of he enemys fire. And that sam enemys ire could be a very dan
gerousa n fatal. thing, particularly when it had reached fsf full forces a about
his stage Of the wr. This vas proved by the act that most of the battles
were resulting in Confederate victories In this battle o the chickahominy
the hghting from first to last is said to have been Of the most desperate char
acter. Throughout it the Jersey Blues" as they were already called in mem
DRY of their nnustnous forebears of the Revolutionary War, were exposed n the
most angerou parts of tho field. Colonel Isaac M. Tucker, he who had n
to "a Is lieutenant colonel. was killed at the had of his regiment; Captain C.
Dantorth, jr, who had been a second lieutenant when the regiment marched
away, "a fatally wounded, and many other officers Of the regiment we're
seriously wounded. In the EN- the battle w another Confederate victory Just
how much the Jersey Brigade had contributed toward al opposite result may be
seen when it is now thai of the $500 Jersey Blues who entered the fight
but 1865 came out Tbe killed wounded and missing list held the nam Of all
the others.
And this record furnished n of those incidents whorea figures may be as
eloquent as they are truthful Another Jersey hero Of this battle vas Corporal
James Marshall, who stood by the regimental coors untna all but captured and
then to ave them tore them from the Flagstaff and concealed them in his
uniform. -
Then followed the second battle of Bull Run, in which he Second was in
voled. 1t a another disastrous defeat 1t is expected of soldiers who are
regularly victorious that they become veterans, dependable under Ill cireum-
stances. The Second was evolved into a perfect fighting machine through con-
tnued defeat.
On September A. 1862, the Second was engaged in another important battle
that Of Champion Cap 1t was there they participated in a successful charge
on Howell Cobbs Legion. The Legion ws entrenched at he TOP If a rocky
slope-a seemingly impregnabe position. To diaodge them it vas necessary
TO CHARGE VI this slope in thu ace of a murderous artillery fire. The charge was
50 successful that most IF the members of thu Legion we're captured. In this
charge the JerseyB Brigade lost ia killed and wounded 1t was time PM sue
cess crowned the valorous exploits of the Second, as its members had been fighting
just as hard as though they were winning NJ it was discouragfng. Threed days
ater at Antietam,H tn Jersey Brigade as exposed for ours to a CALLING arul-
fire.. The Second Regiment vas To- actually engaged bt it lostm many in
killed an wounded. showing how warm a place the heart of the battle JUS
have been. This strenuous campaign of 80 "a wound Up for HI Second at the
battle of Fredericksburg, December 10 After that Engagement h regiment
went into winter quarters al Falmouth.