The Holt County sentinel., 1912-06-07

| help ",uc III tu dive ~ Michigan
uci FROM The wno!s. Gordon ordered
Carlnin Eel 10 face Ills llauX company
pn u line irr,cudcular 10 TIE woods
and keep the deadly ne down He'll
was mur,Hlly wn,ln,l,,i tic u;uaynt he
changed front So ciusc were the
| Michigan men that hr rmrticd his re-.
voivrr anung them ms he lay dying
Making Cory Battle History.
Finally word reached Gordon TO re.
/ treat When the casualties were count
ell Il transpirrd that ont of ~ Ala.
bumianS mustered for the fight ~ had
| been killed and 81 wounded. u battle
loss never exceeded in n single fight.
+ While Gordon and his Alabaininns
struggled Hcrccly ~ Seven Pines reg.
imcnt Of blucron,s made CORY history
at Fair Oaks At that point the Fed.
crai line was crushed by the onslaught
OF III" Palmetto regiment OF South
Carolina. The field was like that NJ
Seven fines woods. slashingS aud
cIcarinGS for cannon. The Palmciios
'NInuItb llt IIbNHb Nl'uu l0''
tracks to hold or two regiments OF
rcnnSylynnians which came up much
iD the temper OF Gordun's Alahamians
NJ the other end OF the hclI that Is
surprised. baillcd and mad In the
lead marched the sixty first rcnnSyl
yania. commanded 10y Colonel Oliver
ilazarh I,iricy.
~ ~" r"nnsylvnninns charged M NJ
dmih'c quick the Carolininns dropIcd
IT, their knees. Keeping up n steady
fire. the Frdcrals chcrr,sl aud advanced
until within thirty PAGES Of the foe
Firing from shoulder rests. the com.
luinn,s Kept NJ the murdcrous duet
for thirty minutes Colonel Hippcy
was Killed. aud the flag. torn to shrcdS.
brnnt" his winding sheet The lieu
1 tenant COLONEL. ma ior aud clc' other
officers were killed or wounded aud
/ ~; men our OF ia who entered the
tght
I Darkness closed In the night of May
~ with the situation on both sides
of the Tines very much ~ II was NJ
shiloh the first day The Confederate
! leader. General Johnston. had been
, wounded aud carried from the field
brior" his plan of battle had been cur.
ricd ouf President Davis was on the
ground giving battle orders ~ person.
The frd,ralS had been overwhelmed
all along the line from Fair Oaks 10
inircnchncn's captured. tut they had
not been driven into the river.
Federal Reserves Brave the Flood.
Warmed 10y tho sound ~ firing that
the enemy had sprung nm attack on the
Isolated left wing. McClcllau's troops
behind the Chickaholniny were formed
IN line ready To cross and enter the
hghi. A single bridge ont Of u half
dozen was passablc. owing 10 the high
water. aud that only 10y wndlnc Gen.
erni T. Y Suinncr crossed one division
to the scene ~ lighting hcforc dark
Other ironjs Of the left wing. which
had been IN camp hy ~" riverside s"in"
miles from the field rushed forward
Ia support ~" trout IN"
General Johnston hnd surprised the
Arm, Of the Potomac oni, to arouse II
to the danger at It's position astridr ~
the river. Johnston had surpassed that
NcUowcii's Federal corps wns mar'h
ing down frnin the ppahnnn"rk to
q Junction with Mcclellan on Tia"
james. aud he hoped TO crush the army
On his front before T."niorrcmrnts
could reach the enemy. Bnt Mcdowell
was NJ that moment q hundred miles
from Richmond.
. On the morning OF June ! there were
twelve brigadcs OF COnfedcratcs on the
battlefield that had not tired u shot
the previous day and eight brlgndcs OF
Fehcrals that had not been engaged
Before ne was wounded Johnston gave
orders that his regiments should sleep
on their arms. ready 10 renew the light
enrly on June I. All night Mny 81
McClellan's generals were preparing to
recover the lost ground Early In the
morning they took up the fight, and
ut almost the first shock the Confcd
crates retrcnted. There was no leader
TO direct the movements until the AFT.
ernoon. when General Robert r. Lee
was appointed by Davis to take the
chief command. BY that time the Con.
federates had been driven from the
captured works. but held ground Of
their own choosing on the best roads
from the river 20 Richmond.
Other Events Of the Week.
About the middle Of May. 1850. Gen,
erai Irwin Mcdowell. who lay ut Fred
F sricksburg with 10000 Federal troops.
was ordered TO march direct toward
, Richmond. Near that city he was to
unite his force with the Army OF the
Potomac. which Mcclellan was leading
agninst Richmond. An obstacle 10 this
union was u division OF Confederates
ut Hanover, about twenty-five miles
from Richmond. On the eth General
Fitz-JOhn POrter's command attacked
md disnnrS oi tho COnfa6prAtQs Tins