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A DASH FOR THE COLORS.
THE FORLOBN CHARGE OF THE FIRST
MINNESOTA AT GETTYSBURG.
The Number of Killed Unparalleled in
History, Either Ancient or lilodern—A
Similar Fate Befel the First Texas on
Antietam’s Bloody Field.
[Copyright by American Pres Association.)
0 MORE gallant
deed recorded in
history, was Gen.
_ '3’ Hancock’s tribute
' i ¢-\ toFirst Minnesota
x for their forlorn
. v ,charge at Gettys-
’" burg, July 2, 1863.
Unlike manybrill-
5 'iant feats of arms,
_. , ~", the dash of the
*J' First Minnesota
’ was attended with
. .2...’ - ' “ the most palpable
'l.’ ” “3:. evidences of the
struggle gone through. The annals of
fighting are filled with accounts of charges
to the cannon’s mouth and hand to hand
encounters of indescribable fierceness
where the loss of life is remarkably small.
The percentage of loss in killed and
wounded in the charge of the First Minne-
sota. was the highest sustained. by any
3 Union regiment in the civil war. and it
i was exceeded by only three-tenths of 1
: per cent by a Confederat: regiment, the
First Texas, in the fan-Ll corn—field at
' Antietam. The percentage of killed in the
First Minnesota, according to Col. Fox, the
military statistician, was unequaled in all
military experience so far as recorded. Of
all the grand exploits of that marvelous
battlefield of Gettysbur , the charge
of the First Minnesota was by all odds the
most dramatic, the most eventful. the
most desperate.
The story of the disaster of the second
, day of the battle, when Gen. Sickles’ Third
corps was overwhelmed atthe Peach Or-
chard, is familiar to every one. Sickles
held the extreme leftwith one corps iso-
lated, and was attacked at a time when he
could not be withdrawn, and the only
thing to do, as Gen. Meade expressed it,
I was to stand and fight it out. The battle
' raged for hours with terrible fierceness,
and division after division was sent to the
succor of the Third corps. Hancock’s Sec-
ond corps was on Sickles’ right and con-
nected his line with the main army on
Cemetery Ridge. From this line detach-
ments had been made until there was
barely a skirmish line left to support the
batteries, which were the mainstay of the
position. The turning point of Sickles’
fight was when the angle of his line was
broken in and his troops forced to retreat.
At this moment the Confederate com-
mander ordered forward fresh troops to
pierce the interval between Sickles and
Hancock. The smoke of battle covered the
whole field and anxious uncertainty filled
the minds of Meade and Hancock, who
passed up and down the line on the ridge
trying to keep the run of what was hap-
pening to Sickles. When at last it was
seen that the Third corps must fallback
Meade ordered up reinforcements from an-
other part of the field to support Hancock,
and Hancock himself went toward Sickles’
field to see what could be done to aid the
stricken corps.
While making his way to that point he
saw through a rift in the clouds of battle
smoke that hovered over the field 21. Con-
federate brigade (W'illcox’s) moving up
boldly with flying colors within a few rods
The en-
emy, if let alone, would strike a battery
supported by eight companies of the First
Minnesota, and there were no other troops
in sight. Re-enforcements were on the
way, but were some minutes distant.
Looking over the little phalanx of a. couple
of hundred or so the hero exclaimed,
“Great God! is this all the men we have
Then with a sweep of his eagle eye
to the advancing columns and their men—
acing battle flags of red, he said to the
' commander of the First, “Col. Colville,
advance and take those colors.”
The men arose with a will and advanced
coolly down the slope to the plain to per-
' form their terrible task. The situation
was one that every man in the ranks could
' understand. It was a movement to save
time, and the First Minnesota was to be a
stop gap to hold back the onrushing flood
of hostile bayonets until succor came.
There were 262 officers and men in the com-
mand, and the Confederates numbered one
division, Willcox’s brigade being in ad.
vance. Shot and shell tore over the field,
and thousands of muskets were sending
' bullets across the plains .to clear the road
for the Confederate advance. At every
step some Minnesotians fell, but they
coolly held their fire, advanced with bare
bayonets, and at the signal, within fifty
yards of the enemy, they sprang ahead
with a cheer.
Willcox’s men wrapped their line at the
ends around the brave fellows, receiving in
turn the, Minnesotian’s first volley at
am’ length. The Confederate colors were
seized and the'advance was broken, Be-
fore Willcox could rally his men the Union
batteries were at work upon him, and
what would have been a great Confederate
surpriseand triumph was checked. The
supports of Willcox wandered off in the in-
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terval,andMeade‘s.menfoi-cemen
to the scene and the'm‘isisof'dexueron
Cemeterledgcwds over. But the First
Minnesota who gone. Florty-oeven men
mlllcdon‘themm. Fifty weredendor
dying. and tlinee ' that number-were
wounded. Hotelier! ‘ ing,for'never
a mulflumndccd,and no man dodged
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run, but I knew that before theygoould
reach the, threatened 7pcint/ the Oqgfgder-
ates. unless checked, we (1 deizje: the
threatened position. I wool moi-fiend
that regiment in if I had known thatevery
man would be killed. It had to bedone,’
and I was glad to find such egallant body
of men at hand willing to mke the ter-
rible sacrifice that the occasion demand . .”
The only other reghnent in the whole
war to reach a percentageof lossamong
the eighties was the First Texas, Hood’s
division, in that terrible ground of carnage
in front of Dunker church, Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862. The situation on the ground
was one of the most trying known, to
modern warfare. The Confederates were
on the defensive with inferior numbers.
The odds were with them if they could
foresee the points of attack. McClellan-
was moving in two columns. direct in front
and a flank movement on Lee‘s left, where
Stonewall Jackson had command. Around
Dunkcr church, which stood near a turn-
pike, was an elevated wooded position
which McClellan hoped to seize by a com-
bined assault from two direcifions.
On the Confederate front there was a
wide, open stretch, with some elevated posi—
tions available for Union cannon if the
Confederates would allow them to remain.
Directly in front of the church, some hun-
dred yards distant, was a field of thick
cum and a small, detached wood, and on
the Confederate left flank of the corn field
was the best high, open ground for Union
batteries. Whoever controlled the corn
field- could control the artillery site.
Hood’s
woods around Dunkcr church toward
the corn field on the morningofa the‘17th.
They had occupied the ground the day be-
fore, when the enemy was on one tront
only. the direct one, and they advanced
cautiously through the tall corn toward
what was supposed to be the only threat-
ened point, and where re—e'nforcements
were needed for a fight already in progress.
The First Texas was in Wofford’s brigade
and was in the center, with two r iments
on either flank. While marching orward
in this manner Col. Wofiord saw the col—
umns of Union troops threatening his left
regiments and ordered the First Texas to
face to the left and help heat off the en-
emy. The regiment responded, but in a
short time was ordered to move by the
right flank again to correspond to the
movement of the Union troops. These
maneuvers threw the Texans out of line
with the rest of the brigade and they en-
tered the corn field of tall standing stalks
fighting on their own book. The enemy
which the First Texas had been sent
against was in the corn, and this was so
dense that the eye could penetrate but a
few feet.
THE LOST COLORS.
In this thicket fighting began, and
the colonel of the First Texas stated
in his report that as soon as the
ball opened he could not restrain his
men. Formation could not be main-
tained and eyery man went on wher-
ever he could find a. foeman, and no for-
midable check was made until the farther
edge of the corn field was reached. Here
there was a rail fence and beyond a low
ridge crowned with Union batteries. As
sooh as the retiring Union troops passed
under their line of fire the batteries opened
on Wofiord’s men, and the First Texas,
being in front, close on the heels of the
Union infantry, received a gelling shower
of missiles. The men halted, and opening
on the gunners and horses inflicted a. ter-
rible punishment. compelling the artiller-
ists to limber up and prepare to move
away. But a fresh column of Union in-
fantry came up, and moving in solid lines
swept on through the corn, pushing Wof-
ford’s brigade before them, and the doomed
First Texas, far in the exposed rear, was
caught the second time at a disadvantage.
The commanding officer says in his re-
port that although he had but a. handful
of men he hesitated to order a. retreat, and
when at last he did so the few men re
mining to him turned at regular inter—
vals and fired upon the enemy. Four of
his color bearers were shot down under the
eye of the colonel, and he recognized them
all. Four others fell carrying the colors,
but none of the survivors could identify
them. Finally the flag disappeared in the
corn, the‘bearer falling unseen, and when
the colonel asked for the standard he was
told that it had left the field: When the
remnant came together in the open field
beyond the corn swarmed with Union
troops, and it was too late to attempt to re-
cover the flag. Out of 226 Texans that en-
tered the fight 45 were killed and 141
wounded, or 82.8 per cent.
The commander. after recounting his
action and his loss, devoted much of his
report to explanation of the loss of his 001-
ors. Hem-ate:
“While falling back (being still‘in the
corn field) I gave the-order to‘helt and in-
tfldflfihffifimd '
. out of the corn field. Then Igav'e the or-
der to move out of the. commit! form he-
hind the crest of ‘31le ridge just outside.
It- was when I reached this, point that I
became satisfied 'our colors were lost, for
nownereto be'seen. dt‘wasthen' too late: '
forecoverthem. Then-ewes no one who
of
division advanced from the ' looking wise, “I guess not. That’s an old
'Catarrh’, Catarrhal Deafness, Hay Fever. 3
A New Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrance of the nose and
eustachinn tubes. Microscopic research
however, has proved this to be a fact, and
the result of this discovery is that a simple
x‘cmt’dy has been formulated whereby
catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever
are permanently cured in from one to
three simple applications made at home
by the patient once in two weeks.
N. B.—-—This treatment is not a snuff or
an ointment; both have been discarded
by reputable physicians as injurious. A
pamphlet explaining this new treatment is
sent on receipt of three cents in stamps to
pay—postage by A. ll. Dixon &. Son, 337
and 339 West King street, Toronto, Can-
ada—Christian Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above.
511;."wa a Che-after It.
A Kansas woman with a business like
deportment and a vigorously kicking infant
in her arms stepped up to Frank Cramer’s
stand in the Union depot and said:
”Check, please!"
”What for?” inquired Cramer, seeing
nothing besides the child.
“That‘s what!” said the woman, plump-
ing her baby down on the shelf in front of
the 'Open wickerwork. “I’ll call for it
about noon. Gimme the check; I’ll call for
. itagcnand I’m lna hum justnow.”
“Oh, nol” said the check stand agent,
racket in a new guise. I’m looking for no
chance to adopt a kid just now.” And
then Cramcr looked Wiser than ever for a
few moments and until the woman
thumped his desk with her fist and ex—
claimed:
“I’m going to check this baby or, have
trouble. It’s none of your business whether
it’s a baby or a ralise.” Then she laid the
baby on the shelf, smote at Cramer twice
and frantically clutched at his hair. She
would not he calmed until Depot Master
Foote explained that the place to keep
checked babies was then out of repairs, and
that a two story cage expressly intended
for that purpose was being built—Kansas
City NeWs.
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Ask Your Friends About It.
Your distressing cough can be cured.
We know it because Kemp’s Balsam with-
in the past few years has cured so many
coughs‘and colds in this community. Its
remarkable sale has been won entirely by
its genuine merit. Ask some friend who
has used it what he thinks of Kemp’s Bal-
sam. There is no medicine so pure, so
effective. Large bottles 50c. and $1 at all
druguists. Sample boltlc free
Two SliéllJBoil‘ers.
An English engineer proposes to make
boilers capable of withstanding greatly in-
creased pressures by constructing them of
two shells and maintaining a pressure in
the space between them. A boiler to work
safely under a pressure of 250 pounds
would consist of an lung}- shcll capeblebf
withstanding a pressure of 150 surrounded
by a shell whose safe working pressure
was 100. Reducing valves allow sufficient
steam to pass from the inner boiler to the
space between the shells to maintain the
required pressure, and the inner shell is
thus subjectai to an unbalanced pressure
of only 150 pounds, although containing
steam at 2’50. Each compartment is, of
course, provided with safety valves—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Perhaps no local disease has puzzled
and baflicd the medical profession more
than nasal catarrh. While not immedi-
ately fatal it is among the most distressing
and disgusting ills the flesh is heir to, and
thcrccords show very few or no cases of
radical cure of chronic catarrh by any of
the multitude of modes of treatment until
the introduction of Ely’s Cream Balm a
fewyears ago. The success of this prep-
aration has been most gratifying and sur—
prxsmg.
An‘ Unpoe'tical Nag.
“1 don‘t wonder at girls loving flowers
as they do, when even horses are afiected
by their beauty,” said a man to a re-
porter. “What horse? \Vherc?” “I saw
a. you. lady while waiting for a car yes
terdaly old her-bouquet to the nose of a
poor laborer’s horse. The heat worried
brute~ actually fora moment seemed to in-
haleits fragr~ .ance with as much pleasure
as its prezty owner. It was abit of poetic
sentimen ‘- but only a maiden's been 991116
conceive, and while she waglooking around
to seek anybody was notifies" he!" at“
innocence the rubble steed are the bou'quét."
-Philadelphiag Times.
EIGnrnuN Naenors who left the United
States for Liberia last year have lately
returned, being unable to stand the cli-
mate. Everybody going to a new climate
.should have a bottle of Sulphur Bitters
with them as a safeguard against disease.
—Hartford Courant.
Men Don‘t Smoke 'iii the ‘32-?-
There 13 no person 2; Keri To}: upon
whom a continued wet spell has a morede-
pressing influence than the retail cigar
dealer. One of them said to me that acne-
cexion of rainydays made him blue, be-
cause his sales fell cam. “You don’rcare
to go-al'ong themtsmoking,” said be,
“when enchand is holdi yourumbrella
and when every wind ranges your c' "l
sputter._” Anal remembered that I glad
hncy suiokingdn the rain, _, '_ y
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That tired, languid feeling, and dull
headache is very disagreeable. Take two
of Carter’s Little Liver Pills before retir-
ing, and you will find relief. Tney never
fail to do good.
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a
. ' the South American coast,
the linen on the lookout neglected his
gawk detained; rehearsed. .uné
quotation .all~ throngs. pet. up
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The popular brand for Tahie'orlliedlcal user.
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read about the Im-'
Bret—Harte in London.
Bret Harte is now living in a quiet cot-
tage in Grove End road, near St. Johrifs
wood. He is getting old and his hair is
white; but the novelist still retains all his
old fire. His books sell immensely in Eng—
land—more than those of any other Ameri-
can writer. Mr. Hai'tc’s family is not with
him, and tlr" general impression in Lon-
don is tha. _.c is a widower. Mr. Joseph
Hutton, a warm friend and neighbor of
Mr. Harte, informs me that he is now in
the consular service. No American is in-
vited into the best English society more
than Bret Harte. llis American stories
warm the LR "lish heart. They never tire
of the novelist’s story about the first jury
trial in California, and this is the way he
told it the other night.
“It was over in the Mariposa. Gulch in
’50. They had never hail a jury trial there.
If a {Bill} stole a home they lynched him,
and that settled it. But the people, many
of whom 08.1119. from Massachusetts, began
to tire of lynch law and sigh for the good
old jury trial (:5 the east. So one day,
when {Jill Stevens hail jumped 21 poor
man’s. r.l:..im, the Massachusetts fellows re-
solver? 10 give him 1; good, old fashioned
jury t.riz.l. They took him into the back
end of fir board posto‘flice, selected a jury,
and the trial commenced. Dozens of wit-
nesses were called, and finally the jury re-
tired to agree on a verdict. \Vhen they
had about concluded that Jim was innoj
cent the boys outside came hanging at the
door.
"'Wlmt do you fellows want?” asked the
foreman through the keyhole.
“l-‘Te want to know if you hain’t about
agreed on the verdict. If you hain’t you’ll
have to get out. We want this roofii to
lay out the corpse inl”——Eli Perkins in Chin-
cago Inter Ocean.
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Cheap Footgear.
it is not to be wondered at that people
buy cheap shoes. They resemble so closely
the higher priced ones, both in form and
apparent quality, that the masses are led
to believe that they are as good as they
100k. Made on the same graceful lasts,
finished apparently faultlessly, lustrous
and shapely, they are disappointingly de-
ceitful. Many women buyers are far more
exacting in the matter of a. scrupulous fit,
by which the foot is made to look neat and
trim, than they are about quality. A shoe
that will make a woman proud of the foot
which it covers, though only a simulation
of solid worth, is in some measure an
atonement for the wreck which speed-
ily follows the wearing of it—Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
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We think we can cure a bad case of
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and after the backache is cured, you can
still wear the plaster without discomfort
for two or three weeks or longer. This
combination of smart weed and belladonna
is a great hit, and it is hard to find any
pain or ache that will not yield to it.
Price 25 cents. Sold by druggists every
where.
\Vhermnnss.
Little Sam Washington (spelling out the
words in an advertisement)—Mammy,
don’t s-t-e-m spell steam? 0
Mrs. Washington—Co’se it do, honey.
Little Sam—Den dey’s got steam windin’
watches.
Mrs. Washington—Fo’ de Lewd, honcyl
I ’sp'ects de ge’mans carries ingines ’stead
0’ watch keystewelers’ Weekly.
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HE THOUGHT l'l" WAS A HUMBL‘G
Nine years ago 1' Ssufi'ered from indigestion auu
yspepsla; had heartburn an d palpitation. No
food would stay on my stomach; tried many so—
called remedies without effect. Received a 'Sna-
ker almanac and read it. .1 said, Here’s another
humbug! I was wrong for once. Bought a bottle
of Shaker Extractof Roots in Columbia, Tenn.
’lhen anotlier.and another. After the third bor-
tle I'was well; never been sick since. This is a
medicincto tieto—to trust in. It is not :1. patent
medicine nor a King Cure-all. It cures dyspep-
sm and indigestion and that is at the bctfom or
most diseases. I would as soon be withoutmonev
as without “Shaker." w. J. Towns.m
Uenryviile, Tenn, Feb. 701,1890.
Nine-tenths of all diseaSes arise from poi: 11'
carried by the blood to various organs and p231:
of the bodyiand the blood is poisoned byundl-
gested food in the stomach and intestines.
Shaker Extract of Roots purifies the blood by
curing indigestion and dyspepsia. Price 60 cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists and by
A, J. WHITE,
168 Duane Street, New York City.
KASKINE
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Calms Nuns,
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“After llve years suffering from malaria. which
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kine and got better right away. The malarial
symptoms all left me. and health. sleep and
strength returned. llenry Knarke,5$3 \‘i’ushing-
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“I han all the symptoms of malarial [nusoninm
headaches, rheumatic pains, great nervous de—
pression, loss of sleep, inrligesxion,.\-e. The old
quinine proving useless i tried “the new quinine"
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Science emerging from Darkness.
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Ohio.
Kaskine can be taken withouttu special med-
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llASKlNE (30.. 115% Duane St. New York-j
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Restores the
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