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Show ISOilli YANKIiK HEROES. THE TAMOUS "FIQHTINO FIFTH NEW HAMPSHIRE" nCClMENT. Lel bj Oalla.l Celoael Cn.ee Clees. Hutnner, llaaroek and Ml tee, ll I at-te4 H Stf1 J j est Itpslh ball In the lalnn Arm. Htt . HI (Copjrtkl 1. 191, tr American t're Asaocle- yf lit 4 Hon. liook rlgUa mereed-I H 1 5 1 fAX? til I 1"" In fettle. M fi J PitS-v ( f The cl.lni of tte i M: SJi'JW b It ,'lr '" Dr1 Bf i I VrtSiA ' "v"" pine it tbal IH J ilf'.Vo moaK U tbt dHi II Union regiments KHjuj j f , Id th rltil war It utUlnoJ tb grtUl RBr2 M Icmi, nTimrrlntltr, In ktllM uml mortally lilaBup' wuubflctl. DilTfictit tliultlcAtlorn ntm laLH Iv ll diJTt rrnt rrglmtDtt to tbt t root, iu lollutrat Pt .! i TIib Firet Mains IIr nrtlllcrr bnrt Rj E 3 fc a tt ticavlMt toUl Iu klllnl of MDf rvcU HBB J j! ft tucot o( Mifftrm la tlio uTTler, thit H, LLVi I H A v & ' tlt0 hcarlMt to, numerically) c( LHfcu ' 4 HI f A byrrgtmfutliiaiijronlitiUle,tiaiiit1r,Cia Hfll R Anions Infantry organltallotta tht Fifth 9 IbI'B tw orkl ("T'" ooarm) auatalriMl BmH S i fi tbe htcbett ituinrilcttl Iota, klllwl aoJ aLH A t; fi lanrullr wunmlwl, In a Inyla tnttlt, aLH Hji S namcIr.ttMtHiwtKlllQllUaD TbUwai tJ !i jj S3irrrnt. otthanutiitr rotcatfnl. 3 J 'ili.V'lrt.tlIltleMllAlotthfll1lsllt. aBaV K' i H i T ocntagt both la kllkl tnl mortallf BaBaV ) wounJml ti(Hnaurjrtto( catualllrala B fl i A m alfttt" iMttli At (Mtjntmnr. 2S prr H ,t ft tfnt. r WllleO, anJ th klllwt d1 Hj & tj wound el togetbtr amountM to 83 prr cent. L fl TuFlrt TtiM (UoufiMlrKt) Infantry 1 't t loRtaAAbttrUmKlS tr wnU klllad anJ i! j I woanJM, and In kllM about SO cr wut, ij i ? Ibo t?conJ Vlacon!n atamJaXo. 1 la aaaV it I rxrcunuaf Iom in klllol ami morUlly HH ) Iff won mint during nwhola Urmut aarvlcf, D 'I1 I namely, 19 7 pr wnt. L f A Tits Tirtnty fourth Mtcbfean tatlerM IBBBaV a I tha hlRheitltrti.nutntrlcaUy, la klllrOanJ ' S woond1 of any Union rrulment at tbt J 1 battlf ofOrltyaburiC m . Orrarflmrntof HH1nf (South Carollm I' M b m Cunfelerat) autInl a lou, nnuifrlcat 1 T ly, In killrl an 1 mortally wouadaj ilurtatf J i Iw whole term .f arlceriualsi hy no :1, l other Infantry rfulmant In tht war. name I ' TLt kttlwt an 1 mortally oumll In tht IBB" tiu i Fifth New Ilimp-hlro ilaring Iu wholt , 1 Urm acsrrsatl SIC, IMariutaqualedhy K .1 any otter Union Infantry rrlnirDt, ' t TfcA Fifth waa orKtnlzt In tbt fall of t J lM)lfromthoAer44cacf tolanltcrtof that j time, afier men hl taken n aecond . ffl thounht tlnt the war, hM aecn tht I ; is wuunUeil from Hull Uuu nnl kuew by 1 j many lioa that ao eludy woulJ faTt to j U hurt before tbe war ahould lL Tht k flnt colonel, K K, Croai, w a .New B llaoipablrt man, who hal atenactlrt life b m la the weat aa an rtlltor, aa a miliar car 2 ll airy ofllcer and aa lieutenant colonel In tht Um Mcxlcnu anuy. llartalKiifU Ma Meiluio fi IW coramUalou to tnKage In tht cItII war, X Tht regtment went to tht penlnirilit In fU Ota. Iownnl'a hrlsade. lllcdard.on'a dl J I a tUIonof riunmer'a becood corpa, and had I V Ita Uptliui f f.re at r.lr Oak. With the rn rrat of thi dlTlilunltcrouwltht floodel I m Cblrkahotnlny .-ivrr, otrr Graitvlna f 3 hrhUe, ou the flnt day of tht Uttle. to 1 m 1,ljl retrlevt the dlnutfr to tht Fourth Hf M fS corpa. Tlit Filth had couatruct4arape flj ffH ?! uhrIJce, by tht way, tbt only one that SaVl fi wiihuwd tht flood And which prorctl tht lip V ralvntlonotthtArmy, ThareKlmentiuted ' J kj , 1 M ,1t uut aud letl tht way through m tht Rwampy thicket c!o up to tht tueiny, h1 Si i Mlitcomliij? on, tht contendlni artulca M ' ' j3 r. Mroiiacke-1 witblu earshot of each other, iBM j. P M1 On tbeiitoMlojE of Jtinel AtplrlteJ Coo- Mf1 m Wl federate attoek waaiuultouJUchardson, I 1 41 ' l,llt " rttutUf t,H AiUa And llowanl'e E 5 j . hrlkwltaarhtioJ to within thirty yard of amJf Hi itaoppunebta. Howard waawuiiudwl and Hvi E jvf I hie men aulTered heavily, CoL Crou took MM- flffi' the Filth tu the front to relieve tho other ; J &y rtKitueutaof tht brigade. Tht Cunfedtr BaM 3 SsH kU wcrl "' jmstetland ointlDre on BawJ ' -a fll, tl newcomen only to reecho answer la H .ff , !) j kind. M j t)l. Cruet was hit, and II kitted and aVJ $ E 5 3 woundt were tho matiattlea of tbe reil aV 1 5 i S tnent la about twenty mlntitca1 work. afl v '4 3 Tlw ltTu (l3'11' I""1"1 at tho close of i Jf tl June) cohV the Fifth Ifl more In Ullwl, the aV f A H flf 'I woundtd awelllnu the lose to about lud, Hi X$ I H4 J Ita uext pltchvd hattlo wa at AatleUm, S tvt HI 1 bero, on tho 17th of Heptrmbrr, It fought B msW U f t tonK M111(KK,r J'11'" und In tht adjoin S. IB ul ' lni Curullrl11 'J '' Irih brigade of tho V !'w ! am dlTt'loa KUhardsou't, outd tht B InS ijijj ballon that Intotedlate icround by a brll fl IfllS'lrlfi I ' 1Unt thf,r" lljJt carried It to a crp.t aval HIV, In . overluoklnx the Una where tht Uonfeder BH ttam fH'I tttia were altered. IU Irish rflinenta' i JIH I If i loathsavlly.AhdCol Crou 14 the Fifth )H T r i 1 ln ta tf,ld OD8 of them, pauln Ids fB ' I ti ( command by companies throutth tLe ahat IjH IH 1 1 trmt rNiikeof the frou line aud liumedl RrVM J J J AUly formlntc for further adran it, BiPJl I t TMswaanntof ththottestMllunaof tht IftBB 5n ' ' r The buiikeu Htmd,orIUooly Une, Ifinavil In ' na 'KtHr4,n lu ocntadlnic form und 91 ! I behludthUoo lb Coofcderute aide wu i 1 1 Mmh 1 1 3i9& . jj adriJcrmni, wl .1111 firlhtr Ink n IvJI orctaM ii-i; mi rl.InK km'"' J. A j -9( Wlicttolwl Ututn fM- Iti, orcli.rd vW4 I1 III uf"" tb Uulon i Ilk .lio'.l rni.l nr i 'U.Uunkittll.utiMMiimMKlUiC'm- I n Mariit.loUtitiy l'n4 .dvtti fd hit Uiim 1 I II inllmitl; .crou I lie dunkrn It.iul luto llio I t aim. Iui.loPttiii,ol.BOKa.iru.lnL'oU' R'1 lt n fiJerwu forwi klrHltbllr ninrctiine (i on 'J , ti tl flunk or lllclinnlxun'. Uur, .ml cIihok 3 (1 Ing Iroul uuilor lite, lie liwll tluil oil j )j l.i weu rUig wllb IU Tior. Jtp ,le (nr '""ll ""t comiiwnilrt tlie llelj. Hi, ( lut".unlhereci' i utllmL'onrrileriit a Si t'lliu J "wetreoKtliuudtrUillr.iiiih f I Tlio l'milCTlirt. were lotl br Um II II. .........: ,ii ! '"' HilUoiijht ih.t lwia .troU on HHIIIIIIIIIIIHjS lib I '"' '""'"""oullliurlUe line buck u IU HHIIIIIIIIIHStiili 1 Aniui.u, Il.it HlrliM.l.ou'. m.ii i.rt.K,L aVBHaBVaaaaaii Hull" Sumner, arid had no thought yielding the Unl'ti center to 1I..1 t Croaa At leoftth plWit 1 his line In tht Hunken Itoad, alreauy packe 1 with aMi. and with Ardor bonlertntc upoi M?aje fury IneltM hl men In their iUperat wnrk. Ills wounded head waa bound with Miandkerthltf and bloml etrrAmed dmn hUfaco Upend dtwnth ranks hem tnt tellloa tht men to put on "war paint" atid oan(llhe'war whoop" With the pow. drrenlof their torn rarlrldicea Ihe men streaked their fares and JlmtI la tht env am cry until tht whoop resounded above Ibt din of battle A frcnty aelaed upon rvh man, and Impatient Im-patient with thilr alow, muult IoUdk truna, they tore loaded one from tht itrasp ofthedead and wonnded an 1 firel them with rapidity, at thnea aeadluft thi ratu mere alonrf with thl bulleta f r douhleext cutlon, And they won. J If 11 l.nttbtWoody Iwint and CornfleM and Orchard, and irave up the content. Col. CroMt and tht Fifth ew Hampshire wtrt praUl on nil eldea, from McCIellan'a heAdgtisritred wn, for thrlr KAlIantry at the Iliody Ixne, and after that day the coin man 1 wa known throughout tht army as tht "FUMtns Fifth" ThacaiualtlteftcrflllOklllcfUtid wouuded. Many of tho wound were from canister and shell, and the mortality wa lUht (13 only) In tht regiment. Iht JJfth marched forward Atxaln to VlrtflnlA w 1th alut o wen. Ita loaaes by dhvease nnd battle bntiim retnrefl It to that fiirp re from an orltf'.al roll of VTfl Its next fi(Lt nil ln f mut of tht a tone wall at Frederlckeburu, where It went In uuder tht leid of liancoek, Hen, lUchardson'e aucocMior. The rifih was In I Uncock' front line, al It by aldt with the Irish brl j;vlj In that terrible harve Shells, ca abot, caolster and hnlleta tore through the ranks. EMU the heroea swept on over ditches and feacea,nrer hillock and plal the uarn In the ranka growing wider a wider and a itragnllos iwath of prostrate men marking Iheir course. On they wekt without a volet to cheer them or a man to support them until they ebwd up free uf ty cry acreeti f ln tht wnll that aheltereil Ue'a ritlimen. Here they took their aland, and, aa Ilaocntk eat!, "refusing to yield any trruund, died where they stood " Cruaa waa wouudeil,the major was VlIW and twocipuln who tur TUd to tbe cum ruaod were killed. Oat of 19 oHlocr 4 Wert killed and 1 J wounded, and ihewom all told tf dendand wounded wis outoEten-Klffrd, outoEten-Klffrd, Tht death list reachcl BI, and ao conllnK to theae fliOirft, lten by Cot Cross, the perceuUK it klllud nnd, of eral caautltlea exwted thatof any other regiment In tht dtvUloo, At Chanrellorsrllle tht regiment, with the rrtt of the Second crM, ot oft with a atlght lose. H march! to Gettysburg with 1T7 officers and men CoL Crose had beon promoted to command lb brigade, although al-though a brlgadirr'a atar was ptnUtenlly denied blm, imtwilhstaii tins that Jlarcoek hail frequently urgxd It la reward of hit brilliant services llauooek cooimanlcl the Hecond corps at Orttjtburtf, and on July 3 aent his old UlrUlnn, Including CnW brigade and the Fifth, Into tht whirlpool of battle at tht wbt-atfleld On tho march down Iht line Cob Crone sainted his old chief and exclaimed gayly, but prophet Imlly, "(loodby, ueneral, 1 am never irolug to ust that atar." IliTD TO HAXp, 1X1) I ED. Crou brigade vtenk ln with tht Irish brigade, soon to be followed by the4r com- f anion brlgadea under (leu. Zook and CoL lrooke U hat A harvest Death rraprd on that whcatQeld la an old story. Tho Firth tort IU share aa usual and Cross waa mortally mor-tally wounded In front of It uplifted ban ner while Inciting hie Imya, as he had ever done In Ihe betbf battle, Tbe next day tbt regiment was under Art fruin t' batteries during Pickett'achargeand came out of the Diiht with a death roll of 31, tht total killed and wounded numWltijtCfl. This left but U7 men and officers, not morn than one full company, to march back with tht ktora to Virginia. Hut tbe organization waa too glorious to be clven tip, and tbt remnant waa eent home to the old state to All up tht H4pe and renew Its shattered luanert. It re ported back to tht army and resumed Its place In the brlgadt tn Juot 1, 1VH. on tht field of Cold Harbor. On tbtSdlttrottol outatdiybreak, &T7 stronj, with arms at "shoulder shift," anddssbwl forward half a mite In tbe famous trrand aasault, Iround Ing over tht parapet of a Confederate battery bat-tery without firing a ahot. Tbla waa liar-low'a liar-low'a celebrated charge, unequalcd for daring ami no paralleled In the slaughter aulfered by tht assailants, Iho Filth passed through tbe lottery nt.l rushed for the enemy's sreond line, but was met on the way byatrong opjKml tlonfrom the front an 1 lth flanks. No aupport coming U Ita old, rttreat wna tio-caary, tio-caary, and It fell back to the battery, disputing dis-puting every foot of gmundln Ahnod to baud atruggle Tht Coufolerate-s that bad been captutvd In tbe outward rtuh repudl hU their roIes, aud tatchlnup weaoona from tht fallen ew Hampshire toyt opriieil Are upon their late comtuerors. AtthelwUery tht conillct a fierce In ileid.lhtartlllerlsu throwing thctiiMlrta Iu front of the retreating meu and Uylug hold to c ipture them by ma n fon Hut thoRAlUntfellowaot tht Flflli rnllle to one uauther'e aid aud Wat down thrlr fm oiihbycur. A rtttUtn of tbt Fifth waa one of the lat to abandon thetutury, aiijt bU parting blow waa a swird cut that split a Cimfedsrato artilleryman from the shoulder dowu, letting him deal and nearly decapitated Wsldt hUgtin, Trrrl bit work, tl.U, ami the Hlomly Iad. with Ita eavagt war whoop, and the tU)uew11, and the wheatflstd. bnt such la war. If one Lot.a q to ln. In tbla rhnruo 1M3 Ml, of which 03 were killed. The regiment went on Into tht IMen burg campaln under Cm Nelson ill Ids as brigade aud dlvUliu leader In tht Fete rsburg nttanlts lt I mt 13 MUM aud IU anond coluui.1,0 K. llipgootl, wouud id Col. . A, Crafts, who had passed through ever; .rade from aorgtnut up, tivit to ilt com nnnd In the trenehce It U -t 11 kilted nnd in various bnitlrs lft. In Iho Ap.Hjijiattox cautp-ilgn It lout 6 killed nt Stillur't Lresk, and at FariUYllle, April Tt Mm imrmAiclied In a dprmtctiiurfc,, losing 1M killed, GO HOiiudiNl and M cip turod out of hvomnauloe ntbagi.tl. Cnjii lllclter, tbo blmlr awotdamuu of CVM llnrtxiri nae In oumtuaLd and rta wound ul three Luiea beioro be aurrnidsrel hU whirs. He ww aoon rtonptured, aud the flng " iu restored to lis bratt bartel de-fiitdsraat de-fiitdsraat Appontattoi twoiU later. m It was tltat the Ttghtlun rifih" rnilod up lu awful (let ( Sua Ultml iu Utile Ut-ile (igmukUKiuica. . |