Show I 1 SOME E 11 E I 1 MES THE FAMOUS FIGHTING FIFTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT led 11 by a gall mt lilt colonel caller arns Sinni tilt 1 KT mial miltia Mil til it larned tho of ileks colt donil do nil in th llin union army viny by i merican pie 91 liu liua bool 1 I 1 is filer regiment herdin 1 1 1 I list of crick crack ori ir 1 il 9 a 11 i a a t 11 1 0 11 a i it I 1 1 i ill Kill 11 I 1 11 1 1 III 1 I ald y I 1 IH in ill batic bil tle the claim c nim ct cf tile the I 1 t I 1 firth fifth new 1 in nip Is I 1 t shire for at lilt 11 f t place is that I 1 I 1 I 1 among a in on till hll the union ul icell leginze ie le Kinu ginke ls 13 IQ in I 1 lilt ho ci civil vil war it sustained tile the great t botn iiii meric illy in ili killed and mortally inora illy wo indell different Differ dalti rent tnt classifications inin 1 different regiments to the elie front nn a foil follows hole WS tit the first firs maine artillery bold tile hoa hea heart vt total in ill killed of 0 iny illy arsi ment of andarin in i the service ethni thit is 11 antso the heaviest loss numerically of tiny any any eyono one battle ii namely amoos infantry organizations the elie filth fifth new york dair dinners ces Zo milies tined the highest auml cicil loss 1014 killed ail und moru illy wo in ill a single n le battle elie name namely v I 1 U tit in second dall aull ran linn 23 per cent 0 of tile number i elig ansted ns ailed ted tho the first per hoth in killed tild and mortally inor tilly wounded anil and in aggregate ot of cilio ns in fl a sing si niile ile to battle bitt Je at 23 per cent were killed and tile killed end and wounded to 62 per cent the first texas xi confederate infantry lost tit lit anniet not B 3 per cent killed awl wounded and in ili killed about 2 20 0 per cent the second wisconsin stan ds no I 1 in pereen ages iges of lo 10 in killed tint aind I 1 mortally wounded dlaring n whole term lena of service ter vicc per ier celt tin rill gentl michigan suffered the hi hinbest Ebest hest loss ios numerically in killed aud and woun wounded dett of lily union reimert reIme nt ut at the battle of gettysburg r orrs arvi reIni cut of rifles south C carolia aro lAroL confederate sustained d it i loss d ly in killed ind mortally vonndel won ndel during its ils whole term lurin of service equaled by to nu other infantry inary regiment ent in tile wll alitine ly IY the abo killed and mortally mortn lly wounded in all clift fifth new durins during its whole terl afrin fl rc aed 21 35 15 a loss not 1101 equaled liy by nav other kotlier union kif autry regiment tilt fifth wits organized in ili tile fall of ct isell tron from tile the average tive raye of if volunteers of that time after men inen had t ikea taken at n thought about the alic war hat had seen the wounded from dull run hun and ami knew by miny aisis I 1 aliat liat somebody would have to 1 b hurt before thi the war should L enil 1111 tim rhill fiat colonel 13 13 cross wits i u I 1 bev e I 1 hampshire inan who i lie hall had heen been ned active v 0 lian lit in the lie ii west estas as lilt editor adilor as it regular caa miry of acer and as lieutenant colonel in ili elie mexican army lie resigned sinned re his commissi oin to easse in the elie civil war The regiment went to the peninsula I 1 in gen Ilo howards wards bri brigade Zade 4 li it vision of corps and liall its of cf jiro at fair oaks abo artof rest of the division it crossed tile the flooded river over gri grapevine bridge on oil the firt fira fir t day of the li zittle I 1 to help retrieve ret itaster to totne the bourth corps the fifth lad had constructed grapevine bridge by the way the ike only one that vo withstood ith stood the flood and which proved the salvation cl othe thearty th army earmy there its as advance glord ki aril and lett led tile way thron through h llie bicket liick et close up tit to the enemy coming on oil the contending bivouacked bivouac ked within earshot cir hoi of each other on the it torning tit ot june I 1 a spirited confederate tc attack was wa aride on it richardson but in he returned elie n tilt and I 1 Howan lB I 1 a lingi briggle de advanced to within thirty yaria yards ot of its opponents howard was till mi tided mid land his illen ain n suffered heavily liea vily col cross took look the elie fifth to the front to relieve the other of tile llie brigade tile contender rotes ii mere ere well posted and opened fi hiie le ou on the as only to receive answer in kind col cross was vas lilt hit anil and killed sod and wounded were the of the llie resi regi anent cut iu in about twenty un minutes work tile dayi day battles at the close of 0 june cost the alie fifth IG 10 laore in ili killed the swelling the loss to loo its ill ill ILL ic pitched battle was vas at antietam Anti etani where on oil till rith of september it along bloody lane and tilt in ili the ada adjoin ill ilis hig cornfield the frigli brigade bria dc of the same bane division opened the lall ball on oil that immediate ground by it i brilliant charge that barned it to a cret crest overlooking llie elie lone where tile the confederates were sheltered terell the irish regiments lost heavily nud cal cross crom lel led the fifth iu in to relieve one of them missius pis sius his bis command by corrip mie through the 1 shat ifrid it red rinks ranks of tile lie front lino hilo anti and ettely fo flor fir further advance this was otte one at un tile holti at notions of ilia war the sunken or bloody L ille wis between tile the forc forces et and lhand that chaton oil abe confederate side with w at r va 1 1 I 1 1 P I 1 w 1 4 1 W ti AN I 1 0 o 4 0 az 1 iff fray ra I 1 N ar r 41 amirr 1 10 GM ta 4 k aa irR K I 1 I 1 P I 1 11 k 11 I 1 tir M P 4 1 s A TO N 3 oct to ati fe wh A I 1 J f 1 1 I 11 7 ablo aa I 1 raf rn ti vw i r A I 1 N ww 4 11 iff 0 r NII k i I 1 I 1 aig 1 J 1 IJ I ly I 1 I 1 yam 1 1 ol 01 I 1 I 1 ak A I 1 I 1 r lk I 1 4 m w I 1 i 24 t r r A 7 alfi il 4 aal v fi i I 1 t afi aa ig r al al s viii V V i j h 1 y te I 1 J I 1 v I 1 I 1 I 1 OS IN 1 A 11 PAINT a field of cw til mid still farther back un an orchard t tili 6 fc ei e i t riling sing ground A concealed bat liati r ij 0 o I 1 lie orchard plat placed i the union 0 o oili i feln 11 binl arni 1 I llie lie sunken row tr ir u iritic confederate intaJ try 1 I los line gallantly aarona the iho shinken load liatti the corn I 1 in it 1 1 I isfort time lie ered it i confederate force stealthily marchin up tit on the llie lank flank of af line and changing chilling front under are lie ile beaded tn abed that on off US hia men racing wit N ith li tile the for fir tt a knoll that commanded tile the field the won t alie lie race bit but t I 1 the lie cori federal is iivo und and tiled italin it abin ai in the alie confederates wei wiio e it lel I 1 by gen 1 D it if hill fill ile thought blat it a buld bold stroke buu M it ic la I 1 i I 1 so n we would u 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ll 11 I 1 I 1 Ls I 1 line I 1 I 1 e il lck c k t botho 0 t b a Antle tom dut but men mei partook of af file fhe nature of their corps lea leader er old did null and find no do th thought aught of 4 tle the union center to I 1 hiu il col crow at length planted his big 11 line in the sunken rond road al already really w with th dcarl d t all I 1 a ind it I 1 with ardor boi doring up upon on savage nry ry incitti ilia men in their v corte or llin his wounded 1 apud bolth a ili alf att I 1 almed d down ow 11 his us face up and lown down the ranks lie ile moved tilia allin tile tho men to put on ili war pal it and the arr whoop 11 with willi tile powder end of I 1 their heir torn lorn cartridges tile well men streaked ed their facci and juanei coille in tile sir age tay iby until tile whoop rk above the he din of battle A ft frenzy emy aetzel upon each buin irl nill it im alati ii tint st alth their slow guiding lu iding 11 ains tiley they lore jere loaded ones froni from the grasp of jf tile tho dead and alad fired in il cintli rapidity at tiiu s bu sending lIllig the nim mer arri along vo with ah tin the bullets for clo double tible exe xe antion and theydon they won 1 ill lost 1110 aloofly lane i aliu i ind and nd cornfield ana orchal 1 I and gaar 11 ip 1 abu col cross alati and aliu ile pirt new were braked ird it ill an silks il from maciell AIt Clell ills ile alivn ili vii for their gallantry itt at the blondy Ll line linao and it it after thit that day tin command ws was known tile aimy ais v tile the fighting ig I 1 fifth ift li tho the bagnal casualties tiesa lien ert I 1 10 kil killed led and wounded many mally of tile the wounds beito v rio from and eliell and the moita mortality lity its light 13 only lit in the regiment tile luara nid forwald a tin to virgi i fila with abent EGO men its losses loes by li lipase pise 1 slid battle having gedwed it aitto to t ali hat it I 1 i birr from nn ail origin il if roll of oto its iet unlit fight mrm IS lit in arout runt of tile tho stone wall at Frederic fredericksburg frederickburg kburg chete it went in ill under tile lie lead 1 d of ilai cock geri gen 4 it uc cessor the fifth 1 itah was in fit front aront liuo line sido by side with the iho jr irise I 1 1 lri zido in that e I 1 cashot w cIt nister and bullets lot 0 through sli tk rink ranks i still tile heroes swept on oil over or ind fences oer hillock and plain the davs in ili tile lie rinks ranks growing ni twin wider md atoll H idar and it straggling SH 81 ath of L me oien their course on oil they beya without a voice to td cheer them orn or it inan to then them they stood up tit freu free of every het een fici Tithe the wall thit fe I 1 rs here they took their stand us its lincock sit said ref to nuy gromand groi and djel died where they cross crois cro is wits wis oil deil t the he major was ns killed und alio to llie lincoln coin inand were yet c I 1 filled out of 19 officers i 1 4 berb ere killed kille darid and va 1 wounded all told of dead and wounded was as K ol 01 out it of engaged ilni list beached leached 51 anti and according to these fissures figures given by Y col co cross the percentage of billed tell antl of gener en aril ill that of idy any other ri re kinuno gime Kin lit I 1 in it tile the di ani iou at the re regiment Ini crit wi with tb t till it rest of tile tha secord corps got off with it 11 s sli light loss los it in marched arched to gettysburg with and men col cross bad 1 been e ell promoted to in command tho the brigade albough I 1 a briga illk ton r s titar star ans aenied him notwithstanding that I 1 I 1 lad ail frequently urged it in reward of his brilliant bervice ber vives II Il ancock co 1 I man ded the second corps at gettysburg and nd on oil july a 1 sent his old divi division moll including cross brig brodu and the fifth into tho the whirlpool of battle at the aln arneld on the in ircle down the line co cross saluted his old chiff chief ind exclaimed kely kyly but prophetically goodby general I 1 nm itin lee beer bollig to lu get thit stir star NA iaz 1 az 1 I I 1 ja A it I 1 1 I 1 I 1 A 9 I 1 ir 17 11 I 1 I 1 il 1 d t I 1 4 y I 1 q 1 I I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 R i 11 I 1 ak a 1 U r 1 U I 1 a 11 HAND TO INDEED cross crose brigade went in with tile tho irish brigade briK ulc soon to be fol followed loov e 1 by their com bri brigades galles under geu gen zook and col brooke li what a harvest death reaped on oil that wheatfield is an ail old story the fifth bore its share its usual nod aud cross was mortally wounded ivoun ded in ili front of its not eted banner banier while inciting his hig boys as aa lie ite had ever ilone done in ili the heat of battle the next day alay the llie reg regiment was under ire fire flow lecla leca batteries during charge and camo came out butof of tho the right fight with a death rot roll I 1 of 31 3 ll 11 the total killed find wounded numbering number i ng 80 iligo left bu but 97 07 men and otric olli cers ers not more thin than one full company to march back w it 11 it tile actori to virginia Virgi imi but tile che organization was tor too glorious to ti ill given up ibid tile remnant int wasi was bent berue to tile old state to fill up lip the gaps and renew its i battered bat banners iners it reported back to tile army and resumed its ita place in the brigade 1 ash on alie field of cold harbor on oil the ad it trotted out at daybreak 4 7 strong with arnis arms at shoulder shift and forward half a anlu in ill tile the grand assault bounding over ilin parapet pa of a confederate battery firing a shot this was wap barlows celebrated durst unequaled tor for flaring diring anti ami unparalleled in the slaughter giffei ed by the ass the fifth passed pi sheil through the battery awl and rushed for tile alio line but was met ou oa tile way vity by strong tion from ruin the llie f rout arout and both hot li flanks no support oming coming to boits its aid 11 treat was nee eary e ary and it ir fell back to the battery di disputing put ing every toot foot of ground in it a hadd to lo handt hand ft ruggle the that had lern leen in ill tile llie outward rush ruh repudiated their paroles parole and up till weapons from the fallen new liou bou opella 1110 upon their late at tile battery tile WILS neice indeed alie ill throwing in tie the retreating meo men slid and laying hold cioll to eup turco theia by knill force but brot tile gall gallant atit fello of the fifth rallied to aik aid and beat iloan felts om oil Iv byone Cne A captain of the fifth oas as otte onu cli of the last to lo tho the battery and add his ill parting blow was il a tol haord arct cut thal split a confederate ILI from tile alie down leeng liidi dead anil besnye ili li 1 gnu terrible work this and tho the moody lune little with it its hm enago ago war whoop anti and I 1 alie lie wall abid elio heatfield but bill huch Ls is var lovar it ono kors goes ili ID tn tit wm will in this charge stu V 1 teh fell of 0 ideh OU 60 mete m killed the fregm ent went on oil into the lie petersburg campaign campi ign under ien ell nelson ailts miles lilts L brigade nd divi division ion leader in ili tho celeri burg ts it lust lost 15 1 killed and its it s second 1 tolo iKI C E I 1 wounded col W A crafts who iho had bud passed through every grido from sergeant up tip lieal command in ili tho the trenches trent lies it lost 14 killed hilled and ami in various battles 10 in n llie elie appomattox campaign it t lot loat 03 1 killed at raduis ci eek mid at ia fat nil mi ille april 7 wit was in it desperate charge losin JU killed cio wounded tg 82 cp cip lured out of is companies cri cal capt I 1 t flicker the bloody lemau of cold harbor was wa a command arid and was olluf ed three times before ile he stirrer surrendered dered hia bli colors jio ile was soon recaptured and the ll 11 wit wai i restored to its brave beat hearted led defenders fe fenders liders at appomattox two lays days later so it WM that the fifth rolled up its awful list of jwj 29 i killed in buttle buttie li klemek |