| Show PETS T fac H C THIRTY SIXTH ILLINOIS OR FOX RIVER riven REGIMENT rion glug i hough ho ugh tile 11 ill lanoi or if ilat tic it at I 1 avci a not 1 by swo 11 sherl oln K the ali gallant Gulli int mil bill and the lie heroic itic IM b ly american press assoria look hook nalta i OX iziver valle valley y in ili nort northern bern illinois 1 i 4 contributed 4 this body of men in fit the afterglow of cut c li 11 asit ll 11 s i B s ni at I 1 J il that followed foll tile the ct 1 I 1 I 1 trag etly of sumlar ILI I 1 anil alid the disaster of bull itan early I 1 in it till lie full fall of isell V it NN crit to III le sent at anti during winter whiter call I 1 int fit in tin tile gnoun Illo ull bains of tile southwest was ans their lily broken in under experienced officer oCi cers gen franz sigel win was the di 11 ision commander and nicholas greusel their colonel and commander col gren cl liia 11 in encil el in ili mexico anil in ili the ini lilia litia the flit first t t engagement of the sixth was vis lit at pen pell ridge elarch 7 islai till confederates led by gens enri aln in dorn sterling aiice and beli iki mcculloch attempted to cut division off from the union ainaly under curtis the regiment reached tho the fecere 0 ot t fighting just as aRam a pede of ca cavalry alry took place after ft A rash and charge cli arge the men inen slowed their knettle alij I 1 standing firmly a squadrons shfot past to the rear filling down the at ai tillery and its infantry in supports oits ts when tile alie ca isis ln d passed col greuel sent two companies of tile thirty sixth to the front to see what the enemy was wall doing and they advanced with such boldness its to stir up till it a laige buge force that lay lit in ambush awaiting advance the theand file ami attired slowly their report of till alic ambuhl lel led ton to a vigorous shelling elling sli by col Grei liitt IlAt cries teries that caused terri bli blo slaughter in the confederate ranks and what was basof of vastly more I 1 import one of the skirmishers private peter pelican aliet down lieu bell mcculloch who wits was at the trout front dj his bia troops rile death of mcculloch McCullo cli na and 1 the terrible punishment aug ercil from fi out the union batteries lit li beat bened his followers follower sand and virtually ally rut put an end crid to the fighting the thirty lost 10 killed and 28 WA wounded lulled the next battle of the regi regiment merit was at percyville perryville Perr perry ky oct 8 IS isa the thirty sixth si ali was still mill under greusel its as brigadier in the division led liy by gen phil slier idan bid a position on tile the flank ef cf the advance union corps McCook sl connecting that with tile the remaining union corps which were not nil all up tip tile the confederate cicro hurled hulled upon mccook ia overpowering numbers and after his tic de an was made to crush sheridan agthe As alie evol the sixth changed front fron under ire fire to meet them what thru then took place was thus briefly described silis silas alio commanded the regiment nt we hall had hardly executed it change clia tige of front when hearing it a yet yell we saw tile banners of the confederates advancing over the fields att we e could see their bright IMI conets glitter in just as beautiful a line of battle as was waa ever formed we irly perfectly baill and did not display ourselves till they came wit within hin range of canister we received the order to fire and from a thousand pieces leaped forth tile death dealing bill lets which finally cnally cawell caused them to reel and fall back in utter later confusion the thirty sixt it lot 23 b by death deat it it and nd iio 14 ill mounded oil it 11 y number by uny tiny other in ili Sheri dans diViSI division OIL at stones a few weeks after perly laville ville mccook again had the pot post of dan KIT ker and She ads the connecting int ting link between liim him anti and the reserves in it fierce assault drung tit nt ilay light me mc cook wat was completely destroyed and lis his in n thed doh u tho line gaint against gain t sheridan heavy nia masses ses converging and striking from tn two 0 directions 4 at once tiie the was in advance lii bagade gale under cin it johua AV sill col greusel leading his own regiment the ailt were ere allow ell cil to coine within fifty paces pace anti and thin the bull ball opened so sn tit auise uw was the awis giovi to ever t that hat tile bullah maile inalle little till troops on 11 tile lighter thethis ty sextil gall t way anil brhen to calgi col dicu e u set the thiet sixth to harge ll it was it handful liand ful an all army but ill tin ful mot emot E et life yielded gi kyound aund aej their line halted K K io af COL SILAS MILI I 1 TL the thirty sixth drew bick back to rol il old position anti and again deceived tho the en vinyl thai ging colu columns As before the a assault bault eanie cattle on two tio flouts the right oblique and rile troops on oil lie ae way and acu bill was killed in ill fly ing to rilly rally them col givia jel took tonk chaice of tile brigade Lnig ide and the alie tanty irth i stubbornly defended its ground until its wis millir vi ho took col Oreus ils place its as coin ulli ni ander wit wits s woun deil and captured and till llie le gillit tit hooly ly withdrew therann alie frnnk 1 C olson to fliri diu dau tin lit tin the ic atilt asked foi an inand tion to cunti continue nue the light lit he lcd lck out men and had 1114 leisl 1 12 l killed it wounded onn lol aud and the deaths finally to V t i tin tile of cit balale bt bal tle about which kouiuch MI much la Is written ritten could lime hale bocen fumed eliat winter uio inu ining in it tile the tennet ee ce col ton fields and cedars abere the fox lo 10 iziver boys fought foi lit nick and forth to the right and to the left iun so I 1 long ol 01 g as their powder held out idina divi division hion rebut rebutted red attack arter acter attak and charged ili arged again anil and again anil tit adlla il lust t stood sullenly fi aled bajoneta bj joneta to till nitta ct the 0 vt er be helming luling wave of braggs bragga impetuous soldiery kach each of tile the three brlej brigade ajie leaders were ull l 1 in bantly while V it it men to resist attack orto or to charge ithol nl avert ore oce the lo losses stes in ID sheri dlin annn ild division nil 11 ivare were propof greater that than auy y ot other c on tile hie alel held I 1 t those hose of if sillo silla lot ig were tile the heaviest in ill the di division vilou still binl ill alio it I t of killed lind wounded in ill tile the thirty sixth regiment nt exceed exceeded et that or of at auy other ealic r two to regiment in ili the briga brinde 19 at again the thirty sixth wits was ina in a ill whirlpool hirl pool itha almost ott it repe tilgou of it was mill in me cooch col P 4 lans divi division ion null find in if 11 led by the intrepid gen ewt again mf mccook cook livid the llie right rig litof of the line but the slit BUI pris ehat flat threw him hini into voll fusion wits was wa s not it 11 repetition of that nl it S stones tones ris river cr the fighting began on oil the left d to alie center of 4 were moved off flout light fight to lift still and by it u misconstrued older a KP kap wits in made between mccoo k find the center tile confederates lind liml superior numbers engaged tind and it ao 80 happened that lit HIS the gap was made i M cooks corps the veteran confederate colas of urn gen was laili Klinl upon two iti i latell 4 of mccool istle hall had j just list swung his brigade loose looe and in was marching in archin pa pat past t the gap or along it when bell lie he was C ballel lile 1 upon tipon to lo do honi soni thim to the line the regiments went into battle order on t alie 11 e doub double lequick quick I 1 et 3 where it there ere was confusion genc gena its ala unit unil their aids calling for help for foi thomas on oil llie 1110 left others again point ing to the threatening flood in fiant anti and on the right when the bri brigade gaile wilk ri righted eted lytle rode up ill to tile foloi 4 of tile the thirty slit sixth h flashed ills sword aud anti with it a rew few words to his staff moved out to ward vr rd the enemy lie ile was v ns soon goon killed dillrd mil and col sillier miller of the sixth succeeded to tile llie command there was wa s no su mining the confederate tide and in afew a few H tit s nil all around them tit llie e gallant gall tnt fellows that survia ed alie storm retreated betre eted tile thirty sixth had gone in w with lit men and lost ill killed wounded und missing ivi its death list amounting to mj ill all told four captains were m wounded and I 1 killed 2 lieutenants were killed nid find J wounded anil and all dinall in all tile regiment was the heaviest t sufferer sulTer cr in the brigade one boic mot e right fight under sheridan that at mission ridge nov 25 where till rc gi gimont if lent lost 7 killed and then it nin net ni n leader then the thirty sixth re enlist d and was furloughed furlou hed for foi it breathing spell nuil and took the licul in of ial with get gen john newton its as division rum eom mander at re and dil dal W lia on thi the load to atlanta antii tho cia death fi lisl fio o I 1 ky UN IT ABOVE tin TIM PARAPET amounted to IS 18 and nt lit the cliar ge on kenesaw I 1 eights june 27 17 tl led this the aiss ailt as dashed gallantly pul gull lintl antly forward to the enemy or on the hillside und VADI around for I 1 leold what jhc thc i valoi hall won col was shot dowl iahn it mortal wound anti the death roll iol was 13 in ili all al miller lad bad risen brorn rom th ranks to leai this crack regiment antl died like a bet 0 at the ngu ago of twenty five whet lie was it lying on the amputation table of hn call boys were baroug broughlin altin and he wept passionately while under tit tilt surgeons Eur grous knife 1 I suppose those surgeon thought me inc mich it imby that I 1 cried from the pain lie ho said to it 11 comrade afar it was over but I 1 for that I 1 WILI thinking of the old thirty sixth irth I 1 thought of her ni as site she was I 1 I 1 lie lerl iolue over it a thousand strong I 1 Ith thought elf ct her now with huir cely enough for it 11 till rub company itwara for that I 1 cried the handful wilt x ent on and lost 7 more it in death it anti inti anil then turned nural to help bell beat bick back invading army it ii teniesee Ten on oil that famous march or of i it night ight and ii tiny between columbia atio and franklin when houll lit at times I 1 held L id liott bot mills ldes s of tile the I 1 oad in ill sight of the union col limit and till thu lit ut lit every step the ta sixth wits in ili Op dyckes brig tae eilf flit t in ill cuttina I 1 it road and aul tatu ivar car i guatta buffeting buT tins tile oti ons eipur pursuit alit and liis hn inen inan cov ered thu retreat so vl vit that tile troops i 11 E thead beached leached franklin and ile 1111 up 11 p log anti raith earth breastworks to deren tile croom of Ilar peth river inte I tie it ii the baythe daiy diy the filed flacil in ili pat pa t tin lines of battle and halted halad for rest mid anti sup still per stattler led in it a twinkling by tile llie yell or of the elle tily they bookel ard to see sec liis hn gle ahnin banner i anti bay bayoneta moving inovia up in n chaw charge anti anil tl li their tin union regi nit aunts tit ere 41 jiin if it k kly ly t ched I 1 ind and buitt ered all and the tecona i line lit at the akin met the scinie rate leaving 1 eavin theil cotte coffee bcd Orl dyckes own beald tabeh to rec recover the lost 1 fall l all tit in thirty sixth I 1 ceiward to ali were the raida orders oi ilis of col put ter C olson another gi flout the ranks to be lular over the foi I 1 oi alti ur bet oes Opt lycke was speedily uy thore ail fouL foight dit on oil foot col olioli forged it abirad cheet the eting ing ills his men up till to this the parapet w licit lie hu tell fell cliot through tile the heart till two 0 color bearers of the alio regiment nent tell fell aud and it i ahm carried the biL banner tini minus its stair the bloody course from tho the bivouac to tin ramparts and tit nt last lol it alioti abolt tin fit ui rapet with ith the clenty oil tile the appo 1 I ito site side clutching at its folds and demand dei nind iny its surrender wolds cannot the aw ful cene the savage fury of tile lie it pealed peitro confederate onslaughts anil and tit tin tenacity 0 thu the fieroe s who 1 e belled thein men here boru thi brunt of the tenille and hail anil duing daring finally fin llly won the day the loss losa of tin the thirty was about 50 killed and wounded tho the deaths I 1 in it all I 1 17 i two later 4 a loss of 0 0 b lit at nasli it tile swelled swell eil the total of killed to out of 1370 enrolled tho the total killed and wounded in three years was abo about u t 54 per cent of it the roster at the alobe obo of if hostilities the regiment was ordered to join sheridan in ili new or leans ami little billil belet si elected ted it toi fol headquarter guard tho the result vm mati till lit nicknaming nick naming of tile the dilill shied dans dalls pits lu in a ilie die teim fella not lave have been a in tho the bloom ol 01 their lighting fighting career ct onar L KILMAR KIL MAR |
