Show OOL OL ANES BOYS STORY OF THE EIGHTY THIRD PENN SYLVANIA volunteers I 1 nt ucil nt at mill anil aill on tile i lr i denho of little hound top in aili diun ut it tile WIl dertle unil and Sol unan 1833 by american press wolfa lion hook book rights liliu rei served LA lost loht more men kill ld id tit in the alio civil war iu proportion fro portion to S her quota than any other oilier union find and the eighty third pennsylvania lost more men 1 killed it tn battle thian Un uny regiment in the state nul and stands second on the li list for the hi losses in ill milo killed among union regiments this ahw ace c ord rd was maile made by hard persistent figh lighting till nal nil the ranks were alkil at the outset out set all afterward reci macd from the men of the lunil counties in the northwest of the tha theone the one tiling thing lit iu the re regiments I ments a or on h start was gooi booi leadership its colonel john W V ll mcl clIne aine wag it soldier ba I 1 ui ture iture who latzl militia for many find had served as nn nil ver in tile mexican war uc he drilled 1 l t pint into his men the eighty third wits was organized sed in th fall of drill drilled aed in the ibe camps on thi the Poto inne nine in the winter of 3 2 and r its ain of tire in front of in NI may ty the first hard lighting fighting encountered wits wis nt fit gaines G lines mill june 27 thit this was one of the blondi rit f t battels of the wair on oil tilt the Conte deraM ade ids unit aud one of it the mot mo t stubborn stu hhorn on th thi gulou side the eighty third wits was placed pl cel ina ID i hot corner find their brigade general ant word to its commander to hold it lie ite allive sent bent ro mo tiny buch word reeled col mclane 1 I intend to hold it file enemy took it finally after walkin walking over malanes mcl Mc Lanes anes body but the pennsylva at niini ins hold behl on oil until the same brigadier hail had recalled them at second time the llo position stoll iva was the extreme left of the union army almY where it rested rc sted on the chickahominy river river the confederate etlick wits was mittle lit fit that point locut by at fresh corps corp left led by longstreet Longst 1 rhe union center and right wele lit at the duie engaged in fit it 11 fierce battle with gens A 13 hill find and stonewall jackson and longstreet longst ig streets s nm wa wat t to push liia his troop through the union left and down alons along the I 1 i iver link bank to secure tho the bridges und anil cut on oft nil all of retreat the 1 chiri lay in the A fiant ont line behind of lo 10 loga q hastily built for the t he occasion three time i the of tile llie confederates erat were repulsed by the corn coin timed of tile the infantry anil and artillery and then it i t wit on oil tile the line of the lighty thit it that the title line hall had beet been cut in two on its right the enemy wit wan advancing from that direction unit ami its ita position was cutoff from the rest of the army Thi imade a amii to try the mettle of officers and men 1 en they had fought from behind breastworks w to repulse the elie attacks on the fronts front but tit in warding olt off the new tiff danger liger would le ile compelled to come out front from cover true t there here were ewouds it at hand to lend it a partial screen butt but these liese wooda screened the confederates rexie rates as well veil who he advanced indian fa fabion fK hion learing le aping iping from tree to tree and filing as they advanced so longa long as tile the had had ball breastwork shelter the ef t of the L zi entys willits builds had been becu bu but t slight but under tinder the new order of things the mobs thinned out col celime was k killed instantly by a minis minie ball and bibo it the same time the in maj is waa killed by a shell liell men mea fell on nil all kides bides find lin the prostrate wounded well valiantly to handle tidle thor their muskets and keep up tip the fight on ibe ground in the end cave way and the eighty third tell by it captain bud a 1 l breathing spell for rr re fonna tiou tion the enemy had pi on oil their right to the re arand anil tho the corn com of the regiment ut prepared to meet itu iiron onslaught from that direction ile he faced aced his bis men to the east und and gained an open hold field directly in rear of the breast previously occupied the firt fai l line that tit at ahe licul uta face faced west alie e see oud in tile woods north find the third in tilt llie open field east in it bhelt time some regiments were ere seen een toward the eighty third in the direction where troops acen lit at tile the opening in of the light thinking that they might be supports hup ports forming coming to their relief tile tho eighty third allo allowed vired them to approach after luteru it pailey pin icy the troops proved to be enemies arid and tin the bill ball again opi opt ned after some sharp firing tile the leading tile regiment a retreat to the old W k kl 1 I 1 A t x 1 1 1 if 6 mg Z COL J IV at ganias MIILI eirew breastworks tit in the rear there nt it lat last squarely qiu irely about faced they crouched hei boin haud the loi libin ionic to defend it front from abc reverse eside alde lial bold beld on oil in the during ili iring tile whole linio linic the forty f lom lit new york and the 1 sixteenth elith Michi michio gall mi being tile cuff con federates swarming on oil three bidus the hiir fair biving officers upon deLi tied to itt the inen retreat by scattering they to dinovo ot off in they would be by numbers but in nuels detachments deti the of the field und mid tin tile veil of tile t flight then agathi ling would Li ilia labit bli alie ant to enli alln union lines lot lohu l killed 31 1 bounded Mound oun ded til and vi ini sing the iii missing issing included some find litany wounded wo undid alic ill regiment hai a respite front rom fighting Bl ling for chite 11 lie days on oil tile the fourth day sifter gioles mill on july 1 I it I 1 vas again called upon for desperate duty ahn was nt at mill mal kieru hill when the battle abegail the lighty eighty third I 1 us al out ot of tile the line of fighting in but at 11 bold charge of the confederates on a portion of lite field nearly made it to cull call up supports Mip ports tu the lighty third reached V dauger a buttery battery that bad ilc de ca it its po position tion with great galfa gallanti ritt for some bome time wits moving away tin laus opened on enemy noil anil coolly stood their ground till i i a hru firo that thill d the ranks rapidly ill enemy v and ancl the th battery ri to its position and once moro more opened fire goaded on oil by the repulse that followell followed thu cul itiL lu the charge find am tile the conflict became bloody iu in the extreme the fired so rapidly allt guru became avci heated ahe sur civill took other ones froni from th tin hands of if their dead comrades com rides of chov were plenty the loss of tho the eight third ans out liKht find IS lills ing sing this number with the jobs at agues aiu es bitile a total in four days lay of sei out of WA am thit entered the fight 1 tho killil and those who died of 0 wounds wit H ill or one nian mail in evely ove five the next battle b irtle of the I agaty third KIS tit nt second bull run aug au 31 ISU it then numbered men und find wit liia leil led by col it 11 y S campbell in Nl division divis divi mn ion of fitz jolin john porters corps corp it took pirl part in tile the charge upon stonewall Jack Jackio sun iii poa ios tion tit ill the fi fanilu inous 4 railway cut the nd iid vatice vii made at double quick itaro dicross o va ra open fit field by Cd lliter r hud find 1 acut col campbell Cum thi the in major ajor mid and I 1 i 1 i I tain were wounded 2 H killil killi l and it deith death list of ell rolled up in it 11 berf the total lit in killed and wa iva 9 0 cit 11 ard P 1 been wounded it the thelic liend dof of the regiment lit II 11 hill ill find and bo its commanding officer had beto bet a shot down for tile the fourth fell rth time at Antic tarri the eighty third escaped loss fit at fredericksburg it charged up lip t ta the tone stone wall toabe to the of the column a very daring darin movement luo that thai coit but few men however chancellorsville ans another lucky field for the eighty third but at gettysburg it found I 1 i place cf honor tit at little round hound top on july 2 col strong vincent who had succeed ul Ic lilue it in the colonelcy led tile the of which his regiment formed pirt part lind and assumed the he responsibility of taking it upon round hound top when that position was about to fall into the hands of the confederates the eighty third was posted in the valo val between round hound toland little round hound top a pass selected hele cUil by the confederate gen to reach the covet coveted ap d iii hill 1 I 1 in t hat vale took look place some of the deadliest hah figh ins iniz of the field col vincent stood up ill i lofty rock to encourage his troops anil and f dt determined were hi hii ann nit n to imitate tl valor that non combatants seized kukets front from the fallen ami entered alie rinka ranks life lie color beirer bearer placid placed d the flag flagar Wr in ill the crevice of it a howl boulder bowlder ler anil and plied ins 1114 4 rifle vil val I 1 porously death was reaping fing a harvest hir vest sill all around and the regardless regard less of u the slaughter iu in their front ranks bauks swarmed swat wed on the motin mountain utia tadej i A LI os round TOP capt hazlett azlett II battery was aiding vincents men wivi was killed lit at his gun anil col Ollo urke of the one hundred anil and fortieth new ew york was waa shot down as lie he led his bis regiment to their support col vincent soon fell with a mortal niort ill wound but the light went on oil until hoods charge was effectually repulsed the loss loia of the regiment was 40 the death 11 list being 18 tile the fineu hall hail fought behind sheltering bo boulders bowl wIde ders and thus tilt the casualties dis unities were coin comparatively pit rati vel y slight the eighty thiril third filtered entered the wilderness campaign in the spring of 1801 in ill s brigade War warrens reus fifth corps II illicit opened tile the battle tit nt the llie wilderness on anity M ay iy band 5 and the regiment ent lost a 20 killed and wounded on that fiell field at Spott sylvanin opened tile the light Warren corps led tile the marc marchett hitt in the attempt to scie tle the court lou loue house e chogen the generals cx petted to encounter nothing more than bluins r cavalry I 1 valry outputs out pots but when the kibly third attempted to brush bresli way away a tile the opposition met at laurel hill it found a line of confederate works manned with infantry blocking tile the rond road A galling allina musket ry tire rire saluted the advance but the tha fixed bayonets layo nets ou on all clr march and dished upon the barricade mally inen over alfid plied the bayonet even taking some find aud send in mg them thrisi bick back to the rear lvery tilot the works w was dand i oine of the number severely the regiment meanwhile its ainu ettli iu in at a few paces of tile barricade find and poured in ill a 1 AL until its ranks were feat fully depleted the i olor bearer was wo wounded at the beginning of the charge and the colors left his hi hands handi ile he iki i ifa seized the flig flag again find and planted it on oil the breastworks but receiving leechin leech in another wound in the life breast hurled the lindner bick back to tile tha rear ni here it wai secured b other hands lacking I hup sup the regiment finally retreated after losing lA killed wounded aud missing the death list in the end reached 57 7 spoils kiima MUS the sixth find libb great of the avgi ari anent in aliese aix gaines Gi tines till mill malvea ii a 11 ill second llull ittin gettysburg wilder ue 9 and SIOUS tia the 1 death lifton oil the field amounted to lo 1 and the record shows chows how great tile tho loss of life may be in negative lighting fighting tile tho regiment had stormed no battel ies and carried n no I 1 key po 0 y blood its ground valiantly I while there was liepe vainly all and again with but buness less dui ina the ibo remainder of the campaign camp to Pe the lite loss was slight at peebles farm petersburg on sept 30 ISA tile regiment reduced to a battalion charged upon if a confederate redoubt planted its banner upon the parapet and learned after lung long scars cars of bloody vork liow how sil SH eat is the table of bictory it its osa loss in that allair affair was 10 killed li lied therein tho mem of the first anil and last IlLs was of aliis number itria killed or wounded tile total deaths deatti sin in battle was 2821 the deaths by dis disease cao etc cie Uni amounted bunted to IM of the wounded were perina bently disabled and hence tile waste if in aggregate amounted to or 40 per benl aeilt of 0 tile the hardy young country los lios who went out in tho bloom of health to battle fur their country to this should bo be added lite permanently dl dis by disease and hardship and it would be interesting to know what proportion of the men who bluck to tho the colors escaped either wound ceata stroke or permanent dieiso di IN eiso caso groage L U |