Show ONE FREAK OF WAR AVAR PARALLEL RECORDS OF A UNION AND A confederate REGIMENT strangely Ident ival in origin they often and beio once op polled on tho saints bield their billed nuil and vt ded brally equal lutyi ellit ISM IRM liy by american pi ess assoria lion hunk reserved I 1 U P I 1 0 S II 11 that dueling had been beau adopted isa lueth od for st etling om rb rebellion ellion quarrel Z it waa ivas not but Z i there ethere feie meie eie duels I 1 J nevertheless nc fie ca cording ding to the ree rec olds ya 1111 n in fil tile north in fit clio contest for finst place oil I 1 lie I 1 loll 1011 ol 01 I 1 ot of honor find a t 11 fie over 7 7 per cent c I 1 her quota of sol but diers met death ou on the youth south ci tho the so Boul it lit lierD e r a ind and sacrificed over 23 per cent of her military population us its in 1841 1110 the be combat covili at been left to these 1 the I 1 he keystone would have annilo 1 palmetto and come antor out of theaon t test est with nn an army large enough to intili adato the pite if so disposed ed south Caro carolina liua furnished the regiment that lost loht the highest number killed in ili batilo during the war orrl fairet south carolina little w which piled ill ap a death roll of she aho fui furnished dished one cute tor for mckonl place on the alic southern side tho the ficht south carolina volunteers which berred 2881 the ali arst st chice on oil the union side was wc s taken by the lie fifth new hampshire c with it bedic of aji and tile place fill to a pennsylvania regiment the eighty thaid which hall a list lisit of hire bc bekich ins another duel dael between Ie keystone tind and pill metto tho the highby third rolled up a of killed and vi wounded the deaths as aa beloro stated reaching ren cUing MI tho the fairet south Car barolini oliTIA had killed aul wounded the dettelis duit lis blaring bi 21 T thu w eig lighty ty chii A pennsylvania came into inlo being acin wt as a reorganization of a 1 biegi went ca composed of volunteer and militia mili tit companies that re respond cd to president Lincol ns s farsi call rind served month the colonel at the lead of both regiments regiment john W McL itne lial had served its as a s it a volunteer officer in fit the mexican war and distinguished himself as asa a master in organization tind and drill the first south carolina t had i Kini ilir history lil story for it was vaa for med out jut of the disbanded disband cd first south carolina of 0 the iron visional army called into ICI being 6 by the convention when tile lie state seceded in december acci ISM that t was wa 4 made up tip of old com coin pull panics and the wile antefix F ix thi chii I 1 provisions provi siona ional regiment nud tho the one ona formed out of it wei acie 0 created and kl IM by the same colonel maxcy gress gregg vi ho lial had lia l been a volunteer officer in fit the mexican war alid bit had I 1 c J as an able di dih h C cip I 1 till curnin 1 a atia of hill anti and it happened that atthe it at lie very time to a month and and almost to it i dij x lien hen col gregs gregg was getting his 11 I 1 men ian out of old liar hal ness nebs into new cew find and tot to iTching citing them up fill N mith ith dij duj WAS dol nsf 7 0 his stone boys j I 1 lighty I alty third was ready tor for orders in it OW allx di of ow 1861 and 1 I the first south carolina Cr olini 10 60 1 0 each wet went to their respective station for igni nem to place in ibs tl linn line ki tl oth both began i nig carriers oil oi the nime lay day and on I 1 lie saino dald within long range alla shot of each cach other the num bared about aa 5 0 men the carolinians botn but 1 I tulle tiff leless less they were not di opp opposed used upon that ali it field gaines mill juno june 20 lwe SC nor upon uny any other except fit at anna va may mayal 21 but wele engaged for the llie whole three years in fit tile tho opposing armies of northern virginia and tile the ILL illonal potomac often ou oil t battle ground no canil fu ful coin comparison cou could ill beigh heighten tell the parallel par illel the regiments started fairly equal nia and both were in the thickest of the light fight wit varying number cri engaged find and varming vi birin rin losses in different battles battle against tempered by the sallie hent they emerge coergel with a net result almot almost equal oh no ilo not a duel but very like it il the south carolinians sti uck hard lines in that first fight fit at gullies games mill they were brigaded with four other regiments front from the same bbate and col gregg bt be luader of tile whole co column lunin bu i ness by tin an order to charge capt copt edwards 1 r regular ular batteries sup poil fd by warrens Wa irena regular infantry in As often happens the prior poor fellows wire com coin belled to stand bland idly and look death in fit the face a I long ing ahne before the clio woid cameta come to go the fint was in the front lineard line anil m ulo its way blovely under ire front th alis battery through a tangled thicket aa boon ai it was clear of the thicket t rio about to across tin an open litle wn witt brigade chirped chir ged cil upon it ani with one deadly volley like t blast ablass froin froia 4 al 16 J GEN CEN MAXCY C Y killed tit fit freddi inferno swept the front rinks ranks froin tha tarth earth the color guard went down ton to a man aud and the colonel 11 II 1 I hamilton took the flag and called upon his mn men to stand gieng seeing the llie laughter find and tile of to advance or the regiment to tillro by filing the intervals Interval of taci ccone line the colonel I 1 captain and 3 lieutenants i ere killed and 5 lieutenants i avre woun wounded duil ani and 20 inert wits e killed find and 13 wounded in all the first v fasot aa not engaged I 1 agiou gah until second null bull run aug 29 faring better than its union double N which fifth Mi i its isteni ten I 1 illy bly liuni bed fit at hill four days lifter after gaines mill at second bull 1 alun uri alie lie carolina brigade was ordered to do de fend the fanions railroad I cut which w ia stonewall all key in fit that dep erab contest the first was kent across the cut alii r misi jers to lo meet an attacking column red retiring ri ng step by step under L lire I 1 it t rejoined its title line behind tile cut and helped FI repulse ulL tho lite union charge at times fighting the cherny lit al ten tell paces 1 excited ulu nun often lulled lu liol ahead of their innis and grappled in if deadly combat officers used bleir ain aiva ht lipit ir mui man IQ in the alo last int hours or moments vi peri nips pIt of 0 tile land to hand iaru 9 le the first lost its quota for or the day adf and came out I 1 minus u inu 21 killed and wounded ft a total or of uj out of 0 taken into inlo tile the right light its ing ingo officer lucer maj mccrady was among life wounded the idt afternoon alio third Ica nii ivania upon aliat that I 1 A irois cu t then at ended by other troops and lost 2 commanding officers wounded in quick find 07 men out jut of in the hie MarIR M irli ind Ild ig D follo wim second hull bull inn un the south li aird ii ia lie victory at harpers varry and late en tle bobiy I 1 etli of double quaked to Antle tatu ju L to in to burgle their drad dead with ala lalan around tin the dunker church the 1 I 1 11 it st lol 31 in inin ini lu n 01 olt t of its I 1 t 8 1 ost cr of les le in ss s than IA I 1 A lo at in fit follo toll oMing ing it again found a N tit fit corner narby ay iy bouc no of those accidents of battle tant do not licit lessen tie he sting tf if bullets even ii I 1 they ti il no victon cs G i occupied cupi edthe the second line in front of a position c chargui by union troops there was a gnp gap in III tile the front line and a union column burst through and struck the liitt companion regiment 01 oils IS south cal 11 hills suddenly ai to it into confusion confute ion tile first blood next to the rifle and its coin anander immediately swung it arouni tit nt right angles with theold the te enci enemas nys advance ag again tin clio ight fight raged rag atai R aims ins length or a few paces at most aud the icim stood its bitsi gr groenil until supports f oits leached beached the biot the affair cost coit 3 officers and 13 15 men inen killed and 4 ceri i awl ami 53 inen ineil wounded 6 62 2 1 in it fill all gregg was killed in ili the lie gal eap trying tj t L j right things and another colonel of the bi brigade samuel took command tn mantl giving his name to the clon alie lit firt have been wiped out fit at fi fiad cd ei ericksburg but fur the n of its wound id d 10 0 o duty 1 U t y ZI and ild t I 1 L C S I 1 I 1 re wd C on red I 1 ra to system or of conscripting into old organ izat oils by the time lime stonewall jackson who wa wat t its corps leader while lie lived on the karpath warpath to double up tip the union urmy the regiment hod hall picked up ft a lighting fighting of SW and atai tol out on oil sunday morning mily may 0 3 8 to ill drive lve old Stonewall Stone walls sl wedge colne holne to the heart he rt of floo kers camp at 3 6 6 f T 3 gw al 11 10 et e Z r r r ar tot llin saili faill c 11 us at u was wa expected for sickles Sic klei third thir fi i 1 upion UE on corps was moving in fit the saine tile direction direct ion just jut ali ahead clil of if tile johnnies fill binl I 1 lie be hurt fell even to suit lees Lc esIn tilt the pira regiment pas aved ed iu in splendid lino line over r 1 a I bare knoll knol lat nt the life bilse of which Sic sickles klens nien men aljy under over lover the alio caro it so long its in men illen could and then rita back with the army binemy it at t their heir hecl beel 4 i ton toil line or of breastworks in the rear they madea 1 tani stand fit at thu breastworks and hie pursuers tool look a turn nt at owl then ht at running away the first fira lot lost 1 I i killed and SS qs wounded HK iu in nil all with 7 officers olli cers among the fallen illen fi tilt carolina ili 4 ade burchol tot lie fit id gell A k 13 hill was their aln ir borin leader in ill ill place icv of tilt biad cv ill with illi liliu tin rd Itry corps p in me chri PherOL Iq on ii july I 1 As nt at bailles Ga illes s mill it il batteen confronted their and and ca niter into the slip ranks cloudy upun upon I 1 alir lie fi ir rt t regiment alint one piece was the prize of rif the 1 I alliry t hey dashed forward v without hont it until float floating ingin in tit alia tom if tile firt confederate flag ill getty bur burk one clay liter later almost to an i hour lit fit the other oilier flank of nf the same field the tha eighty third ician ly to tode feud ionna top with M etli buccey buc ces equal to that it of tile in fit the first lost I 1 officer mad 19 10 men killed 0 officers nud find 04 94 lacu wounded 1120 in all blikh bich vas more than balf its membership member shi it in I 1 if the wilderness batt ball le ie on may 5 3 abul tile the first led its Iniga aind division in ill in ila attack oil thu union left ou oil the oran orange orana a plank road and nt fit the shiu hour 1 ita double the eighty item 1 sylvaniel syl vanill had tile place of honor in ili a union uziro n attack attach on the confederate left tilling tile turnpike i couple of guilea distant both regiments suffered in fit the en ansuini ahlee days daya the lirt w ith it 11 loss iosi of it IG killed awl and 1114 wounded wound cl besides G offitt rs killel at spott i week later tho clio faist Iii bt reduced ton to a entered the balooly nio Blo oily oly angle matli ith its brigade in the forlai it nt fit tempt to bold length its commander prid and 5 other officers ficen of were wounded the in fit killed and thu the ranks 10 lost 4 IJ killed and 31 wounded at the lad ind of another week after st two ears of tins e et the two I 1 en ts f n 1 aly tit J ito ford I 1 ord not th anna liver on tile the road to richmond the fiat at thebe the head adof of McGow mcgowans aits brigado brigade and ran into a battery supported by the pennsylvanians ians tile grappled for tin an instant the commander of the carolina Caroli nl brigide brig ide was captured by one of the Eighty third and the leader of the first was killed in fit hie thenie luelee lee the first lost 3 2 i i the highest in tiny any battle of its career bloody cold harbor next following both escaped still and through the of petersburg their lines run rail separate again though with losses almost at the close the bigades to which each belonged were bupp oits to companion bil gades ales that fought tit nt white oak cload march 31 1 isa i late meek before lox the abruptly find and neither r int was st severely verely engaged but the co colonel et on el ot of the first was shut dead by a stray bullet this was the last death in ibe regiment and the store b ore stood 1 51 the record 0 of wounded closed april 2 when at len thu major commanding and onu olle captain were ahot down making maki a KM in all on march 31 also tho the eighty scored scora d mil deaths deat liv and on april I 1 added I 1 ilak illg aa loi 10 ingles illg its record of mounded at tile barlitt bamo time thile ho alic duelists stood nt t appomattox V 0 against 07 1 casualties li oc la tile thu battIt field almost the maximum 1 war of a regiment GLORGE L elmer |