Show FIGHTING FIFTH LANT BATTLE RECORD OF NEW EW YORK lied in orto oon week they opened tile the first blattle of tile war avar 1 in ith alio cam I 1 11 of f fought in a sion blon of mil by Arrie american rican press Ass assouta octa tion dook book rights reserved I 1 are not so no savage as they look to lie bo when in t full battle trim bet if the lighting fighting i records of those these clad soldiers soldie rii durin durum the civil war were not tit up to t alic ie gnp pp u I 1 a r 41 fl tit lib the be gloning by their warlike make up ip etwas it was no fault or of the men lieu i accords are largely a matter of accident troops fight where ami when they tire aro told nul and it does not fill fall to lo thu the lot of eve eveia ay iy body boily of tol diers to lo be a sent into the llie thick ot of tile the fray tile as a distinct cl cleio ms dropped out of sight htiU iu the guiou in toi c alie bloody period of the war wits ren died this was becan because their peculiar nui uniform forni was discarded and with tins this rone gone they became caless simply ill ply soldiers like the rest althou gli in lhost cases their zolae designations were adhered to tons as regimental but although the career of the proper v was as short at a baggy bt y brou trou ered regiment imd had tue the glory of opening the regular lighting fighting of the ilia war ar and the same saine regi had li nl more maii killed in ill a singla battle batth th llian till toy any other organization of the same cla lis clas s daring the war this was the fifth new york volunteers Dur nu yeas at tile battle of hig big vil june 10 which 1 I aich was the firt engagement regularly organized volunteer troops the fifth aliu ball by bv advancing its as li r mi hers id commanded one of the companies and bis inca sot got in the first shots the confederate called Dury ces men inta red leased de il ih a suggested Nug by the wild bandit look given giren them by I 1 their bright red tion sers their saber bayonets and thor their conspicuous on oil the front 4 nf r their belts the fifth was waa raised in ID one niec lifter after president Lincol ns call for volunteers Us ila ft firsti 3 var arof of ice was based sed in the rc gion nair N tt here it received its baliti baptism sin of fire the loner peni null around Fon fogress ress e when lieu the army of the potomac arri arrived arrive Teil 1 in front of rican oil in layl aw 1 21 th abe a were put in ili tile of r resul e fulir tr troops commanded by gen dykus gen G IC warren ai ho was the fir first tt lieu tenant colotel of ahe I 1 lie regiment took command comand and of the fifth and tenth new bew york yorla rind and fought them as a brigade swe hide by side wit vile 1 two 61 of tile llie regular ren lir army alie rast battle in which the agular I 1 division ccok part was gaines dilill june 27 in ili this fight the odds were two to one against the union troops luid and the regulars veto given the task of holding li oldin the right wing As the progressed teed the confederates threw their weight upon tb abi iz a wing acre alie around M us occupied bya by a thin thia line of infantry and some artillery tillery nr in III trout front of warrens brigade there was a wooded rai ine about proul yards distant and dij nij after r two companies of in the woods tor for some hours skirmishers warren withdrew them jil in order to give the artillery tree free play upon the enemy the confederates were vere advancing in ili force to get poss possession assion of the woods and w u lieu lien the zouave zouave skirmishers withdrew they followed them up by a desperate charge against the main line war ten ren promptly oi derol the fifth to it a counter chit charge rge winch they did driving the enemy back to the woods A flesh body ot of confederates then charged ctorn tile the woods wooda upon tile the zou zouave aveL bu but it the gallant mellons persisted and finally croie as sai lants oft the triumph was short however tor fort the lie conf confederate leada rs 1 hurled I new troops upon this point in ii a do de effort ell ait oit to destroy sykes line they could establish batteries on oil high ground behind it and the victory was theirs tor for they could then shell the whole field A second confederate charge was made from the woods slid and the met inet it as before repulsing the advance and forcing their way up tip to tile woods again forthe for alio time their colors were advanced across that ripen open field up to the deiy edge of abe limber the loss lobs was nas appalling and was not dot exceed exceeded Ld in the di dai ision h lon that day except in one case the ti 1 oath united states regulars out or of 41 fid 0 men engaged the fifth lost za 9 killed outright and wounded of the wounded 13 died subsequently quent ly just wore before I 1 the lie last charge AN blieu lieu the ranks of the had bad become thinned out so as to destroy the alignment the regiment was paraded under it a galling fire the gaps caps were closed and the mn men counted off une w leal ing out the alien tion was held by warren until supports sup potts oits came up and the eneany failed to secure the be heights gats they were aiming fur A 1 Q 4 I 1 I 1 IL A V 11 z I 1 5 CLOSING ranes aire two months later at the battle called second bull nun on or grotton Gro eton aug aue 9 OT 1802 tho were brought into action under conditions baill more trying than those at gaines mill till the battle tit nt groveton WI was apparently to the union army until t 1 I 1 nearly 4 in about t eliat leour alio uniti GIL gen n pol pope ILI ok olred acred a an it ad advance va nce of it his Is w hole force on it a line tit lit right tingles angles with tile the warrenton War pike and north of it stonewall jacksons confederate corps fitter a good reir elved on mas I 1 wes westward hastily aud and it was supposed IJ 1101 hopu that IN wad till alone aud could le routed by a asbary chirp attack on his bis light flacil near the pike altz john pur lers corps was gicia tills this task and formed the left I 1 ng of army ti two 0 di dal I 1 starts of pont r h lay north of the pike and one south of it at t the he liine lle the attack commes commenced iced lie division was ordered t leaving left fl k u unprotected tiie ilie extreme point of this hank wa heli ly by hatter lint lei I 1 fifth stated tit tiller Il aylett had taken position on it a n hill in ili order ader to shot in ill nd viLace of loiters Io Poi itera I 1 ito the woods ocell occupied pled by Jack s men the next troops dort north it of millett lett hil bit tery were skea and warrens leml ill of volunteers I 1 the lie I 1 inter itter form forue ing in it 11 resene to syke when warren saw moving movin goff off end and lea lug porters flank dunk exposed lie rl re to rover cover the space pure with nith his force tile tho tenth new york were era 10 lo lc plo plowed ell as ski with foil r coln paulus in aud the fifth regiment entile was posted as supports to iiii latts hattery buttery hati buti I 1 in it a 1 vet y short time little the fort fortunes tines of the lay depended n apon lion porters corps corp and tile the anlo of this corps rested alth whose ful fuit tones iines I 1 ii torii w we C ie le in the hands of the recruited since gaines mill to lu be strong tho idea that jacksons corps was div retreating w hii 11 ll L l it ft miji mistake take and porters nien were nier met on their charge by a force strongly in trenched behind 1 railroad when the Shar BinK ging colit column nin fell back thu this 01 clr tile the hollowed loll fol owed loed up and nd dioz alts bilone poil liu i lonac a tire ili aid of tile ic tiring troops one confederate column tit li pill beaten back by tile tho shots allots of ct guns warren held on with his handful determined to save the buttery battery or lose till nil it in the it effort in a short time lime a new enemy tip peare gutred for there here was aluther mistake made i blat day in ia 1110 at headquarters Jack jacksons ions corp was not alone on alie field wis at liand till flesh tl oops cud aud bilile lie ilk wis was on oil the south side of the pike jackon Jick sou was ic tiring the be coith of it to get act in lioe line with willi him blip LOD holmun 11 wide circuit bringing up lit at last ou oil porters left flank cuik 27 z aiji e tit on C ILI 11 44 HAZLETT D 5 n uy CD to G 41 A war 1 l AT so ns as to envelop it completely ai roi was occupied on liis his front N ith it a force that attacked ili liis skirmishers when the I 1 newer ewer I 1 emy made his appearance and rush rushed II 11 for battery bat lery the tent it fell back how the skirmish title across the trout frolic cf tile the fifth in such it ni way ay as to present thera from lii ili lug ing without hitting friends war ren succeeded in ili extricating the tenth and just as the tha front was clear for the fifth to open fire a sharp sli irp volley wa s anva poured upon it front from the left and i lear hazlett azlett ll was promptly informed bawar by war I 1 ell that his battery was in daller danger nuil aud nt at the sime time the fifth was to iv tire columns I 1 led by the dashing das liing hood it 11 II anderson and V 1 R jones were moving unopposed not noi th by erk eastward stward to the warrenton pike lu ili the apro ir of bittle b ittle warrens com coin mand madd to tlc tia fifth to 10 reached the ears of one captain only when n lie passe pr ased I it to his hii men inen they tood stood 1 still and kept on oil shooting shoo tinK tho rapt captain I 1 n was wounded while dinelt tra tr lug to get liis his inen to move backward its ordered the regimental adjutant caught up tip the word and started to give it to the captains the line hue ile he nias w aa killed before his duty was halt done the regi ragi mental commander capt Cle cleveland whis low had his hi horse shot and the only other held field officer capt lewis lawis was killed still another captain was I 1 killed and two cup call bains anil tour four lieutenants were MOund etl both color bearers wre wire shot down and the color guard sit sulT ered be erdy meanwhile beann Ie anN ill I 1 hazlett azlett II limbered up and was OIL off lie ile hail to it ditch where only ono one car carriage ringe could move at a time but lie sax sued ed e every cry thing thanks to the gallant Zou aves who 1010 lost loit halt half their number in checking tle the enemy the loss of the was in any infantry regiment regiMe ut dui dill lug ing tile the war 1 I dr in a single engagement th a were 3 officers and 83 63 well killed outfight outi ight aind 7 officers and iga men wounded of 0 tile the 1 wounded I 33 died dici subsequently making a total of killed aud and mortally wounded of in neither case at gaines mill lilt nor at groveton was tho the blood poured out in vain lin tho the held their ground at mill lilt until unta re cattle and a key position was prevented biow fallin fulling rr into the hie hinds hands of the enemy at arox Gro iLton port porters errs fi ankwai protected ILI inn d battery bitt cry ww wu s prevented from f full all ing into Coo confederate federate b hands ands etwas ll aylett that tout tool the very nery sime same guns saved saied that darity day by the up tip the rocky it incent cent of little hound at anda bied the dai da on oil july 2 when troops troop tried tri to repeat thur aud and demolish tile the left flank of meades army in ili these two mo battles the tha fifth must mustered eted an all aggie aggregate gate of aia men its losses in killed wounded amounted to the in killed of 0 those engaged was 12 at gaines mill and 24 nt at second hull bull kun during its term of bei ei vice the regi anent lost by death of them from attle shots and 21 24 wounded oun ded and recovered reco recoil red ered the regiment was mustered out c f service in may lay 1863 it at tile lie expiration I 1 ton of I 1 its is terin of in t 0 3 ears I 1 its Is coloni 1 nt ili the time Clev cleveland clarid winslow Wins immediately raised the fifth new yolk boik veteran degl tile tit using tile the old command comm ind us as it nucleus the fifth veteran served to the end of ahe war unit anti lost ost its first commander killed hilled nt at cold and its itam second cond col winthrop tit lit five forks the first udo net cel of the zouave fifth was abram bit nur k lee who organized argani zell D it ra ee eeb brigade gen ell 11 II 11 dai tunics acs ics the cavalas in in ill lind gen J 13 hamblin llam blin were era call tannin the when it buti ted to the ihu trout front in fit MI lid gen warren was its l cond colonel and gen hiram dumea the third alio femc of Duri eeB was such that the hie name naine was adopted by bv the one alid sixth fifth new york S zonal efa and bythe by the fourth regiment regime ut Xit ional guard GEORGE L kilmer |