Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 June 1894 — Page 4

THE BANNER TIMES. GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY. Jl NE 1

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THE “ROI'MHIKAIIS.”

SUGGESTIVE SYNONYM OF THE ONEHUNDREDTH PENNSYLVANIA VOLS.

f’]« <lK< <1 to ( rniii'.wllhtn laitli mid loyalty mihI t*» "t.o li.fo Itattl** WTtli Billion In Xlieir I hroa^li Blood and Fli'»*

Tl»«*y I'rovfd tli«* Tith* <>ood.

Tower Fort, near rx'eesaionville. 'JTie work Wii» a Htron^ one, coiunianding the road to Charleston. Colonel I measure led a brigiule of the assailants, whieh iiiclud«Hl his Hound heads and the Highlanders. They were in the second line and faced the enemy s hot test tin*. I he historian of the Highlanders, who was a participant, penned this lively description of the u> j

hau 1T:

Noticing that the heaviest lighting was ou the right of the fort, we bore off in that direction and elao-red lustily as we n . < hed the ah- i atN and ditch. We found the only approach to be a narrow'pa-sageway between thofort and rifle pits. Through this, led by our gallant ! commanding offic er, many of our men pushed their way and reached the parapet of the* fort, j Here fora fvw minutes we were targets for the ! enemy’s rifles, and a number of us who had ‘ ; mounted dropped into the ditc h, followed by many others w ho had reached the edge, taking i I such positions as would enable us to prevent ’ the enemy I roiu serving the gunsandalso to pic k off any w ho migiit show themselvesabo\ e the parapet. This duty was well performed, arid while thus engaged and anxiously looking for re-en-forcements one or two regiments appeared, ad-

Deans wevt-ns rvpli«i. wiiviiik lil* bnnU *tand on ct-finony wln*n the miiUi corps toward the I’emihyIvaniiins. Thi n to I.eu (X)U ia l,- useful in helping them out of a

sure * Ho’umilit i‘ts.

Battles and I- -esof the n-gim. nt.

kutv Kearny said. “Swfep ev< rythlng liefore you.” Sweep they iliil toward the woodland, w h< n Stonewall Jim k»on - ret trails lay e,uii'cal,si. Storm" ol hullcts gra|»e uml shedl received them. 'Mth n‘ turn volleyH they inovetl on obliquely, dashing for the famous railroad cut. from which they drove the enemy. The loss on that Held was fearful—1 K» shot down and

tight place. Hancock performed gallant work in the Wilderness on the Hns k road and Plank road, but not with hU S-eond corps alone. leisure's brigade "tw detaehevl to re cnloree the Second corps just after that terrible collision and draw fight in the thicket, where the combatants roamed blindly and clinched for the death like ;x>u.-rs in the jungle. Both

tussle

nearly one half of them killed or mortally 1 ii n( . s rested appalled and baSi'ed

Ix'asun*

Legare's Points.' '- .lames Island, >. * Maiaesas, V *•■ ■ h 1 Chlntllly. Va.. South M 'UiitaihMd.l'" Antiatani. Md ^ .la( k on. Mi"'. - Blue Springs.'fsan.. 1 ('ampbell Sta.. Teiin. 1 Siege ( f KuejtviUe... •' Wildei ue.«", \ a a

Spoils) ixaiiia. Va.. ip Nertli Anna. ^ a - Bcthesda i 'h'reli.Va. 8 t old Harbor. Va 17 - ol Pen rsborg.-M M iuectplosion. \ a — \V, Mon i abroad.Vh. 5 popiar l trovt ('li'rc h I Hax he( '" Itun, Va.. 1 POrt Steadmau, ^ a. —I (in picket line 1

FOR RKNT. I.artre two-st<>ry (11 rooms dwelling lioit"e. flood staple, hie locittion. Hko. K. Bi.akk. i;,j

OSCAR WEBSTER,

PA NTER, PAPER HANGER anq DECORATOR

wounded. Three day* Inter it fought with Kearny and Slevi ns tit t haiitilly, where both of the"e giillunt leaders w. n killed The storming of the South Mountain

lart^siosMi

heads elimbetl up w ith theeolutun at Fox s Gap. losing :;ii kilhsl and wounded. At Antietam and Fnilerleksburg the re"i ment acted as skirmishers and met with

only si irht h ps"e».

The Ninth corps troops might well be called the flying legions of the army. In the winter m lathi two of Burnside’s old division", including laa-ure s brigade, transferred to Kentucky ami later

1 -nedmi^m-pi ... «ui '-^ink

(Copyright, tsnt. to Aiii. ii. an i , re"s As".gdallou. Itiaik riglita reserved.]

AUI.V in the war

,•5 (l O there was a baud

of ^(Ki I’ennsylva

JL' • n i ti 111ilitiaiM.il

E r ;s.

g ii a r cl i ii g I lie hridgt'H on (iwn ! powder river, Mary la ml,* w ho provcnl ihnnsHvcf* c a p i t ci l Kohliurtf j

. from I la* start.

They had l»cen drumiiKHl up I* 1 | cm utral Deimsyl-

vnnin l ya > iunr? lawvc*rof Now Castle, Captain Daniel Icasun*. and when the ! thr«M* moiiths h rmc ,pirt*cl hr went to the MM-nflary of war and asked authority to j raise an independent regiment. ‘Yes, rap tain,said the Mc-retaiy, (’ameroti, 4 if j tliey will lie soldie rs ns good as those on I the* (iunpowder—110*11 who hold slavery to be a sin against God and a c rime against humanity—and will carry their Bibles

into hat 1 lr. “

“I have no other kind to bring, ** re sponded t he captain. ‘All rightexclaimed General Scott, 1 who chanced to he prcM*nt W e will cal)

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iiiK which we .-.topped firing for a moment and gave three ringing cheers. This relaxation of our vigilance gave* the enemy time to reload their guns, which were instantly discharged at the ad vam-ing columns, c ausing them to break

and full hack.

Colonel Deasure, speaking of the Hound heads in that tight, said: At this point, together with the left wing of the Highlanders, we entered the* range of a perfect storm of grape, canister, nails, broken glass and pieces of chain tired from three very large* cannon on the fort which completely swept every foot of ground within the range

them * Roundheads. ’

Twenty clays later the organization was full, and t he secret ary telegraphed to Pittsburg. “(’ohmel Dcnsurc will come at once to Washington with his Hound head regl ment.” Tim synonym suited the men, for they were descendants of Scotch and Irish Cromwellians. When the officers’ com missions reached camp at the front, they were found to )h* made nut in One Hun dredth Hennsylvunia Volunteers. Tim lirefc real war in which the* Hound heads engaged was on Du J’ont’s exp«*di lion to Port Royal and Beaufort in the fall of 18(11. The enterprise gradually extend ed until in .lime*, 18(12, it was determined to move on Charleston. The Houndheuds and the Seventy ninth New York High landers, two regiments whose* iiiciuImts “clanned” like brothers of the blood throughout tln ir term of service, landed on James island under lire of the enemy’s guns, captured the* shore butteries, seized ivegarevillo and established a fortified base in the swampy lowlands for future operations. On the Kith of June the* little* army of General Isaac I. Stevens assaulted

i’.i plfc.

Vicksburg. After the* victory they joiniHi Sherman in his march toward the Interior and fought at Jackson from July 10to 17. Next tliey ret raced tlcirsteps to Kentucky Mild maiched with Burnside s columns to Knoxville. In the lines at Fort Sanders the Kotimlhemls met their old opponents of Bull Hun and South Mountain, Longstrc*et’s doughty bjvttulions, and took vengeance for their losst*s at Groveton and Fox’s (iap. When Fort Saunders was assau 11c*d on Sunday morning, Nov. 20, Company A of the Houndheads hurried to the walls in the* northwest corner, where they beat off the intrepid Virginians with cluldied rifles and « veil axes. It was a one hided fight, hut the Roundheads lost 2 killed and .*> wounded, the only Union cas 1 imlties in that (ptartsT, while the ditch outside was strewn with Confederate victims. Soon after t he siege ended and while ex perieneing misi lies of cold and hunger ! fully equal to those of Washington’s army at Valley Forge, subsisting on a ration of two ears of corn per day, with clothing r< dimed to tatters by hard campaigning, many without slums, overcoats and blan- | kets, these indomitable veterans re enlist ed for the war. Captain Leasure was I right His Hennsylvaniaiis had thestutY of the Cromwells in them. Back to Virginia they marched to share the hard fighting 1 wit h but little of t he honorof t ho Army of the Potomac. The men of old Sixth, l iftli

MAJOR HAMII TON, KII t-KDAT Tilt T. Ml R” ! f.Al l I K. and either cut tlie men down or drove them tc | the shelter if the ravine. Many of the men | reached the foot "t the embank ment, and sunn succeeded in niot.niing it, with 11 lew brave j Highlanders. In tin* ranks of the Rotindiieads Diwen | killed and .‘52 wounded within :«> inlmiti s. < 'Dm warm, sultry weather and t lie low j marshy ground:-of James Island wen*, at? fatal as chargingtlie enemy's guiiH, ami on being ordcr- d to Virginia in July the reg- i imciit mustored only JOO for duty. It I marcluHl into battle at SimmuuI Hull Hun. t in Stevens’ ilivision of tin* Ninth corps. ! In tla* action at Graviton, when Sigcl s | line was outflanked and overwhclnied, Stevens and Phil Kearny were sent to hi.aid. Sevens’ troops wen* drawn from him in detachments until hr had only part of bensurr’s brigade dUrngagvd, ami Kearny rode up in person to borrow them. “Will they flghtF’ said he to Stwcns. “Yes, by ; these are my Hound-

onlcn tl by Hj:nc«i< k to leap his inctt over the wot!." ittid ( leaf the cm my from ( hi* front. He chaff!**! acf**** the entire space IcnprtliwlM' of the lines, driving in Confederate tU riiejiments and penetrutin>: to a 1 tne of i ntrenchntents ti 1 let! with men. The pround was stn wn w ith dead and the

dry forest in flames.

The dining recoilnoissnnee proved that the enemy Wa-< iit of the liKht, tein|Hirti

Total.

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\.-Itic Grant Not kiiKaKcd.

Nkw Voiik. .Tniie Id—A reinirt that Nellie (irant Sartoris is engaged to (General Hetirv K. Douglass of Marylainl is denied hy the fautily. Mrs. Sartoris w now in this city with her mother, at the if Colonel Fred D. (irant. Mrs.

Ml Work rromptl.v Mtcndcd to. iw Satisfaction (i

oarantci,)

rarer llanginf: and I'atdiii;

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tie later the lire spread tothe 1 nion hrenst

st ta.i vsr oi.ivi i; at koht stkhmas. and Si corps eotisidered themselves

works, ami the troops ina|Hirtion of them retreated before the Haim'S. The Confederates promptly seized Ihcahandoned line" and were as pisnnptly driven out at the jsiint of the liayolict hy Is'HSttre's ineii. led hy the Roundheads. At Spottsylvania a wis k later the regiinent lost Ido men in the charges on the enemy s works. On this field the Knundheads and Highlanders parted company, but not without a tom lx ing display of the ehivnlrie ties which bound them as comrades. The time ol the Highlanders expired.and they were (iff duty visiting the bivouacs of the Pennsylvanians. One day Colonel Kensurc found the line on the left of the Roundheads short of defenders, and the Highlanders volun tec red to fill the gap. The enemy charged the position and was repulsed, hut not un-

til some gallant Scot* had fallen. In every subsequent battle of the cam-

paign until Petersburg was invested the Roundheads lost men killed and wounded. At Cold Harbor. JuneS, and in the Petersburg assaults, Juno 17, the loss was heavy.

that such a report was m circulation and said: "Ah sister is not engaged to Mr.

Douglas or any one else."

Done neatly, cheaply and with prompt ness.

00X773.

R B. HURLEY

i, ,■T" aThe elephants cared for.

News from Berlin says: The ar-1 -

Daily

rest it „

cnarged with counterfeiting English and

rest ill H-nnhur- recently of three men If you have a house Mr sale or rent.;,, l ( st m J l.tntmu „ n ( on. . . , tt is proving uti (-leplntnt on your hands. '

us took after it. We ll sell it or let it. as v ,

Aiuencan not > was the outcome of inquiries started by the Hattie of Fttgland and one of the national hunks of New York three years ago. It is said that there is an organized gang of the counterfeiters operating in Euro]ie. and it is pro ha hie that numerous arrests will be

made in foreign towns.

us look after It. w e II sen ll oi ICI M. .is,, wish, if there's a possible customer hi t.i'w,

Ktvet that fact we'H clinch it.

in your mind, then call t

Convicted of Stealing Honda.

Saginaw. Mich., June Id.—V B. Parsons was convicted last evening of stealing railroad bunds valued at tf4fid,(Hitl from the Wells-Stone Mercantile company, his former employer. Parsons had been a trusted clerk and stood high

f A/, f IIURLJIY, Insurance, Real Estate, and Loan. . . .

Hunk Ibiilci,; •

Siv<*nti Flour, E’irsi

Nut ionul

1-ly

“Simplest and BcstA THE FRANKLIN

Lieutenant Colonel M M Dawson, the | socially. His di tense was largely an at-

to show tluit a tnend in (Irand

had sent tin- bonds

commander, was kilhsl June IT.

In the "(’rater" fight, July dO, over 20 were sacrificed, and the commander. Ma jor Thoiiias J. Hamilton, was mortally wounded. Three hattlesoli the liloedy and contentious “let.'' during the fall In creased the roll of honor of killed and brings the record down to the last thrilling episode of the Ninth corps. Before daylight on the morning of March -’o, Ist;;,. Gordon's Georgians breached the I'nion lines at Fort Htcdman andadv.aneed down the hreastvvorks occupied hy the Round beads The right eompaiiies rallied !«' hind an old breastwork in the rear, and tlie left at Fort Haskell. From these posi lions they poured a relentless fire into the Colifedenites oecupying their late cantonment. The commander. 1.lenten unt Colonel J. II. Pentecost, was killed early in the engagement His successor. Major Maxwell, with a small party of Houndlu tuls and comrade" of the brigade, charged down the line, recapturing Fort Stedmun. including prisoners and battle (lags The I toll ltd heads secured five flags. The color hearer, Charles Oliver, captured one hy knocking down with his fist the

Confederate who carried it.

The regiment suffered 887 wounds all told, of which ‘.’18 were mortal. Among

tempt

Rapids to whom he

for safe keeping was ’really the culprit.

Says .hli.v l»«*;»n Killed Them. New York, June 18.—George and Herman Broestor, sons of Herman Broaster, are dead, and the health department is investigating. The physician reports that death was due to ptomaine poisoning, contracted from eating kidney stew. A letter from a neighbor informed the officials that the deaths were caused by eating a confection called jelly beans.

'SSAi-.

( < apt iii't* u Train* Di.'.vi-.it, June 18.—A freight train on the Gulf road was captured at La Salle by 400 Coxeyites who left Denver last week for Washington. An engineer from the ranks took charge of the engine and ran 1o Sterling, where it was sidetracked and will remain as long ;is the army stays in the vicinity.

TYPEWRITER.

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SIMPLE;

the hitter were Iff ntthvrs, inrludin^r, Ik?- i Northwestern

l>i*4*i iKin to a I mv4*rsity.

Chicago, June 18.—William Deering. Hie harvest machine manufacturer, has given sou.min to the medical school of the

PRICE, $60 co.

Has fewer parts by hal!. and weighs less by hall,!

than any- other type-bar inaehiu ; Standard Keyboard—forty keys, pri: ing eighty-one characters. Alignment perfect and permanent. Work in sight us soon ns written, and so remains. Interchangeable parts. Constructed mm i pi j" | entirely ol metal, of UUnMDLiL ! t uc best quality, and by the most skilled workmen. Unequalcd for manifold and mimeograph work. Carriage lock." at end of line, insuring neatness. Type cleaned iu five seconds, without

the elect of tlie service, vet t! -y didn’t

sides tlie eommanders mentioned, o captains and 8 lieutenants. The bivouacs of these dead Cromwellians lie in six different stales, hut their requiems arc sung only in tlio peaceful valley of the Fhcnango, where the kitli and kin perpetuate tlie iron faith and loyal hiood of Colonel 1 ,ea

university. ' The gift is to 8oili ”« ,he ® n «? rs * t1an i £ ! 2™ e 'ii

tie used in founding a new professorship in honor of Dr. N. S. Davis of this city.

New York («iil»«*rimt(M'ial Candidate. Bt i f vis > June 18.—James A. Roberts, comptroller of the state, is avowedly a candidate for governor.

SPEEDY

pcaranee and character of work. Speed limited

only hy the skill of the operutot Wgond for Catalogue and specimen of work, X FRANKLIN EDUCATIONAL CO.

250 & 252 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO.

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'Sni ur. /*;. s////’/./•:v.' ()c'iilist. <■ i ves his i ime anil intention to making I'xaminations of the eye titul fitting glasses to correet till Optii'tll <lefeofs. Makes no elitirge for ext ininatiott and charges regular price" only for speciaclcs sold liy Iiim.

Ms

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• iptical Ftietory second floor wltere all spectacles are nuide I" order, hi West \\ ashi11gtoti Street.

Will be Continued

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D’A’V’S

But under no circumstances will it last longer than June 22. Many of my old customers I’ have wanted to take advantage of my special 30 day sale just ended, hut have faded t~ do so on account of not having been able to get their money. Many of such have e irn* estly requested that 1 continue the sale a few days longer that they may have a t ham / 1 JBi l his is realiv acainst mv wav of doine. and vet the nro^nr,. io d, . ,1 ■ ‘ * IwWl

Clocks like this sale.

the above £4.00 during

4.1ICH. 1 klllCIV. naic 11 Itvv Ucl^ ^ HJIlger lllHl

This is really against my way of doing, and yet the pressure is so strong that fcannnihelp but yield. So that in order that all may take advantage of this/rea/sale 'l w 11 i continue it until June 22, but under no condition longer than that. * “ ’ j

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