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gallant major replied, "Charge it is." "Forward, charge !" vvas the order I gave, and Major Pye gave the same command. \\rp were receiving a fearfully destructive fire from the hidden enemy Men who had been shot were leaving the ranks in crowds. With the colors at the advance point, the regiment firmlj' and hurriedly moved forward, while the whole field behind streamed with men who had been shot, and who were struggling to the rear or' sinking in death upon the ground. The only commands I gave as we advanced, were, "Align on the colors! Close up on the colors ! Close up on the colors ! " The regiment was being so broken up that this order alone could hold the body together. Meanwhile the colors fell upon the ground several times but werej raised again by the heroes of the color guard. Four hundred and twenty men started in the regiment from the turnpike fence,! of whom about two hundred and forty reached the railroad cut.' Years afterward I found the distance passed over to be onej hundred and seventy-five paces. Every officer proved brave, true, and heroic in encouraging the men to breast the deadly storm, I but the real impetus was the eager and determined valor of our men who carried muskets in the ranks. I noticed the motions of our "Tall Sycamore," Captain J. H. Marston, who commanded company "E." His long arras were stretched out as if to gather his men together and push them forward. At a crisis he rose to his full height, and he was the tallest man in the regiment, ex¬ cepting Levi Steadman of company "I," who was killed on this charge. How the rebels happened to miss Captain Marston I cannot comprehend. Second Lieutenant O. B. Chapman, com¬ manding company "C," fell dead while on the charge. The commission of Lieutenant Thomas Kerr as captain of company "D," bears the proud date of July first, 1863—in recognition ot his conduct. The rebel color was seen waving defiantly above the edge of the railroad cut. A heroic ambition to capture it took possession of several of our men. Corporal Eggleston, of company "H," sprang forward to seize it, and was shot and mor¬ tally wounded. Private Anderson, of his company, furious at the killing of his brave young comrade, recked little for the rebel color, but he swung aloft his musket and with a terrific blow split the skull of the rebel who had shot young Eggleston. Tli^^
Object Description
| Title | Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Source Title | Rufus R. Dawes' Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Regiment | 6th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Dawes, Rufus R. (Rufus Robinson), 1838-1899 |
| Description | Rufus Dawes (1838-1899) was a 20-year-old recent college graduate when the war broke out. He quickly formed a company of lumberjacks and farmers from the vicinity of Mauston, in Juneau Co., and they were mustered in as Co. K of the 6th Infantry in the summer of 1861. Over the next three years, Dawes rose to be colonel of that regiment and a leader of the Iron Brigade. He wrote this memoir in 1890 using his original letters and journals from 1861-1865. He describes in vivid detail life in camp and on the march, encounters with famous generals, and the fighting at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse and Petersburg. His book pulls no punches, and reveals what it was like for a young man to be thrust into authority amid great challenges and horrors. After the war, Dawes became a prosperous merchant in Marietta, Ohio, and served a term in Congress before dying in 1899. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | Microfiche |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Marietta, Ohio |
| Source Creation Date | 1890 |
| Source Publisher | E.R. Alderman & Sons |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN003010000 |
Description
| Title | 168 |
| Source Title | Rufus R. Dawes' Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Regiment | 6th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Event Date | 1863-07-02 |
| Year | 1863 |
| Month | July |
| Day | 2 |
| State | PA |
| Place | Gettysburg |
| People | Dawes, Rufus R., Lt. Col.; Marston, Joseph H., Capt.; |
| Battle | Gettysburg, Battle of |
| Topic | Iron Brigade; death; combat; |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | 168 gallant major replied, "Charge it is." "Forward, charge !" vvas the order I gave, and Major Pye gave the same command. \\rp were receiving a fearfully destructive fire from the hidden enemy Men who had been shot were leaving the ranks in crowds. With the colors at the advance point, the regiment firmlj' and hurriedly moved forward, while the whole field behind streamed with men who had been shot, and who were struggling to the rear or' sinking in death upon the ground. The only commands I gave as we advanced, were, "Align on the colors! Close up on the colors ! Close up on the colors ! " The regiment was being so broken up that this order alone could hold the body together. Meanwhile the colors fell upon the ground several times but werej raised again by the heroes of the color guard. Four hundred and twenty men started in the regiment from the turnpike fence,! of whom about two hundred and forty reached the railroad cut.' Years afterward I found the distance passed over to be onej hundred and seventy-five paces. Every officer proved brave, true, and heroic in encouraging the men to breast the deadly storm, I but the real impetus was the eager and determined valor of our men who carried muskets in the ranks. I noticed the motions of our "Tall Sycamore" Captain J. H. Marston, who commanded company "E." His long arras were stretched out as if to gather his men together and push them forward. At a crisis he rose to his full height, and he was the tallest man in the regiment, ex¬ cepting Levi Steadman of company "I" who was killed on this charge. How the rebels happened to miss Captain Marston I cannot comprehend. Second Lieutenant O. B. Chapman, com¬ manding company "C" fell dead while on the charge. The commission of Lieutenant Thomas Kerr as captain of company "D" bears the proud date of July first, 1863—in recognition ot his conduct. The rebel color was seen waving defiantly above the edge of the railroad cut. A heroic ambition to capture it took possession of several of our men. Corporal Eggleston, of company "H" sprang forward to seize it, and was shot and mor¬ tally wounded. Private Anderson, of his company, furious at the killing of his brave young comrade, recked little for the rebel color, but he swung aloft his musket and with a terrific blow split the skull of the rebel who had shot young Eggleston. Tli^^ |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN003010204 |