. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . ingtonwhile the case was in progress. We found presiding over theinvestigation our old commander at Monocacy, General LewWallace, and his judicial training had here a good opportunityfor display. At the same time it appeared to be a chance todevelop the inhumanity of Confederate treatment of Unionprisoners, and only incidentally a trial of Wirz, who had simplycarried out the orders of his superiors. His
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . ingtonwhile the case was in progress. We found presiding over theinvestigation our old commander at Monocacy, General LewWallace, and his judicial training had here a good opportunityfor display. At the same time it appeared to be a chance todevelop the inhumanity of Confederate treatment of Unionprisoners, and only incidentally a trial of Wirz, who had simplycarried out the orders of his superiors. His fate was sealedfrom the beginning, but even men who had suffered at his hands THOSE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND. 271 could not help passing- sentiments of pity when they beheld theculprit, so far gone with consumption that he had to reposeupon a couch, being unable to sit during the sessions of thecourt. While his death by hanging the following Novemberwas fully merited, it has seemed somewhat strange, in the sub-sequent years, to see those who directed him restored to alltheir ante-bell inn privileges. Again, some of us could neverunderstand how a liberty-loving Swiss, for he was from Helve-. LEW WALLACE. IN WAR TIMES. tia, could ever have been induced to do such dirty work. Ttmust have been the result of bad company. A word as to the regiment in which we found 2d Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery had been inservice much longer than the Ninth, or better, the original or-ganization was formed in 1861 as a regiment of light passed through various changes and vicissitudes, and finallysettled down in 18(52, like our own regiment, to breastwork mak-ing in the defenses. Of course the two years enlistment expired 272 NINTH NEW YnKK IIKAVY ARTILLERY. in L863, lui new and re-enlistments had kept up the organiza-tion. Here i! remained till, like ourselves, it was routed out|;> < Irani and senl to the front, reaching that dangerous localityMa-. L8th, aboul on
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