. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FIGHTING C Company of the Forty-first New York after the SecondBattle of Bull Run, August 30, 1802. When the troops of Gen-erals Milroy and Schurz were hard pressed by overpowering num-bers and exhausted by fatigue, this New York regiment, Ijeingordered forward, quickly advanced with a cheer along the \\ar-renton Turnpike and deployed about a milewest of the field of the conflict of July 21,1861. The fighting men replied with an-swering shouts, for with the regiment thatcame up at the double quick galloped abattery of artillery
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FIGHTING C Company of the Forty-first New York after the SecondBattle of Bull Run, August 30, 1802. When the troops of Gen-erals Milroy and Schurz were hard pressed by overpowering num-bers and exhausted by fatigue, this New York regiment, Ijeingordered forward, quickly advanced with a cheer along the \\ar-renton Turnpike and deployed about a milewest of the field of the conflict of July 21,1861. The fighting men replied with an-swering shouts, for with the regiment thatcame up at the double quick galloped abattery of artillery. The charging Con-federates were held and this position wasassailed time and again. It became thecenter of the sanguinary combat of theday, and it was here that the ■Bull-Dogsearned their name, .\mong the first torespond to Lincolns call, they enlisted inJune, 61, and when their first ser\ice wasover they stepped forward to a man, speci-fying no term of service but putting their names on the Honor Roll of Forthe \Yar. FUUTV-ITRST Brigadier-General King, a division commanilcr in this l)attk, wasa soldier by profession, and a diplomatist and journalist by in-hrritance—for he was a grailuate of \Yest Pcjint, a son ot (liarlesKing, editor of tlie New ^iirk American in 1827, and a the clilcr Rufus. an nfficer of the Revolution and Ministerto the Court of St. James. He liad leftthe army in 183G to become .\ssistant En-gineer of the New York & Erie Railroad,a post he gave up to become editor of theDiillij Advertiser, and subsequently of tlieMilwaukee Seiiiincl. At the outbreak oftin- war Lincoln had afipointed him Minis-ter to Rome, but he asked permission todelay his departure, and was made a Brig-adier-General of Yolunteers. Later he re-signed as Minister, and was assigned toMcDowells corps. M the battle of Ma-nassas, in which the Forty-first New Yorkearned honor, he prcA-ed an able 1807 he was again appointed as Minister of the United States to
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