The Negro as a soldier in the war of the rebellion . dead or wounded left on the field, — one of theseverest regimental losses during the war. Honey Hill, S. -C, November 30th, 1864. This assault, in its main features, was a repetition ofWagner. The only approach attempted to the rebel bat-teries and intrenchments was the narrow cutting throughwhich the road crossed the swamp. Through this defilefive companies of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts were or-dered to storm the enemys works. The order is not freefrom the charge of down-right recklessness. Against theconcentrated fire of artillery and m
The Negro as a soldier in the war of the rebellion . dead or wounded left on the field, — one of theseverest regimental losses during the war. Honey Hill, S. -C, November 30th, 1864. This assault, in its main features, was a repetition ofWagner. The only approach attempted to the rebel bat-teries and intrenchments was the narrow cutting throughwhich the road crossed the swamp. Through this defilefive companies of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts were or-dered to storm the enemys works. The order is not freefrom the charge of down-right recklessness. Against theconcentrated fire of artillery and musketry at one hundredyards range the five companies charged in vain, were ral-lied twice and then withdrawn with a loss of twenty-ninekilled and one hundred and fifteen wounded, or one halfthe officers and one third of the enlisted men engaged. Auseless slaughter, not compensated for by some brilliantfighting both before and after the charge. In passing, I desire in affectionate remembrance tosimply give the names of Captain William Dwight Crane. A Lacerated Slave. FROM BATON ROUGE, LA. IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 25 and Lieutenant Winthrop Perkins Boynton, who werechums in Harvard College, officers in the same company,devoted friends, who seemed always to move, to think andto act in beautiful accord, and who here fell together in acommon death. Besides these, the more important actions, there weremany minor affairs, not large enough to be dignified by thename of battles, but entirely sufficient to test the mettle ofthe men as soldiers. In these, our Massachusetts regimentsappear to have been uniformly successful. There werereconnoissances and raids, rifle pits were charged and cap-tured, prisoners were taken, and the resources of the enemyremoved or destroyed. There is not time, nor is it neces-sary, to more than mention the conspicuous service renderedby the colored troops in the other military departments. Port Hudson. At Port Hudson and at Millikens Bend, Louisiana, the
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