. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . en McGroarty,who bore the flag aloft till his company hadnearly reached cover, wncn he, too, yielded up hislife to a ball that pierced bis right breast. The Bloody .Tenth, as it was called, had sig-nalized itself to a man. Its , Major Burke, and Captains Ainiis andMoore, wore ever spurring th
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . en McGroarty,who bore the flag aloft till his company hadnearly reached cover, wncn he, too, yielded up hislife to a ball that pierced bis right breast. The Bloody .Tenth, as it was called, had sig-nalized itself to a man. Its , Major Burke, and Captains Ainiis andMoore, wore ever spurring them on; their much-beloved chaplain, Father OHiggin?, likewise takingan active and often too risky a share in the dutiesof the moment. The enemys right flank had in the meantimebeen engaged by Colonel Lowes Twelfth Ohio, ledby Adjutant-general Harts 11 ff, and by the Thir-teenth Ohio, under Colonel Smith, which latterstood at the extreme right close by the battery remained in nearly its formerposition, but McMnllens guns had been brought tobear on the main Confederate battery. There stood at the same time, on the extremeConfederate left, the brigade which had been givento Colonel Robert L. McOook, ami which was com-piled of his own German regiment, the Ninth. FRANCIS H. PJFRPONT. OF TIROIKEA. 1308 TO 1805, WITH STATE lONAL UOVEUNOU, .iPiOISTEO BY PHBSIDBNT JOHNSON, 1805 Ohio, as well as of the Third Ohio, and the Twenty-eighth Ohio under Colonel Mohr. Scamuous de-tachment acted as a reserve. McCook bad displayed much annoyance nt notbeing allowed to engage the enemy at an earlierperiod, and as soon as he was given a brigade,became almost wild with joy. Standing in the saddle, he harangued bis menexcitedly, drawing from them repealed cheers ofapproval, and waving his slouched hat, cried :■Forward, my bully Dutch ! Wo will go over theentrenchments if every man dies on the otherside ! The entire regiment seemed electrified,and, accompanied by Hartsuff, at once pl
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