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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Color Episode of the one hundred and Forty-Ninth regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
gallant a little band of soldiers as ever faced the enemy, demands that Bates' history, and the official reports of Lt. Col. Dwight and Lt. Col. Huidekoper, in their reference to the colors of the 149th, P. V., at Gettysburg, be thoroughly investighis task so long in hopes that it would be performed by another is owing to the fact that it involves the censure of Lt. Col. Dwight, a gallant soldier, and one to whom I am indebted for many favors. A ruse to escape an enfilading battery fire. their fire away from the regiment. Accordingly, Color Sergeant Brehm, having been quietly instructed by an orderly of Col. Dwight's, marched in a northwesterly direction and planted the colors behind two rail piles, forming a right-angle, one side red back to the regiment at once, but in the confusion of battle I could not immediately find either General Stone or Colonel Dwight, and before I succeeded the Bucktails were on their retreat back towards Gettysburg and I followed, seeing it impossi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Affidavit of Supervisors of Co. C, 149th regiment. Pa. Vols. (search)
, like all the rest of us, had learned that Col. Dwight would brook no infraction of his commands, them. The major part of the blame belongs to Dwight. Next in the order named are Stone, Wister af explaining our color incident entirely to Col. Dwight, and the humiliation he must have felt on rnt for his neglect. Old Gobble-Em-up. Col. Dwight was a brave and forceful man, possessing inpose them to the shafts of slander. That Col. Dwight was drunk during the fight is well known to cut. If Stone's order had really been what Dwight says it was, it would stamp him as a man lackiht him the flag and he ordered it taken to Colonel Dwight with his compliments. In the above quotm; strange, that when ordered to take it to Col. Dwight with H's compliments, that they were sent byour colors is a divided one, including Stone, Dwight, Wister and possibly Dana. Their detachmentbefore we were flanked out of the position. Dwight in his report frankly assumes all the responsi