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July 3rd, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
through the line, and thrust the captured flag into hands of Col. Devereux. He never said a word and darted back said Col. Devereux in his official report later. Corporal DeCastro received a testimonial of his gallantry on the spot, as follows: Headquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph DeCastro, Co. I, 19th regt. Mass Vols. in the attack of Pickett's division on Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, U. S. Army, on July 3rd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., did capture the colors of the 14th regiment Va. Infantry, C. S. A., inscribed with their name and number, and did place same in my lands during the actual conflict. (Signed) A. F. Devereux, 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. W. A. Hill Adjt., 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. A true copy. Corp. DeCastro's further reward was one of the four special medals struck by order of the Secretary of War for extraordinary gallant conduct. A private of Co. F, captured a rebel color an
July 4th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
m by Corporal Joseph DeCastro, of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, who had become separated from his command and had joined the 72nd Pennsylvania regiment in the tumult. He turned, broke through the line, and thrust the captured flag into hands of Col. Devereux. He never said a word and darted back said Col. Devereux in his official report later. Corporal DeCastro received a testimonial of his gallantry on the spot, as follows: Headquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph DeCastro, Co. I, 19th regt. Mass Vols. in the attack of Pickett's division on Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, U. S. Army, on July 3rd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., did capture the colors of the 14th regiment Va. Infantry, C. S. A., inscribed with their name and number, and did place same in my lands during the actual conflict. (Signed) A. F. Devereux, 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. W. A. Hill Adjt., 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. A true copy. Corp.
W. A. Hill Adjt (search for this): chapter 30
eadquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph DeCastro, Co. I, 19th regt. Mass Vols. in the attack of Pickett's division on Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, U. S. Army, on July 3rd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., did capture the colors of the 14th regiment Va. Infantry, C. S. A., inscribed with their name and number, and did place same in my lands during the actual conflict. (Signed) A. F. Devereux, 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. W. A. Hill Adjt., 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. A true copy. Corp. DeCastro's further reward was one of the four special medals struck by order of the Secretary of War for extraordinary gallant conduct. A private of Co. F, captured a rebel color and staff, and passed it to Major Rice, who being wounded, was passing to the rear. Major Rice used the staff as a cane and on arriving at the Field Hospital gave it into the hands of General Hancock, who was lying in an ambulance at the hospital. A
Charles Brooks Brown (search for this): chapter 30
reaten and command. They are obliged to fall back upon the second line. Hall's right, overlapped, has to sag back, swaying to the rear because of the pressure, but swaying forward again as the ocean surges against a rock. Regimental organization is lost, ranks are eight or ten deep,—pushing struggling, refusing to yield, but almost impotent for good. A gap opens between Webb and Hall for a brief instant, at the time when there was a sudden lull in the firing of the cannon. Woodruff, Brown, Cushing, Rorty and every other commissioned officer, almost without exception, of their respective batteries is dead or disabled. Gen. Gibbon, commanding the division is also wounded. Gallant Alex. Hayes, stripped to his shirt, is yelling down his line and a regiment of Ewell's corps, entangled with his force, passes captive to the rear. Mallon! We must move! shouts Col. Devereux to his friend, the commander of the Forty-Second New York. Just then a headlong rush of horses' feet, spu
Cromwell (search for this): chapter 30
uriously past the front of Webb's Brigade toward the clump of trees, intent upon recovering the abandoned guns. Just at the line his horse falls dead and Hunt bounds to his feet, firing his pistols in the very faces of the yelling foe. Meanwhile, Col. Mallon has sprung forward to his men and instantly the Nineteenth Massachusetts and the Forty-Second New York are moving side by side at a run. The Nineteenth Massachusetts, trained from its inception in a discipline as stern as that of Cromwell's Ironsides, is material upon which reliance in such an emergency can be placed. With it is the Forty-Second New York which has served by its side in the same brigade, in the camp, on the march and on the battle field from Ball's Bluff to the present moment. Like a bolt of flame the little line is launched upon the enemy on the south side of the Clump of Trees. The first line is struck and broken through. The heroic regiment pauses an instant to gather breath and then, with a furious
J. P. Cushing (search for this): chapter 30
, ranks are eight or ten deep,—pushing struggling, refusing to yield, but almost impotent for good. A gap opens between Webb and Hall for a brief instant, at the time when there was a sudden lull in the firing of the cannon. Woodruff, Brown, Cushing, Rorty and every other commissioned officer, almost without exception, of their respective batteries is dead or disabled. Gen. Gibbon, commanding the division is also wounded. Gallant Alex. Hayes, stripped to his shirt, is yelling down his linhey forced the rebels back and for another twenty minutes, with ball and steel and rifles clubbed hand to hand, they plied the awful work. A rebel color bearer came out between the trees in front of Webb and placed his battle flag upon one of Cushing's guns,— and fell dead beside it. Another ran out to get it, but before reaching the gun he too fell dead. Then several men rushed out together. They all fell about the piece and the rebel flag still waved on the Union cannon. Subsequently tw
Joseph DeCastro (search for this): chapter 30
Union cannon. Subsequently two more flags were placed upon the gun, all of which were captured, one of them by Corporal Joseph DeCastro, of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, who had become separated from his command and had joined the 72nd Pennsylvaniato hands of Col. Devereux. He never said a word and darted back said Col. Devereux in his official report later. Corporal DeCastro received a testimonial of his gallantry on the spot, as follows: Headquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph DeCastro, Co. I, 19th regt. Mass Vols. in the attack of Pickett's division on Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, U. S. Army, on July 3rd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., did capture the col. (Signed) A. F. Devereux, 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. W. A. Hill Adjt., 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. A true copy. Corp. DeCastro's further reward was one of the four special medals struck by order of the Secretary of War for extraordinary gallant
Arthur F. Devereux (search for this): chapter 30
s gallantry on the spot, as follows: Headquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph DeCastro, Co. I, 19th regt. Mass Vols. in the attack of Pickett's division on Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, U. S. Army, on July 3rd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., did capture the colors of the 14th regiment Va. Infantry, C. S. A., inscribed with their name and number, and did place same in my lands during the actual conflict. (Signed) A. F. Devereux, 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. W. A. Hill Adjt., 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. A true copy. Corp. DeCastro's further reward was one of the four special medals struck by order of the Secretary of War for extraordinary gallant conduct. A private of Co. F, captured a rebel color and staff, and passed it to Major Rice, who being wounded, was passing to the rear. Major Rice used the staff as a cane and on arriving at the Field Hospital gave it into the hands of General Hancock, who was lyi
Charles U. Devereux (search for this): chapter 30
orps, entangled with his force, passes captive to the rear. Mallon! We must move! shouts Col. Devereux to his friend, the commander of the Forty-Second New York. Just then a headlong rush of horramples upon the men of the Nineteenth. His horse is thrown upon his haunches and just then Col. Devereux cries out to him:—See! Their colors! They have broken through! Shall I get in there? Fy. The enemy's battleflags were soon seen waving on the stone wall. Passing at this time, Colonel Devereux commanding the 19th Massachusetts volunteers, anxious to be in the right place, applied to n the tumult. He turned, broke through the line, and thrust the captured flag into hands of Col. Devereux. He never said a word and darted back said Col. Devereux in his official report later. CoCol. Devereux in his official report later. Corporal DeCastro received a testimonial of his gallantry on the spot, as follows: Headquarters 19TH regiment, Mass. Vols., Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863. This will certify that Corporal Joseph
Herman Donath (search for this): chapter 30
e gallant Vermont brigade closed in upon the right flank of the great column in front. Woodruff advanced his battery far out upon the plain in front of Howard's corps and opened fire upon their left rear. Hancock had fallen, Hayes and Gibbon both were wounded. Brave Webb called out to Charge! Suddenly in the midst of the awful carnage, the National color of the Nineteenth Massachusetts was seen to fall, but it was instantly raised in the hands of Lieut. Moses Shackley, of Co. B. Lieut. Herman Donath, with the other color, fell dead and then Shackley was wounded. Ben Jellison of Co. C, instantly grabbed both colors and planted them within three yards of the enemy's front. Inspired by that brave deed, the men sprang forward like a thunderbolt and followed their colors. A strange resistless impulse seemed to seize the whole Union line. It seemed actually to leap forward at every point. The enemy stood their ground and for a moment the scene of blood was all renewed. There
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