The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

62 THE MAINE BUGLE.
Federal soldiers. They called on him to surrender. " Go to
h you Yankee !
,
" he replied, and tried to get away.
He was shot down, and died
York harbor.
several months afterwards in New
Ames now sent Carleton to order up the Third Brigade,
commanded by Colonel Louis Bell, which had been moved up
to this position just occupied by Pennypacker. Carleton
directed the column obliquely towards the right so it could
enter around the left bastion. Bell's manly form was seen at
the head of his column as it darted over the famous bridge
which had been repaired by replacing the planks— and in this
way entered the fort. But it was his last charge, for at this
point the noble soldier fell mortally wounded. The greater
part of the brigade was now directed across the interior plane
of the fort against the rear and inside of the sea-face. Some
of the men joined the troops on the parapet, where the fighting
continued for the immense traverses, which were forts of them-
selves. The ground inside the fort over which the Third
Brigade had to charge was obstructed by the debris of barracks
and magazines. The enemy was also sheltered by an old work,
which was used as a breastwork, and took advantage of every
object that would afford cover. When Colonel Bell fell,
Colonel Alonzo Alden took command of the brigade, and
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Colvin led the One Hundred and
Sixty-ninth New York, which was the leading regiment in this
charge. Colonel Colvin explains the difficulty that existed in
making an advance against the enemy, who were firing from
the sea-face, from the openings, of the galleries that ran
along both sides of the fort, from the old interior work, from
the magazine, from the debris of buildings, from the barracks,
and from the hospital. It was desperate work. To make it
worse, if that were possible, Lamb, the Confederate commander,
went to the Mound Battery and turned two of its guns on the
column in the fort. In this way this column received a con-
centric fire of musketry as well as an artillery fire on its flank.
Not only did the Mound guns open, but the guns of Battery
Buchanan poured in shot on the western end of the work, at