Blackburn's Ford to be easily dislodged from a position so well adapted for defence, by the natural formation of the ground and the works which they had thrown up. The plan of battle adopted was to make a feint there, a demonstration at the Stone Bridge, higher up the ravine threaded by the creek, and to send a considerable force across it, at Sudley Church, and take the enemies of freedom on the flank. When Hunter and Heintzelman had crossed and driven the enemy in till they were able to make a stand, Tyler ordered Sherman's Brigade to cross Bull Run and support Colonel Hunter. The brigade crossed gallantly, the Sixty-Ninth leading till they reached Hunter's Division, when General McDowell ordered them to pursue the enemy, now rapidly retreating. The Second Wisconsin then led on, down the hill and up the ridge, under a galling fire of artillery, rifle, and musketry. Passing the crest, the Wisconsin men twice charged bravely on the batteries, but were repulsed with loss. Then Cameron-who, though sick and feeble, almost, indeed, dying, yet resolved to head his regimentclosed up, and, at the order of Sherman, dashed over the brow of the hill, across the irregular ground and clusters of pine, all alive with riflemen. No mortal men could stand the fearful storm that swept them; as they fell back, Cameron again and again led them up, his "Scots, follow me!" ringing above the din of battle,-till, at last, Wade Hampton, who had marked his gallant bearing, and fired rifle after rifle at him as his men handed them up, accomplished his murderous purpose. Cameron fell in the deadly charge,-his death the exact counterpart of that of Colonel Cameron, of the British 79th, who fell at the battle of Fuentes de Onoro, killed by a French colonel, who seized a musket from one of his men. His body was borne to a farmhouse not far distant; but when the Sixty-Ninth too failed to drive back the enemy and the rout began, his remains were left on the battle-field, and interred, it is said, near the house of a Mr. Dogan. A soldier secured from his lifeless body the miniatures of the colonel and his wife; but though an earnest appeal was made to General Beauregard to give up his remains to be buried by his family, that officer, with the want of humanity and of honor which has characterized him since he linked his fortunes with the unholy cause he advocates, refused to give up either the body or the miniature. Other efforts were made, but they were equally fruitless, and the noble leader of the brave Highland regiment lies in his noble but unhonored grave, waiting the moment when a more auspicious day shall rear above the rocky ravine the flag of freedom and of man's best hopes. COLONEL NOAH L. FARNHAM, N. Y. V. MORTALLY WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN, JULY 21, 1861. NOAH LANE FARNHAM, the brave young colonel who succeeded Ellsworth in command of the New York Fire Zouaves, fell mortally wounded in the act of rallying his broken regiment at the battle of Manassas; and, after weeks of pain, borne with serene patience, closed his manly life by a cheerful and manly death, on the 14th day of August, 1861. Like Lyon, Ward, Winthrop, and many others who have distinguished themselves by rare courage in this war, Farnham was a native of Connecticut. The little State which gave him birth does not boast so loudly as some of her sisters; but she dutifully sends forth her sons to die for the nation, and when they are borne back to her upon their shields, she folds them in her arms and weeps over them in silence. So she mourns for Farnham; for he was young, pure, generous, brave, and faithful unto death, and he died for his country. He was born at New Haven, June 6th, 1829, being descended from one of the first settlers of that ancient town. He was a townsman and schoolmate of Winthrop, whose fate so sadly resembled his own. His father, Mr. George W. Farnham, now well known among mercantile men in New York, removed with his family to that city in 1833; but Noah's boyhood was chiefly spent in Connecticut, where, under the care of excellent teachers, he received a good education. He was a bright, bold, truthful boy, for ever exciting, by his droll and daring exploits, the laughing admiration of his fellows. Small in stature, but wiry and muscular; robust in health of body, health of mind, and health of spirit; he acted out, with singular exactness, in his modest and manly boyhood, that style of character which has made "Tom Brown" of Rugby School immortal. On his return to New York, he entered the mercantile house of S. M. Beckley & Co., as a clerk, and devoted himself with characteristic fidelity to the duties of his position. At the age of sixteen, he became a member of the City Guard, and was on active duty at the time of the Astor Place Riot. His exuberant energy, seeking vent and finding no other, led him into the Fire Department. After the hard work of the day was over, he found relief by night in battling with fire and smoke, scaling cracked walls, and ruling, with his kindly but commanding spirit, the tumults of turbulent men. Choosing the most hazardous service of the department, he soon became foreman of a hook and ladder company. He theorized upon the business and tried to reduce it to a more thorough system: he speculated and practised upon various methods of breaking open burning buildings, of gaining entrance through iron shutters, and of striking axes into doors so as to force them from unwilling hinges; he paraded his men for practice, making them run up and down ladders like a troop of wild monkeys. He inspired others by his example. Many a time has he been seen, high in air, running, through fire and smoke, along the half-burnt rafter or the edge of the tottering wall, or gliding down the rope from a great height at the critical instant of danger. He was a rigid disciplinarian. Whenever a disturbance occurred among his men, or between his men and others, he never hesi |