The Ulster Guard - Battle of 2nd Manassas
The Ulster Guard
Colonel George Watson Pratt
leading the 20th N.Y.S.M. (80th New York Infantry)
Battle of 2nd Manassas August 30, 1862
by Mark Maritato
This painting depicts the brave Colonel George Watson Pratt leading his regiment, the 20th New York State Militia (80th New York Volunteers) during the massive Union assault on the Confederate center during the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia (2nd Bull Run). Concealed along an unfinished railroad cut that provided a ready-made defensive position: Confederate infantry under Stonewall Jackson rained destruction in the form of un-relenting musket fire and artillery upon the blue waves of Federal infantry. Like an ocean wave breaking against a rock jetty the Federal lines melted away as they reached the railroad embankment. Many Union soldiers, unable to retreat, were pinned down upon the railroad embankment and in some instances the fighting became fierce at point-blank range or hand to hand. The sustained fighting was so intense that at one point a Louisiana brigade ran out of ammunition and began hurling rocks. Colonel Pratt's regiment, being placed on the right of the main assault force became separated by the terrain and found themselves in a patch of woods. As the 20th became entangled with the rough terrain taking casualties from heavy fire of an enemy masked by woods and the railroad embankment, Colonel Pratt dismounted from his horse and lead the regiment forward on foot. With his sword in one hand and his cap in the other, Colonel Pratt stepped in front of the regiment's colors and urged his men to move forward. Colonel Pratt was then struck by a bullet that ripped through his shoulder and spine and he fell mortally wounded. Pratt was carried off the field where he would be transported to Lexington Virginia, then to Albany, New York where he died as a result of his wounds on September 11th 1862.
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