The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-22
New England Never Runs.

Through the tears with which friends and
lovers read the story Of Edward Ferry they
still smile upon the stcad!ast bravery of the
Massachusetts boys. In the front Of fear.
fu' tirc, with no means Of retreat, with every
chance against them, those young mon stood
serene; each man hero, each man showing
the quality Of which invincible armies arc
made. Col. Lee refuses to retreat and is
made prisoner. Maj. Revere and Lieut.. Per.
ry share his fate Lieut.. Putnam falls NOR.
tally vouuded; Capt. Dreher falls by his side
Capt. Putnam loses his right arm Capt.
Schmidt is dangerously wounded; Lieut..
Lowell is disabled. Lieut. Holmes, said the
first dispatch, wounded in the breast no,
in the back; no, not in the back in the breast
is Massachusetts wounded, if she is struck,
Forward she falls If she falls dead. OF
twenty-five officers Of the Massachusetts, 2Oth
who went into battle nine ooly returned
And all New England boys are. the bright
peers Of the Massachusetts. Rhode [slsrd
at Bull Run stood fast aud steady through
the wholc; retired when the word came to
rest upon their arms, as they Supposed and
thea renew the battle "But when the ordc,
came to retreat said one of them, we were
confounle>!. cursed Mcdowell ard wanted
him hung"
At Edwards Ferry the Raolc Island bat.
terry was said to have been deserted hv il.
men. They were nos there it was reportad
and Baker came to serve piece. No, they
were not by the gun; they were under i
They were at their posts stl--but the brave
hearts would beat aud the strong hand serv.
no mole forever
Net les, ready, Eot less steady ar, the other
sons OF New England. From the piucs of
Maine the granite hiIls Of New Hamnshire
the green hills of Vermont, and the sol, val.
ley' OF the Connecticut, they hav. marched
70 the bate hed, and every riAc in their
names - loaded and ramncd do IN with an
idea. They are net machine soldier. ,hov
are mon. soldiers. And on the field their tos,s
are swclled with brothers from C.l;i;, .os,'
from =: New York, from Michigan, from In.
oiana' They al! stand there ombattIel and
s'uf 80 tried a d true that the sea m;sh, 1n rs
sopelessly dash against Gibratcr a.. yeIslI;om
against their rants. N''''"
From the dJy at Edwards Fer, which
TO 80 many loving hearts will be forever Jau
o! sacred sorrow, there is an inspiration md
ohecr when breaks joyfuIy iroG, eycrv na,r;
o.c neaft' Disaster, casualty, death arc in.
e {. Brave hearts ths. weep, YOU know
1t wei: But the hcrc'sm Of your darn N~
P!ucSs the stingS lrom sorrow, anil cornuas.
a'sas' G They tall--but they fall pronbe
s 81 lhsy debut. though dead, they NH
they smile. 1t is they who ara ssjast n ,hn
trenches. 1t is they who teach rs th.. .hs
same old heart that has won all the y;e,or; as
OF history sill beats. This time i, ;s Me-
England that points the truth. All ara br.s s"
'hdhk Tod New York and the Wost :,
not latter; California stands where n ls' ~
$1,000; the men Of Pennsylvania brn, s.o'a
OF iron and nerves Of steel And tho mar ANUS Us
NOW England never run Harper:s W1 'n VI
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Vi haliand became very intimate with tho J nn,
u Argyh. ebay in tho nlcn,iinJ' ~ Duke
friendship, he said to him, /" How I w;s,, y. his
' m were In my county! !" Upon what your
!, uke replied. Pm thinLjng Il "; !, .le
'"ero would botno room for YOURS, - "'i''
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