Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-09

And when battle came, he was master
spirit in the dreadful storm. Burning with
enthusiasm, almost rash with courage, h'
could inspire his "game cocks" as he famil
larry called his men, with such qualities al
are most needsd In the charge and in the dead.
~ breach. have often asked sound think
iug members Of the Seventh, "What o.
Creighton ?" The answer has always been, ht
- a Soloie-, erery inch
Lt.-Col Crane was born in Troy my. in the
year 1929. he, too, has been q mechanic here
for many years. Like his chief, he, too, had
| learned the use of arms before ths war COM
msnced. lie was, therefore, amply qualified
to take command when Capt. Creighton was
promoted.
and no ordinary disciplinarisn was
Captain Crane. He had a difficult com
| pany, but it was with strong hand that he
laid hold OF his work. HsadstrOng men had
a master in him. Withal, he was the soul
| Of kindness to those he commanded. His
rugged nature, despisiHg military fnery and
the pOmps and forms of military life, cane
down at once to plain, blunt, frank, but sin
cere and hearty Intercourse with the men
under hin. IF you wished to find Captain
Crane you must look for him where his boys
were, and if his boys had hard, or trying, or
toilsome work, you might be sure he was
| tightening the load by his own example Of
brave ana sturdy patience. He did not have
/ an impulsiYe nature. He was not q thun-
derbolt on the field. He was rock rather
Fiery foods might break against him and
yet he was always the same-alWays imper-
turbable, honest, strong.
l should have said before, that Colonel
Creighton was in every battle which the 7th
ever fought except Antietam. It is in place
for me to say here, that Lieutenant. Colonel
| Grana tOnE m RI in hat In ,b hio
regiment shared. l doubt if another instance
of the kind is on record. Would that the
hand which had 30 often avertsd danger
could have turned the fatal bullets aside at
Ringgold.
And now, friends, am, st the invitation
Of the 3int committee Of the CItv Council,
the Military, the typographical L Union, the
/ Ship Carpenters and yOursslvs and as the
representative of other towns who helped
raise the 9Th, to bring tribute of gratitude
and praise to the memory of the gallant dead.
10 my poor way here certify 10 the noble
Qualities, to the brave deeds If the soldisrs
c1ffi ned yonder. I come to say that the honor
done them by the city, by the military, by
yourselves, by good men who in other towns
mourn their loss, is we'll bestowed. The
heroes have earned their honOrs. They
have bought them with such high conduct,
| with such self-sacrifce as the brightest Iau-
rels only poorly reward. 1 know not how
those souls which lately inhabited yonder
| clay stand in the other world, would that your
prayers and mine could reach theml but
do know that their names shall live in this
world fore er. The marble you shall put
over their dust will itself have gone to dust
before their renown will have passed from the
hearts and the lips of men.
Would, friends, that you and I, by any
or IL. -
and half orphans tears Oh sisters be-
reaved and dear little children, nov father
lass. may God in His mercy keep you. May
Hs be help and hope to you. Remember, 1
pray you, that the spilled blood which was so
dear to you, was precious also 10 God; that
| il is from such seed that he makes Freedom,
Peace, Social Order and Prosperity to grow.
And citizsns, vi hat shall say Of the Seventh
which mourns its Doble dead. Shall 1 sum-
mon here the spin Its Of those who have fallen
on the half-scOre fields where the stauneh
| old regiment has left its dead? shall call
from the shadowy world those who have died
in fostering prisons? shalt order the rally
for those who, broken in body shall engage in
| active pursuits 0 more? Snail bring from
the field the little remnant headed BY the
one unhurt commissioned officer and, under
this dear, chafed and rent old Gag which no
longer shines with the glory Of color and fig
which it displayed when Grst unfurled in
your Academy of Music, but which is lus-
trous with the light with which brave deeds
have invested it, shall I tell them Of your
love for and your gratitude to them? Nay,
this I cannot do. But can say to these
representatives of tho regiment who are
with US, and through them to that lit
tie handful of bronIed veterans, who,
budding around a single camp FIRE at Chat
tauooga are the last remnant Of the Seventh,
To you, hoDOred men, we owe a debt we can
never discharge. You sprung to arms when
others hesitated. You entsred the Ainty
path of war with feet shod only for the gen
tie ways of peace. Often have you been
tried, never have you failed, aud the honor
Of the Reserve, which We committed to you,
has been proudly kept on every field.
And in this hour Of Weighty bereavement,
our feelings towards you and your comrades,
living aud dead, is like thst Of the pious
Scotch woman whe, when gvim Olaverhouse,
having shot her husband, Jauntingly asked,
Well, woman. what thlnkest thou Of thy
good waa now7" quietly replied, as she
drew the pierced head 20 her bosom, aud
wiped the death damps from the brow: - 1
age thought much Of him, but now more than
ever
Now, bearers. take out your dea [. Put ths
Cherished remains in an bonOred place. Tell
art 70 lift above them worthy marble. Write
upon the stone ths names Of the battles il
which our heroes have f,ught. Write, also,
the virtues Of the dead Write, too, that
gratitude has lifted the monument, partly to
do honor to them, worthy Of It, whom human
praise can never reach and partly to teach
the living that it is we'll to make even life
sacrifice TO Duty.
And when our war has ended, when Peace
aad Freedom shall be in all our borders,
throaging feet shall, through all the gsnera-
tlons, como up to yous memorial, and learn
Lessons Of heToism and self-saoIifce.
The exercises at the Church, sfter Prayer
BY tas Rev. W. Il. Goodrich, were closed by
the following most beautiful
CHANT BY THE CHOIR.
I.
WITH fearful eyes look around.
Life seems dark and stormy sea
Yet midst the e DOM hear sound,