Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-02-05
Er'tten for the Fayatsgfis Observer.
Brig. Gen, Donelson- .s.GoIs. MOore
r -aRd Savage. ~

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guished veterans beallh has greatly !.
improved, and he ia agaic in the
field. All we hear of him comes preg- !
nan, with good report. One among
the earliest to draw his sword for
Southern rights, he will doubtless be
one Of the latest to lay it down. No
bar iship has been sufficient to weak.
en- bis energy. or casualty to cow r
bis spirits. N.i'her the ruin Of a
splendid estate or The Threatened
week Of powerful constitution is
enough TO draw from the brave old
Generals lips word OF muttering.
His eye is steadiastly fxfd upon bis
countr,'s redemption, and like The
father Of Hannibal, he is ready to
tc.,ll his children to the altar aud
swear them in eternal hostility against
1.-The enemies of his freedom. His
footprints in the wild m,uutairs Of
Western Vlrgini,, on the coast OF
South Carolina and plains Of Corinth,
on the bloody fields Of PerryvilIe
and Murfreesboro can never be eflaced.
An aged man when he entered the
1service, it is rrmarkabl. bow he has
Rithstood The bdrdships OF the long
J campaign, "but he is still up and
doing With a b. art for every fatp. !"
The fash of~his sword constitutes a
part Of the lightning that preced 8
the thund r of nearly every battle
field, aud the sound Of bis IL
, nary voice. The wald OF which we
hope may rem in long unbr5ken, may
be hear ringing, rs it were, the stir
ring notes Of CLARION, amid the
noise Of nearly every conflict.
! And what Shall We say Of th,, brave
Col WM L. Moore, the SIN, big
alt; or rather what sha We not say
! in prise Of him? To mention moth.
lug Of other fills upon WHICH he
distinguished himself, i'll the battle oi
; Murfreesboro he towt red before the
> eyes Of bis regiment amid The smoke
: of battle like pillar Of light, and
: there received The plaudits of thou,
sands who saw, and in alter years
| will be remembered by millions who
wi.sread of bis deeds on that day
: But. alas! that gallant young spirit
! HIS fallen. lie fell leading the i'm.
tnortll Sih in the Charge through
), slaughter and carnage to victory
2 lie tsll gloriously in The arms OF what
will ever be to his memory Il CRATE
iful country. 1
And yet ag in, what shall we say
Of Col JCny II. SAVAGE, Of the same
command. Need we inquire where
:: beSwas during the bloody fgbtiof the
3lst December. No. that would Q
, SANDER, for wherever the war-cIouds
lover darkest and heaviest, its thur
; ders peal ioudest, and its iron hail
peits thickest, there that heroic
J patriot may be found, ecoIly, calmly,
, aud courag' ousl9 leading the grand
I old 10Th ON to deeds Of daring, valor,
and victory. With love and conf
deEce his regiment follows TO the
} cannon mouth, and they capture ii,
too. A stranger to fear, he rides
, couspicuously and coDposedly upon
r the tide of battle. and 20 the enemy
, his ffown becomes more and more
, terror-insplling MS he approaches
! nearer aud neHier to him, for they
can see victory or death NIB azOned
ou bis brow. II perchance his r6gi-
meut becomes thinned as at Perry
. Vile and AlurlieesbOro. his iunl
, enue Is so great III the region of
, country from which be CINE, that
I the shortest time only is required
for him to build its numbers up a.
gain to over "A thousand men. So
remarkable a character, indeed, is
be that We cannot Ielrain from
joiuing the ranks and flies, who
daily inquire why it is that bis stock
has rot risen al least grade or two
in the official market, for VIC are sure
that he deserves well of his Excellen-
cy the President and OF ais country,
ard if bis claims have not yet been
granted, they at least deserve to be
considered.
j Others Lave received position with
out pointing bayonet OF firing gun;
while he has been overlooked and
neglected who leaped sword in hand
into the center OF the arena at the
first roll Of the Southern drum, who
bled alike beneath the shades of
the chappsraIs of Mexico aud the
rugged hill'of Perryville, aud since
at Murfreesboro. where he entered
the fight and miraculously escaped
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