Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-12-18

FLAG PRusWERAFION.-A friend has hand
ed u for PublisAtion, an account Of Flag
Presentation At Toledo, in which Lieut.. Col
ColmAoHR, now Of this pIase, responded ID
the presentation address, made BY E. s. PLAT1
Esq. The dag was presented BY the citizens
Of TOlsds 10 the 67th Beg. Ohio VOlunteerS
with which Lieut. Col. G. ID connected, and
wAB seriously wounded in the gallant assault il
made on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South
Carolina. Like many Of our regiments, the
67th has gained imperishA bla renoWn by it
gAllaatry on many a bloody field. The ex-
tent to which it has participated in the pend
ing conflict may be learned fFSm the renaPkr
Of Col. CONEAGHE, which we subjOin, not hav-
ing room for the presentation address. In
response to the address Of Mr.. PIGtt, be said
S1R 81 accept, in the nane Of the 67th
Ohio Volunteers, this magnificent Flag from
your hands. thank you and its kind donors,
iu their name, for this beautiful expression Of
your love and admiration for that noble band
Of patriots and warriors. The old regimental
Flag the gift Of the citizens Of Toledo, is be-
fore us. II 10 tattered and torn, weather-beat-
en- and battle-stained, and rent with iron hail
shot out at it from sulphurous flames and
storm; but in the hands Of those brave boys
it has never been deserted nor dishonored. It
has been returned to your people eloquent
with the scenes through which it has passed
and in which il was gallAntly borne. In nu-
merous long and tOilSOme marches en- many
hotly contested battle felds and in skirmishsS /;
ct Bloom0Ey-as Strausburg-at KsFnstoWn
-On the field of WinChestsP-At Woodstock
at Meunt JacksOn-At Front Royal-While
covering the retreat Of our broken and bleed
ing forces from Fort Republic amid ship
wreck on Chesapeake Bay and while holding
BlackWater-at Zuni-On Coles Island-On
Folly Island, while holding the extreme front,
where it was bitterly shslled and assailed by
sharpshooteTs for twenty-five days; at Light
house Inlet on the glorious morning Of the 10th
Of July, when the batteries Of the Confederate
foe on the lower end Of Morris Island were as
sauItsd and carried; and on the dreadful field Of
Fort WagDsr-the 67th Ohio did its duty
At Winchester il made four distinct, success
ful charges on the enemy. It had the honor
on that day, to charge and drive from its
strong position StoneWAll" JaeksoH's Bri-
gade. May not say, without being charged
with egotiSm. that the 9th Ohio deserves this
rich gift-this high compliment which you
pay themi The soldier loves his country and
its flag. He looks through it to his country
as the Christian does through his Gross up to
Divinity. While on Folly Island, holding the
front under terrible shelling from the enemy
for many long days and nights, one Ofour Ser
geants, weary with watching, when relieved
fell asleep. He dreamed, not of fierce assaults
mot Of frightful slaughter, Of sweeping tenn
pests-nor Of bursting shells--but Of some
thing dearsr and sublimSr TO him. In his
sleeping vision he saw th0 whole Heavens de-
corAted with American Flags; on every tree,
on every Ghurb, in every town and city, on
every Spire and every dome, wherever he turn
cd his eyes, be beheld the glorious ensign Of
his country. While his weary limbs were
resting, his wakefal soul gased with rapture
on what, in his Wakeful hours, he most admir-
ed-the American Flag. God helping them,
that noble but diminished band will never de-
sert nor disgrace these beautiful eoloFs-this
Flag, with its beautiful blue, containing with
in its ample folds the emblem of power. And
when Peace shall again rest her weary wings
on our land, may this standard come back to
you, bringing a proud history Of the noble
deeds Of the reg iment you now 50 highly hon
or. -'