Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-12-23

pursuit the battle died away in murmurs, far
down til valley Of the Chickamauga The
sun, the golden dish of the scales chat balance
day and night had hardly gone down, when up,
beyond Mission Ridge, rose the sjitey side, for
that Night it was full neon. The troubled
day was done. 4 Federal General sat in the
seat Of the man who, on the very saturday
before the battle, had sent flag to the Fed
eral lines with these words:
Humanity would dictate the removal of all
non com batants from Chattanooga, as am shout
shelf the city -
Sat there and announced TO the fourth corps
the coRgratulation and thanks Just placed in
his hands from the Commander Of the De
partnent;
g Braces HEADQUARTERS, MISSION RIDGE.
November 25th, ISG3
= Ia eohVeying to you this d.stins ushed re.agni-
ton o: your signal galiantry III carrying tiro ugh
d terrible storm OF iron, "a mountain crowned With
batteries and encireIed with rifie-pits, am con
strained TO express my own admiration OF Your
noble conduct, and am proud to tell you that the
veteran Generals from other fields who witnessed
your heroic bearing place assault and mph
among the most brilliant achiev ements 81 he
Thanks, Soldiers You have made, this day, d
glorious page of history.
GORDON GRANGER
There was species of poetic Justice in il
all that would have made the prince OF dram
atists content. The ardor of the men had
been quenchless there had been three DAYS
OF httul fever, and after, alas multitude
slept well. The work on the right, left aud
center cost US full four thousand killed and
wounded. There is a trcmble of the lip but
a flash OF pride in the eye as the soldier tells
with how many he went in-how exprC ssive
is that g went in /" Of a truth il was wasi-
ing III deep waters-wth how few he came
out. | cannot try to swing the burden clear
OF any heart by throwing into the scale upon
the other side, the dead weight of tifty-Jwo
pieces of captured artillery, ten thousand
stand OF arms and heaps of dead rebels, or by
driving upon it herd of seven thousand
prisoners. Nothing of all this can tighten
that burden a single ounce, bat tits thought
may and dare to utter it; those three DAYS
work brought Tennessee to resurrection: set
the flag, that fairest blossom in all this flow
cry world, to blooming in its native soil once
more.
That splendid march from the Federal line
of battle to the crest, was made in one hour
and five minutes, but it was grander march
toward the end of rebeIdom glorious cam
paign OF siXty-tive minutes toward the white
borders of peace. 1t made that feetng No
yember afternoon imperishable Than the
assault upon Mission Ridge, | know of moth
ing more gallant in the annals OF the war
Let it rauk foremost with the storming OF
Fort Scharnitz and Alma, that covered the
French arms with undying fame.
Let the struggle be known as the Battle OF
Mission Ridge, and when, in caImer DAYS,
men make pilgrimages and women smile again
among the mountains of the Cumberland, they
viii need no guide Rust viii have eaten the
guns, the graves Of the heroes will have sub
sided like waves weary of their troubling the
soldier and his leader viii have lain down to-
gether, but there, embossed upon the globe,
MISSION RIDGE will stand its fitting monument
forever. Benz. +. TAYLOR.