Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-01
GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN'S
West Point Grafton.
(GoRclusion.)
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why are We near UO-udy! 81 l0lS Is not the
funeral of one brave warrior, nor even O.
the harvest of death on single battle field
but these are the obsequies of the best and
bravest children of the land, who have fali.
en- in actions almost numberless, many OF
them the most sanguinary of which history
bears record. The men whose names and
deeds we now seek to perpetuate, to render
them the highest honor in our power, have
fallen wherever armed rebellion showed its
front, in the far distant New Mexico, in the
broad valley of the Mississippi, on the
bloody hunting-grounds of Kentucky, in
the. mountains of Tennessee, amid the
swamps of Carolina, and on tile fertile
fields of Maryland, and in the blood-stained
thickets Of Virginia. They were of all
grades, from the general to the pri-etes oi
all ages, from the gray-haired veteran OF
fifty years, service to the beardless youth;
hltitfh 85r Science to the uneducated boy. II
is not necessary, nor is it possible, to repeat
the mournful yet illustrious roll of dead he
roes we have met to honor, nor must name
all those who most merit praise; simply a
few who will exemplify the classes to which
they belong.
Among the last of the slain, and among
The first in honor and reputation, was that
zero of twenty battles, John Sedgwick.-
ientle and kind as u woman; brave as a
rave man can be; honest, sincere and able;
model that all may strive to initiate, but
vhom few can equal. In the terrible bat
iewhich Just preceded his death he had
ccasion to display the highest qualities of
soldier and commander. After escaping
le stroke of death when men fell around
i'm by thousands, he at last met his fate at
moment of comparative quiet by the ball
"a single rifeman. He died as a soldier
fould choose to die, with truth at his heart,
nd sweet, tranquil smile upon his lips
las our great nation possesses few sons
Ike true John Sedgwick.
Like him fell, too, at the very head of
leir corps, the white haired Mansfield,
fter career of usefulness, illustrated by
Is skill and cool courage at Fort Brown,
[opterey and Buena Vista; John F. Rey-
olds and Reno, both in the full vigor of
ianhood and intellect, men who had proved
leir ability and chlvalry in many a field
/ Mexico and in this civil war, gallant
entlemen, ofwhom their country had much
hope, had it pleased God to spare their
YES Lyo9 fell in the Pri%sSs Sf life lead lead
ers, his brief career affording a brilliant
xample of patriotism and ability. The i'm
etuous Kearney, and such brave Generals
Richardson, Williams, Terrill, Stevens,
Weed, Saunders and Hayes lost their lives
lille in the midst of a career of useful
ess. Young Bayard so like the most re-
owned of his name, that "knight above
ar and adove reproach," was cut off too
arly for his country. No regiments can
pare such gallant, devoted and able COM
ianders as Russell, Davis, Cove, Simmons,
iailey, Putnam, and Kingsbury-all of
yhom fell in the thickest of the contest,
ONE of them veterans, others young in
ervice-all good men and well beloved
ible debt to fate in the loss of such COM
ianders as Greble (the first to fall in the
lar), Benson, Haggard, Swead, DR.. Hart,
-lazlett, and those gallant boys, Kirby.
Woodruff, Dimiek, and Cushing; while the
lgineers lament the Promising and gallant
Wagner and Cross. Beneath remote battle
elds rest the corpses of the heroic McRae
ascom, Stone, Sweet, and many other
,mpany officers. Besides these there are
)sts of veteran sergeants, corporals and
tivates who had fought under Scott in
YGo 0E cSRteftfd ant Xth and MINGLED with
| EN- young soldiers who, courageous,
+, eady, and true, met death unflinchingly
ithout the hope of personal glory. These
, en-, in their more humble spheres, served
Il .eir country with as much faith and honor
g., the most illustrious Generals, and all of
, lem with perfect singleness of heart. AL
/ lough their names may not live in the
ige of history. their actions, loyalty, and
{, )urage will. Their memories will long be
reserved in their regiments, for there were
lany of them who merited as prouda dis
notion as that accorded to ''the first grena-
J., ier of France" or to that other Russian
i ,ldier who gave his life for his comrades.
ut there is another class of men who have
one from us since this war commenced,
hose fate it was not to die in battle, but
no are none tile less entitled to be men
oned here. There was Sumner, brave,
)nest, chivalrous veteran, OF more than half
century's service, who had confronted
+, cath untlinchingly on scores of battle
elds, had shown his gray head, serene and
{, eerful, where death most reveled; who
/. ore than once told me that he believed
I'd hoped that his long career would end
mid the din of battle. He died at home
ON effects of the hardships of the leader
iip of his campaigns. That most excel
mt soldier, the elegant G. f. Smith, whom
any of us remember to have seen so often
this very plain, with his superb bearing,
capped the bullet to fall victim to the dis
, Use which has deprived the army of so
any of its best soldiers. John Buford,
,ol and intrepid; Mitchell, eminent in sci
|, ice; Palmer and many other officers have
st their lives by sickness contracted in the
Id. But 1 cannot close this long list of
/; ,orious martyrs without paying sacred
I bt of official duty and personal friend
1 ip. There is one dead soldier who pos
/ ssed peculiar claims upon my. love and
attitude; was an ardent patriot, an un-
{ fish man, a true soldier, the beau-ideal Of
q staff ofiicer--he was my aid-de-camp, Col.
{ ,lburn. Theso Is a lesson to be drawn
t ,m the death and services of these glori-
o s,men, which we should read for the pres
e { and future benefit of the nation, +,
Z. War in these modern days is q science,
al ! it should now appear to the most tpreju-
d; ed thatin the organization and arming Of
al nies, and the high combination of strate-
Q, perfect familiarity with the theoretical
SC ,,Ilce of war is requisite. Tocount upon
su cess when the plans or execution of cam
pa rms are intrusted to men who have no
kn wledge Of war, is as idleas to expectthe
le. lwisdom Of a Story or a Kent from a
SIX lful physician. roIr.s G AKA
THE CAUSE FOR WHICH WE FIGHT.
] 1t what Is the honorable and holy cause
for, which these men have laid down their
liyt /, and for which the nation still demands
the sacrifice of the precious blood Of 80
ma v Of her children? s, 5loa aift's
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