Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-07

confident commander, ever preferred.
where duty and honor would permit, the
olive branch Of peace to the blood stained
laurcls of war, and who stands, at the close
Of a glorious and eventlul life, living
column ofgranitc against which have beaten
in vain alike the Establishments and storms
OF treason. His name will ever be one of
ON proudest boats and most moving as
plratlons. In long distant ages, when this
iucipitcnt movement has become venerable,
mossclad and perhapse ruinous, when the
names inscribed upon it shall seem to those
who pause to read them indistict mement-
ocs Of an almost mythical past, the name of
Winfield Scott will still be clear cut upon
the memory of all, like the still fresh cary
ing upon the monuments of long forgotten
Pharaohs.
But it is time to approach the present. -
In the war which now shakes the land to
its foundation, the regular army has borne
a most honorable part Too few in num-
bcrs to act by themselves, regular regiments
have partici patcd in every great battle in
the East, and in most of those Wost of the
Alleghcnics Their terrible losses and di-
mnishcd numbers prove that they have
been in the thickcst Of the fights and the
| testimony of their comrades and comman-
dcrs show with what undauntod heroism
| they have upheld their ancient rcnown.--
! Their vigorous charges have often won the
day, and in defeat they have more than
once saved the army from destruction or
! terrible losses, by the ob,tinacy with which
! they resisted oycrpowering numbers They
can refer with pride to the part they played
upon the glorious fields Of McXico, and ex-
ult at the recollection Of what they did at
| Manassas Gaines Mills, Malvern. Antic-
! fam, GI;l,l Gt,,n p;,,n, L,tt,..l,,,,. al
| the great battles Just fought from the Rap
| idan to the Chickahominy. They can also
point to the officers who have risen among
! them and achieved great deeds for their
country in this war--tO the living warriors
whose names are ON the nations tongue
and heart too numerous to be repeated
here, yet no one of whom | could willingly
! omit
But perhaps the proudcSt episode in the
| history Of the regular army is the touching
instance Of fidelity on the part Of the non
commissioned officers and prlyatcS, who,
trcachcrously made prisoners in Texas, re
! sisted every temptation to lncltc them to
desert their flag. Offered commissions in
| the rebel service, money and land freely
| rendered them, they all scorncd the induce
-ments held out to them, submitted to eve
~ hardship, and when at last exchanged,
avenged themselves on the field of battle
for the unavailng insult offered their III
tcgrity. History affords no brighter exam
pie Of honor than that Of those brave men,
tempted, as ! blush to say, by some OF
their former officers, who, having them
selves proved false to their tlag, cndcavorcd
to scduce the men who often followed them
I to battle, and who had naturally regarded
! them with respect and love.
S,,,b :, Ia, IL 10,
ry and antccedcnts- its officers and
men. 1t needs no herald to trumpet forth
! its pariscs it can proudly appeal to the
numerous fields, from the tropics to the
frozen banks of the st. Lawrence, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, icrtilizcd by the
blood and whitcncd by the bones of its
members. But will not pause to cuogizc
it. Let its deeds speak for it. They are
more eloquent than tongue of mine.
Why are we here to-day? This is not
the funeral of one brave warrior, and even
of the lament Of death on single battle
field; but these are the obsequies Of the
greatest, best and braVcst OF the children of
the land, who have fallen in actions almost
numbcrlcss, many OF them among the
most sanguinary and desperate of which
history bears record. These men, whosC
names and deeds we now seek to perpctuatc
rendering them the highest honor in oul
| power, have fallen wherever armed rebel
lion showed his front; in far distant New
[ Mexico, in the broad valley OF the Missis
, Sipp, ON the bloody hunting grounds o
Kentucky, amid the swamps Of Carolina
/ in the fertile fields of Maryland, and tn,
! blood stained thickets of Virginia. The,
T. were of all grades, from the general to tn,
private, and Of all ages, from the gray
haired veteran of liityNcars' service to thu
, bcardlcss youth; of an degrees of cultiva
, ton, from the man of science to the uncd
ucatcd boy.
1t is not necessary, nor is it possible, t.
repeat the mourniul yet illustrous roll o
dead heroes whom we have met to honor
I Nor shall | attempt to name all Of thos
q who most merit praises; simply a few wh
will cxemplfy the classes to which they be
, long. Among the last slain, but amon
the first in honor and reputation, was tha
5 hero of twenty battles, John Sedgwick
5 gentle and kind rs Il woman brave as
{ brave man can be, honest, sincere and able
e he was Il model for all that may strive t
t initiate, but whom few can equal. In tn
terrible battles which Just preceded hi
= death, he had occasion to display the high
. est qualities of II commander and soldier
r yet after escaping the stroke of death wher
u llNn lNll ulbuli nm ny llbuSuHbN, it Il
J. last met his fate at moment of compare
h tive quiet, by the ball of single rincmar
b He died as soldier would choose to die
VI with truth in his heart, and quiet, tran
u Quil smile upon his face. Alas! our grea
II nation possesses few sons like John Scdq
n wick. Like him. too, foil at the very hea
e of their corps, the whtc-haircd Mansfield
r after career of usefulness illustrated b
/ his skill and cool courage ut Fort Brown
t Monterey and Bucna Vista; John I. Rey
t noldS and Reno, both i'll the full Nigor q
5 manhood and intellect; men who had pre-
n we'd their ability aud chiyalry in many
,, field in Mexico, and in this civil war, gaI
II liant gentlemen of whom their country ha
= more to hope, had it pleased God to spar
it their lives. Lyon fell in the prime Of hlt
g leading his little army against supcrio
d numbers, his brief career alordng bri
k liant example Of patriotism aud ability
is The impCtuous kcalny, aud such bray
i Generals as Richardson, Williams, Tcrril
a Stevens, Weed, Saunders, Hays, lost the
pf lives while in the midst of 4 career of Us,
lc Iulncss Young Bayard, SO like the mo,
re renowned OF his name, that though aboy
ii fear aud above rcproach, was cut of to
- early for his country, No regiments ca
,c spare such gallant, devoted and able con
X manders as Russell, Davis, Cove, Simmon
nj Bailey, Putnam and kingsbury, all
r. whom fell in the thickest of the coutes
ar some of them veterans, and others you
at in the service, all good men and well belo'
py ed. Our batteries have partially paid the