Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-02
NUMBER Is.
DE KALB.

LUIS Roou AnaH was MAJOR Uener0l IN
the American arms during the revolution-
ary war. He was q German by birth, q
brave and merhorious officer. He had
attained high reputation in the military
service, and was kng ght of the order of
military merit, and Brigadier General
in the armies Of France. He accompan-
led the Marquis de la Fayette to ths
country, and having profered bis services
to Congress, he was appointed to the office
Of Major General. He repaired to the
main army, in which he served at the
head Of the Mary land division, very much
respected.
Possessing a stout frame, with excellent
health, 10 officer was more able to encoun.
ter the tolls of war. Moderate in mental
powers, as in literary requirements, he
exce''ed chiefly in practical knowledge of
men and things, gained during life Of
close aud accurate investigation Of the
causes and effects Of passing events.
At the battle of Camden, the Baron de
kaib commanded the right wing of the
American army. AT the commencement
OF the action the great body Of the militia
who formed the left wing of the army, on
being charged with fixed bayonets BY the
British infantry, threw down their arms.
aud with the utmost precipitation fled
from the field. In this battle the Ameri.
cans suffered severe defeat and loss
The Continental troops who formed the
right wing of the army, inferior as they
were in numbers to the British, stood their
ground, and maintained the couhict with
great resolution. Never did men acauit
themselves better The Americans lost
the whoe OF their artillery, eigh: field
pieces, upwards Of two hundred wagons,
md the greater part Of their baggage
The loyal army fought with great bravery,
but their victory was in grea. measure
owing to their superiority in cavalry, and
the percipita,e retreat Of the American
militia.
De ka'b, sustaining by his splendid
example the courageous effort Of our in.
terlor force, in his last resolute attempt to
sleze victory, received eleven wounds, and
was made prisoner. His lingering lie
was rescued from immediate death by the
brave 'nterposstlon Of Lieutenant Colonel
DE Duysson, one Of his aide.dc camps.
who enIoraced the PROSTATE General and
received into his own body the bavone,s
pointed at his friend Chevaier de BUYS.
son rushed through the clashins bayonets.
and stretching his arms over the BODY of
the fallen hero, exclaimed Save the
Baron dc ka'b' save the Baron de Kalb.'
The British officers interposed aad pee
vented his immediate destruction but he
survived the action but few hours. To
q British officer, who kindly condocd With
HIM IN his misfortune, he replied. Il
thank you for your generous sympathy, bu.
die the death always prayed for the
death of soldier fighting 70. the rights
Of man.
The heroic veteran, though treated with
avery attention, survived but few hours.
Never were the last moments of a sold. .er
better employed. lie dictated a letter 70
General Sma!Iwood, who succeed to tho
| command OF his division. breathing ia
every word his sincere and arden, a Election
for his officers and soldiers, expressing
his admiration Of their late noble, though
unsuccessful! stand }; reciting the eulosy
| which their bravery had ex.orted from ,hs
enemy; together with the lively delight
such testimony of their value had excited
in his own nina, then lowering on the
shadowy confines Of Life. Feeling the
pressure of death, he stretched out his
qaivering hand to his friend and aide-de
camp Chevalier dc Buysson, proud of his
generous wounds, he brca,hed his last
benedlc.ions on his faithful brave division.
Genera! Washington, many years after,
on visit to Camden, inquired for the
grave OF dc kalb. After looking OH it
while, with = coun,enance marked with
thought, he breahed deep sigh, and ex-
claimed, $50 there lies the brave De
kalb the generous stranger who came
from foreign land to fight our battles.
aud to water with his blood the tree of
our liberty. Would to God he had lived
to share its fruits p
On the l4th of October, $780, Congress
erected "A monument to his memory, in
the town of Annapolis, in the State of
Maryland d.-fields Scrap Book.
An official return shows that the French