Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-05-24

Aho aoii'"ihB SVuWuuICdtlOn ITCm L1Buts l
Col. Waterman, who has commanded the |
gallant Tooth Regiment since Colonel
BartlesOn was taken prisoner. dated at
Athens. Tennessee, April 9th. will ts
read with interest: 49,. 49,
Citizens Of WI County AT a time of
fearful national peril, when strong arms
aud stout hea:ts were wanted to preserve
our national life. and honor, with your
blessings upon US We went forth to Battle
for all that good men hold dear.
To- day, we return you this IemAant of
our banner as a witness of how we have
I 6beyed your many fearful admonitioue to
do our duty; it is part of our history
through all our service il has been with
us;-frcm Louisville to the mountains of
Kentucky, through Nashville, Murfrees
bOro over the cliffs of the Cumberland,
across the Tennessee, along the slope of
Lookout, through Chattanooga, to Chica-
mauga.; past Knoxville; over the bill of
Cambridge (; reflected in the clear blue
waters of the French Broad; over the
Holston to LOudon: to Athens, where in
the valley OF the Eastern Auley within
sight of the SNOW capped mountsins Of
! North CsroljDs, among who looked upOn
/ Tvs NukeCtcu tDIuo GiNu I6NcT6OCe an 0nPC-
ton. for the last time II was dyinp 10 the
breeze aud here folded for trabsmission to
| You
1t aoated glorio usIy o~er orr heads at
Stone River; cbeeted our hearts at the
scenes of Chicamauga. and mid shot and
shell went with a wild burrah up the
heights. of Missionary Ridge; flown over
| dehantly IN the face of the foe-no traitor
hand has ever polluted it's fOlds.
said 1t was part Of our history. it is
also IN some measure e9bleDaticai Of
what has been our fate, for il is rent as are
our ranks, and piece By piece has been
dropping and lies Ouriet along the course
we have born it on.
I We know that you will look upon it with
fearful eyes,fo it VIII remind you OF many
noble souls who to)s their hast glance on
with eyes towards its stars. You will re-
! member Nottingham, Mitchell, TheiI.
! WagOne-, Hopkins, Frederick, Gre.pmsn'
| Hess, Atkins and McPadden, who, in cur
baptismal battle, died that the nation
| MIGHT live.
You will remember Stewart. Line bareer,
White Jones, Barrett, Burr, Rodgers, Beg,
Steinmetz. Parker, Karcb, Spaff1rd Smith,
Spencer, Dixon. Durress, Scaulao, Price,
! Wedemier, Bush. Deal, Lyons, Young,
/ Kelly, Miner, Murfo1d, Morsy, D,rken.
dorf Davis, Moore, Prosser, Bsver, Reed,
! Hartong, Perkins, Samson. Harter and
Churcheli, who sleep on the fated feld of
! Chicamauga and Doncaster, BursoI and
Bartie, the dead of Missionary Ridge
These are our dead-yUur dead but they
are not ali might speak of the many
others who, worn mt with exposure and
toll, grew SICK, and far removed from
hume and friends. "laId them down to die. {"
They are our dead who lie along the whole
course Of our march from the Ohio to the
! Tennessee
Some who have carried this banner are
no more, aud the right arm of S.rgt. Zel-
Ter hangs useless az his side from a wouud
received while hulling these collrs at Chi
camauga, and yet the brave fellow begs to
be permitted - come hack and csrry our
new Dag with his uninjured left arm.
You will cherish and preserve this bau-
ner, and By 80 doing, you cannot 10, get
those of orr Drnter who have. aid will
return to ynu manned or with heal b de.
stroyed in their service beneath shis c, lIr :;
! their crippled bodies and smYeiated forms
Will remind you bow dearly earned IVES
this gilt they are relics as is this, OF the
the camp, the march. and the BATTLEFIELD
we know your hearts are with us-taat
! you da:ly invoke Gods blessing npon Us
! that you expect much from Us /; and with
TINS knowledge sustained BY the God of
! oettles' we mean 10 the future, as We
oeiieVe we have in the past. to give you 10
cause to blush fer the hundreth,
A. N. WATERMAN.