The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-01-15
TIL T. PILOT.
What one Blunder of the Administra'
*ien has Cost the Nation.


count Of the ceremonies of the dedication
of the great National Cemetery at Gettys-
burg. Oh the 18th of November last. With
eancaoly emotions. That vas great,
bu, most sad. occasion. The ceremonies
there performed were due As tribute bv
the living, TO the slain heroes who died
that a nation might live. But in our de-
vo,ions to the heroic dead. we must never
forge. our duty to the living. While We
.hed tears over our buried dead. and tit
tingly commemorate their virtues and he
roic deeds. we should not be true TO our
selves and true to the cause Of our coun-
try, were We to forget, or did we fail to
,peak Of, the causes which have led the
people to witness these sad scenes and 10
become participants iu these august funer-
81 ceremonies.
Mr.. EVERETT. in his address on that oc-
.casion. has given the most authentic ac-
count Of he battle fought on the first sec
ond. and third days of July last and we
agree with him as to the impor ance to
the National cause of the victory won by
the Federal army. he SAID:
"We owe it to the brave men who sleep
in their beds Of honor before us and their
pallan, surviving associates. not merely
,ha, vour fertile fields my frienls Of Penn
,xlvauia and MARYLAND. were redeemed
from ,he presence of the invader, but that
YOUR beautiful c,pitals We're not given up
20 threatened pIunder- perhaps laid IN
ashes Washington seized bv the enemv.
and a blow struck at the heart of the Ma
ton.
"Who that hears me has forgotten the
thrill Of iov that ran through the country
op the All OF Jnly-anspicious dav tor the
glorious ,idings and rendered still more
90 by the Simultaneous fall Of NickNburg
when the telegraph flashed throughout he
land the assurance from the President Of
the United States, tfaf the Amy of the
Potomac under General Meade, had again
smitten the invader? Sure | am that.
with the aacriptions Of praise that rose TO
Heaven from twenty millions of freemen.
with the acknn @ledgmants that brea he'd
from patriotic lips throughout the length
and breadth Of America TO the surviving
officers and men who had rendered the
country this inestimabe service there beat
in every LOYAL bosom a thrnb offender apd
sorrowful gratitude 70 -
r.u =. tne sternlv-con'ested field
~ no. a nations fervent thanks make some
amends for the tolls and suferings of those
who survive would that the heartfelt
tribute could penetrate .hese honcred
graves y
What was the cost Of this great victory (?
ring these memorable three days OF fierce
battle, Mr. EvEnErr answers
"Such. most in4dequa'e,v rncounted, is
the history Of the evnr-m-morahe three
day. AMI Of the events Immediately pra
cednc ard following. l. has been pre-
TENDED in order 10 diminish the magni
tuda Of this disaster to the rebel cause
shat it ~as merely The reDulse of an attack
on s'ronglv defended position The tre-
meudous losses on both sides are suff
cien, answer to this misrepresentation, and
attest the courage and ob-rinacv with
which the thrae davs' battle was wape1 -
Few Of the great confltcts Of modern times
have cost vict"rs and vaIqushed so great
a sacrifice On the Union side there fell
in the whole campaign. Of generals killed
nl L Il "a
Generals Barlow. Barnes. I}ut'erfie!d
Doubleday. Gihbon. Graham. Haucnck
Sickles and Warren while of officers be,
low the rank of generals and men. there
were 2 S34 kiiIe 13 100 wounded. ant
6 CAB IN ssino On the confedera side
there were killed on the fpl! or mnrtally
wounded. Generals Armislead, Bar ksdaIe.
Garnet,, Pender. Petrierew and Semmes ::
and wounded. FEeth Hood. johnson.
Kemrer, Kimball and TrimbIe o. off
GERS below the rank Of general anl men.
there were taken prisoners, including the
wounded, 13 G2l. an amount ascertainpd
officially OF the sounded in a condition
to be removed. of the killed and the miss
ing. the enemy has made no reiu n
lbeF are eSllHate1 rom the best d3fa
which the nature Of he case admits at
% 600 General Mpaie also captured
three rannnns. and flrtv-one standards
I" must leave 10 others, who can 40 it
from persona ob-ervation. to de -criba the
mouvnful spectacle presented bv these bill
sides and plains At the close of the terrible
conflict 1t was saving Of the Duke Of
Wellington. that mex, 10 defeat, the sad
de.t hing j. a victory The horrors Of
the battle fell. after the cones, is over,
the sights and sounds Of woe-Iet me
throw pail over The scene which no
words can adeqnately depict 10 those who
have not witnessed it: on which no one
who has witnessed il. and who has n he art
IN his bosom, can bear to dwall. One
drop Of balm alone, one drop Of heavenly.
life giving bam-mingles in this bitter
cup of misery"
We must no. forget whose military ga
Mus 1t was that organized. and trained
and perfected ihis irvia"ib'e victorious
s1my; aeither should we tor. that on a
former occasion. when LEES army un2er
more favorable auspices 20 itself invaded
Pennsylvania and Marvland and aimed TO
strike blow at the hear, of the Marion,