Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-21
THE VOICE OF TIE ARMY,
NoRFoRLK LIG Hr ARTILLERY BLU

NORFORLK LIG HI ARTILLERY BLUES
Ata meeting OF the "Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues" held IN the trenches in front of Peteta'
burg, the following preamble ani rss'latianu
were adopted
Whereas, We have head rnmgrs TIM the
peouls ut homs have baen uuluiy ddpres et be-
cause of recent disS5:efs II oar arms. AMI be.
lieyiup that thers is no at eanss 10: such n
atats Of feeling, and further II there be any such
depression, desiring to rea5sure ths wesh Hnh
fsinthes,ted, and to encourage ths strong hs It
resolved
l.. That we still turn our gaze WITH unfalter
ing trust towards our we'll t;ied LEADER inst ne
ara a,ti,fed ibst nsuehf, nndtr Gcd, but their
consnmmste ability, their unt-ignst love ct eoun.
tn, and their interchangeable z,al, industry snd
skiil could have brought us IS happily through
40 many and 80 grcut dangers and fIit 'niieT'
and avoided so many of tha great crruI5 into
which they ere I,sbln u fH!l aud th.t, in ibeI
hands, under the Father of OR spin :, we Ale
Tstll coLtent TO trust lhs lreshht al us Ia
ture Of our c0nhty "a We hsvs dor: the pn"t.
9 That while we lament the Cr'';'ITei.'7 81
disasters to onr AIMS, lind would b. glad II &c
could march straight forward, With defeat, 10
success, We recoguizs i'll them disi "s.iioLs o.
God a proy idsnce, Hnd intended I" ke ia los l.
avay from our, e. vss i'll whom th.r j. no srtnGf'',
10 Him rho is fall CT help. ~ ''.=' mad to liz
and prsp.rs Us for the big hrrt ,'r,ss Ui "nr
rights Is free people, nLd d. Ms lis; occasion
for weakening fssrs aud cJwardiy m's%,Viner.
3. That We have borue the hsrishps aud Ia
Dor of the camp, the march, the bVon &C, tbs he
In the trenches, and tie isk OF b.. 10, and The
more onefous burden Of military discipline thus
long cheerfully looking forward to tiie doom iGl
| which We shived: tie indep' n1ence OF o'f
country that The fnture is the fDt re OF no PIC
l Al ed Erl.AVP1
| that We ara determined, Dec r"fnf' u De ice
| and thst we will not be baked IN our purpose
BY ether tie enemies in orr front or by hai or'
or fainthesrsedness at home.
4 That we hail with pleasure the ''iings ircn,
our own homer, which nre in the hands 1t the
enemy, which assure us thst Our friends aTo re-
Istives ND now more hopeful thsn ever: tEa'
their experience OF attempted Lfgro equally
with them. and its ouirages, has male th'm
| more anxious st;ll 10 bc :; !.eved OF The homn"
ton Of their oppre'snr END more dc t'rH ma
never toyield the consent ct Their m'ras V
bearing the yoke now forced upon Them D!
military power -,
S. Thst it is with feelings Of NJ ordinary 2 All
fcstion thst We have learned Of the scticl Ut TIT
/ Prasdent and Congress IN appointing d-h Il
F.. Lee commander -in-chief of The Armies OF tn
Confederate States that We hare IN 1t an sssuI
sucs of ultimate 80 ceess; that it inspires "a viii
new energy and infuses new zeal ino oar ranks
and ought to remove from our fairtheaTtsd TREND
at home, all traces Of dependency snh gloom
That We hurl back with scnrn The reply
Abraham Lincoln to our Pesc. Commissioner
and are res solved TO fight is ont to The bitter en-
relying upon God sud own right srma to feliv'
ID from the designs Ct The malignant AMI 'rstch
=. rous enemy. -,
,, !. That ss humble creatures, we " ooii III T.
wsy publicly render praise and thsnfs siring q