The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-28

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nees yeeths ass yst "a .os uhS: Is.
sitaate Of active life, can look back ppou
M eseaty-two hastlss. He pasticipcaoiI
~ III the tremendous scenes on Vifrinia
Eeoll, the adysnses nd rsesoQradss. the
euccesses and rcvefscs, whereby VI vorc
e1t the stFsagth Of the rebellion. and d.
stpiined ourselves the while 70 be worthy
= eonquer in the name Of Liberty.
One day, four years ago, while playing
marbles, or flying his kite, he had ! se.
we're attack Of the drum. Tall Of his
years. and preoocious, the spirit of petri-
otism vrestsd hard with him. Il was
case for prompt action and ! chsnses Of
climate. and BE ~ sent to the retired
Homestead in an Eastern State, With the
injunction TO help on the farm, be ! good
boy, and earn the encomiums Of grand.
mamma. But the young esRlc Suffered
over the edge Of the nest and scared into
the fields Of. blue. 1.-THE recording angel
washed out generous Uncle Toby's oath
with tear, We doubt whether he would
not kindly blot ont the entry of o b6ys
falsehood, told with shining eyes and
swelling heart to the mastering officer.
at all events ii is ssl1 now to belietss 1t,
since. happily, the great day Of boyish
temptation is overpsst, and they mead no
longer ask TO be dismissed from school 10
60 and save the country.
The youth Of fourteen, hsving thus
taken four years to himself and getting
the fun benefit Of bis stature Outstanding
very erect in his shoes, was in the Amy
OF the Potomac before grand -mammais
frightened news Of the flight had got
home to the West In all the vicissitudes
of his companions in arms he bore q part.
Ne was IN > fighting regiment He saw
it melt away IN the fierce heat of all the
great battles before Richmond. With
twelve sole survivors OF his original COM
psny he washed of the dust and blood Of
Antietam. He was in the thick of the bat
tie at Gettysburg. Captured At Chan
eellorsviils he tasted prison experience It
Belle Isle. Re-enlisted he was in It the
death and ssssw Lse lay down his arms.
At the age when most boys come homs
from school he has returned from such
soldiers experience as few men pass
through nnscathed He was never, it is
said. wounded.
We take him as the representative of
many boys whose living lessons in Histo-
~ and Geography have been taken, mus.
ket in hand, the past four eventful years,
on pages whose legends we're battles, and
boundaries fixed by the progress Of arms.
Despite the regulations of the Depart
ment and the anxious watchfnlness of
guardians, the boys havea shining share
in the hero work Of this war, as if to per-
petuate the remotest possible survivorship
Of those who can cay in far off coming
time, "Three-score years ago helped
to put down the great rebellion" And
the boys that have not foundin the camp
. deadlier enemy than Lees men in arms,
who have not become prisoners to . more
merciless tyrant than the keeper of the
keys OF Andersonville and Castle Thur
der, may be all the better men for the
work of earnest patriotism which was the
threshold of their MANHOOD Chicago
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