, 1866-01-08

.nenccd Joe johnson and thcn moved 10 look aftcr
Jick Taylori fond him At Richmond, Louisiana, |
I'D tssef rha1p light drove hin nd destroyed the
Tie Battery was placed by Gen. 0sant o. The
osnk OF the river opposite Ficlsbnzg Nhcre they I
xater Batteries 81 the enemy. Ailer To surrender
y vlekshurg the battery was sent to Lake Prori-
aenee and subsequently rejofned their division and |
ip septssaer @ % 1oey n moved %ItS ba the % 15th srmy
cosps from Vleks burg to Memphis+ ihtnca dy way
Of corinih snd Tusenmbia to Eha!tanooga, taxing |
Thry .sc1e then chosen 10 mako he rparch to The
relief ot Gen. Burnside at Knoxville, and were
twenty eight days on the march without hapsaeks,
On The 1st d; T. January, 1851, they received 1t
1arkirAville new battery Of Napoleon gus, which
had been ordered for them u Victabur1. On
Genera &c Mefhesso1 on ,hs long md R teaious essn.
paign Toward Atlanta participating In Ill the bat
t:cs Of the ATn} 5 Of tne Teansssee: among which
list gun 6red By The nattery wa1 ii NiekajaeE
Greek, uhc1e they were eomp1meuted by General
II. L Smith for diving natsesg OF four guns ont
Of the rebel works, By using only two guns placed
Tbe casualties In this hatte1r were:
officer died Of disease; men killed AID died Of
ed ior disability q men discharged h psomodon;
8 men DISCHARGED for wounds.
II thc mouih Of July, 1ec35, when recruiting 70,
men .4kboWu is the Chicago BoaEd Of Ti1de" 1e-
solved to raise and equip battery tot The natons
tervice- In thirty slx hours from the passage OF
were enlisted, End <1ss19 raised By subscription 70
pruytde IN armement With characteristic nberul-
IL and jus, sense Of right the members OF ths
the places Of honor and Of trust which they might
v1eale. and to recover from whatever 6eld ut what
eses aistance the bodte1 Of those who might fal.
and inter them with clTte and military honots ueat
the homer which rhey should leave. This VIA the
origin Of that noble or .sni1aot which haa achfes.
ed 20 proud record In history.
These are the men whom Gen Sherman spoke Of
IN his address GU Change in 1865, ~ has1ng been
cent to him BY patriotic merchants belonging the
sna vored d VII ne boa a.Ts
to do With mettezs military. unless It was to In.
1ao1ta1ize tscs=5a;srs by tne heroic deeds II the
en ,ao wno ha1e e. tsei5 ns@e These ~ he essnt
easily DETECTED 1t the ilsnt sl,uce be gave the1u-
men of hrase4y md muscle, soldieriy height and
ass,h eenss@ps.6fs 'aa Il tssaEsa adss ntSs tSs
bossa .sa,.n, q !, s Trade ~ aos .sSatns IF s1sh
welcomed alike by the officers and the army. They
hsa done their Hosk nobiy. md would 20 down to
9e ne % II.
antae.paseA, w. sompesea ef pIetedaaea. sogreat
we're offered By unsuccessful app1icnts to secaTe
plsces IN The ranks, They weni ont som Us On The
281h Of Jtne 1865 IN which tine fheJ travelled bT
But rho shall tell In fitting wordlths proud
deeds Th,ch thsy accomplishment Tie 81 sppes!. Ss
auee IN The teh was IN The expedition witch drove
Bsaea's army cut Of Tenneesse, thsts Fsi battle
army under General Rosec1aux, they Wen moved
to Nashville; under tho ZANE gallant oblef theJ
took part ia the battle Of stone River. I'd fos
+. threa krccessiYs days Mc1e cnustantly engFed in
: the light, .epelhrg 81 one time eeFere aAfRs
/; made by ths no.o5dous Tenn naneenr. 4 10
and tosi them they had sared tbe day; I'd
made most hnno1ahle mention Of their Ts1atu
! ~ & sns4al report Of Ancnst. 1871 In The spztT
Q! 1sb9 fha EAttt1y Td8 attached to the ID q
. vision OF E7ralry. and though anxious fof oppo,
tuott3es, remsaeed eeanps1aiIselJ inactive during
tss s1msz TT. The{ toospa1 n he batie Of chicE'
five miles distant, and subsequently In Septsmber
dianngotshed themselves II Fszznsngton by nsht-
shIeke.s a Ae foot Iwhirh tas 1sbels, unaer Gen
Mateief. had Planted three gnna. In order to ac-
compheh this the guns had 10 be unlsmbercd aud
drasEen y hand fr r1o yards and there used ona at
took delight 10 doing and 9ifh only one IN sgstn1t
taiee they s1eneed ths en*n,3, eaptusea his thzet
a1a VIZ aee@ Pqsasa o
- TO leave smother piece Of artillery IN d. siyrr In
The following March the Batte7J received nom
nsn, .h.s II sny company hsd ia esra. I'd ; tassa
they had" Al Nashville they Joined 2enenl shsr.
1uAu and accompanied him to AtdntA~ marching
the Achsins. Al Decatur ihe5 were terribly z,
posed, being ios s1mo LEFT without support while
the enemy killed both men and horses By shoot.
At encth 10 retire, the{ brought % the tszIas q
s,en 1h 'y q @'hes of s ,he1 s 0s aE
march around Ari1nts, md IN three nights and
two days MARCHED 1874 miles, engaged five Zines IN
sst,is I'd & &s'opPsd 1ons enoogh e e9sa tns .o*n
sse eaptu1e rel It asSts .nry frtarned Is NssnSte,
sse9 seg s. Sses 1oa IL
lore Christmas marched twenty one ntles and iou4ht
ten tisaes In the spring Of 1865 the Battery again
lie arseua1s, navy yard, ioanderles, machine shops
| and entire works were destroyed, the Battery
being entrusted with the dest1ncitpa Of be arnf
carriages, spfklng and rendering the gins upscSyice
/ Ai,es this they went to Montgomery, coluuabu,
snd Aaeon winning al each hesh laptels, and theu
| They went ont Isl men. they we.s strengthened
By IS recruits, and there e1ms back 1865 men. O
those who did not resu1u~ z were discharged FROM
the ranks; u Of xhom were promoted; II o, whom
were killed; is Of whom were disabled BY wounds
sof whom ased Of disease: Of whom Tere t1ana
ferTed 70 Other branches Of service; Of whom
we're captured and tncarcesated In Andcrsonyflle.
What records Ere these Of toll pr,ration, danger
and deash: and oyer ~ thess, how, like Rlo.y
Ameaiezn history, They weFe fhe only sTsilIe,,
Fol1s Henry and DoncIeon look grimly down o.
the ppsitlons where these Batteries wert planted
from thelr guns doomed the first eho, in the memo
1ane s :. III Mx's5Sseq It rd. sn9fs s;,S p .ar
lofty brow Of Lookout Mountain .parted to Show
our dag triumphant; they railed the dust along
are al ablste with The lines Of IRE IN which tbt
record OF their lame Ia written; while the fo1sstf
nre still nae1td. sud the plalns are act p1oughed
Tie Gent7ut. under whom they have se1Tfd AZ
the heroes Of the age and there - wealth Of 70
nowu twfned round the brows Of The leade7s MIR
in the strife, and applAuded their hernic deeds II
the hour ct victory. For these men hare served
NTH Turchin, Rosecraus, Fitzpatrick, and Mcrhes
eon, snd been ied py CROOK and Thomas. and sher
+, 1As ca,ae II nhich they were engaged M. ths
great conflict OF human rights and WIS foaght fol
in no wasfare we're erer nobter cor1batants-no va
hAs Witnessed teTcer Conflicts-ln no ~ar was ere
20 monc1tous m Issue rnperiled. In other land,
tested thrones, and Tor other iesnes Of local o.
merely national importance These men fonsh
tss u a a
There arc the men who hnEe In their 0wu persoo.
reproduced the aee1a of ouf ancestors. md hArl
s n &C. a s suT
pctuated glory Of orr fathers: Thee are the mer
.ii.u1ed he a1y Of the Union, We ~ indebled To-
the nob1esi page IN al our records for their brav1
deeds made of rs the opportunity to glaco oRr Con
indcpenaenoe; ma 10 proclaim hbesty through
Wen may ne Ill take pride IN these deeds Of II.
| Eopf OF Chicago. The pFomfees 20 freely made b.
The Board Of Trade hare all been fulalled. II
their credit be II said, TINT the re,uans of The ION
men who ,ell At Stone Rlyer wsre brought hom'
brought 70 ii. c5 by is relatives and buried pfi
here o-day. neee complete The list; win one "a,
exception, every man Is accounted fos, bring O
dead In biz home.
There was one hrsre boy who being taken pdso
defonrlle md taongh at last released, tho horror
Of that dep ot intsmy. that ,asar house q treason
nina, % that though a 1fsea On b Bis eolnrsdss,
Goro, In Moth Carolina, md notwithstanding an
gent search has been made. no traca Of him ha
t;entIEmsn Of The " fsoa.3 Of Trade y Of Chicago
ty whose command thls day spesk. you share l
gained. And I'm directed By helir1ng to aokols
| you o. sour promise to the dead.
VA NV woman has been minister Of blessing; Win
bounty iavishly supplied lie wounded and nc wea1
Florence Nishtipgaie, Who want oul with the b
te7y, remained by The Bsttrs5, and returned bn
Two days before he Battery; urcle*s In devotion
the sick and wounded, cheering dcspoodeut one
with glad emile, soothing the anguiah Of pail
and the Iestie*sneas Of s1ow recovery closing II
. eyes and folding tbs cold bands Of the dead, Ii
prescucc Of oDe who has been c11led athe Angel
: The Battery" Uss perpetual bened1tuon.
We LOOK upou these forms, which no devotion
! country men, no ere Of Woman's tenderness coul
E tasc tiom death, md or hsar.s ase sad when :
tionsl honor Of National e1stence, but The oae.ln
has been made, the price has becn paid In bloc
md .ears and death snd now let IN ftrns honor
md patroic tus1ce guard The places Of their res
Let public mnnitccnee erect enduring tAblets Whic
shall bear their nane5, record their 5aIor and D:
retua.e lhclr fame. And In all inc fntu.e let o.
Children and orr chIldrcn's children be taught Ii
r Lessons Of their nnasty7dnm.
Il After war peace1 ...
Peace 10 The dead. Peaoe through tbeir labors
n The living. Jheee haFe fought their last hKht
Il ttc ealvos OF artillery which soon shall sound o
d The cunA the1 3osed 80 well ehaa not awake then
= The grsas shall erow gzrcn in spring-timc. Il
rf th&if t&Rt1