The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-11-21
For the Jeffersonian.
THE UNION VOLUNTEER,
BY II. LANGFORD.

AMONG the many thousands who sig.
nallzed themselves in the service of their
country, there may be one found who,
although his laurels are not so brilliant as
those of Grant and Sherman, were yet
won with more endurance and self-deny-
ing patriotism. Men hired to bear arms
against invasion, or foreign oppression,
are to certain extent accounted brave
but he who, at the call of his country,
leaves home, kindred and every thing
dear to his existence In answer to the
summons, is truely hero - hero whose
deeds the country may be proud to chron-
icle, and his friends led to exultation in
the rehearsal Of his conquests.
The Sun rose broad and red DER the
bright destiny of the Union in 1860. =
There was an anxious and visible agita-
tion among men. In the hurry of busi-
ness they found leisure to pause in the
street, and shake the hand of their fel-
lows. 1t was the bond of sympathy for
the great cause that affected their coun-
try's happiness - opinions were timidly
exchanged as to the probable issue of the
great and critical movement Of the times.
Debate and angry alteration were uni
versal, even in every dwelling. The
Mania directed its concentrated influence
DER the deep valleys of the South, and
the first gore fell rich at the expense of a
million patriots. People rose from their
daily avocations and looked abroad; the
first cannon shot told of strife in the land
and as the dun smoke curled slowly away
the great armies of the Republic were
drawn up for battle.
The great work of slaughter had begun.
Nothing less could cqualize the scale of
abridged power between the claimants on
the one hand and the suppressors on the
other. Farley was insult, delay, defeat,
and so the decisive action of the times !:
it was necessary to meet, and the embrace
was both long and protracted, and final as
it was sanguinary.
Among the regiments comprising the
division of the White Star stands con-
spiciously the Seventy third Pennsylva
MIA Veteran Volunteers, both on the Of
fetal report of Sigel, and those of Milroy
and Schenck, when consolidated with
their divisions, forming the " Mountain
Department" command under General
Fremont. 1t was organized in Philadel-
phia by the decpIy-regretted Colonel
John A. Koltes, August, 1861. In 1862,
after Banks retreat, it served with Ere
mont in the pursuit of {" Stonewall Jack
son, and participated in his defeat at
Cross Keys. Sigel assumed command of
the division the latter part of June, 1862,
the Seventy third serving in Luray Valley,
Va, Slaughter Mountain, Second Bull
Run, Chancelorville and Gettysburg; af
ter which it was detached from the Army
of the Potomac and ordered to report to
General Rosecrans in the Lookout Valley.
1t formed part of fghting-Joe Hook
er's" Corps, and participated in the bat
tie Of Lookout Valley, Lookout Noun
tain and Missionary Ridge. For awhile
thereafter it was at Knoxville. From
Knoxville it returned to Lookout Valley,
a majority Of the members re-enlisting,
and, finally, removed to Philadelphia on
veteran furlough. After recruiting
and recuperating it was again ordered to
the front, March, 1864.