The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-27

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commanders vas three minutes late IA mgfing
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bc IL 81 tardy again slii bat na threat reach,
ed the uusiy lieutenant and none Vas meant but
The distant thunder ~ the great battle cyvH then
announced lhe struggle, ard The untifnr lsadef,
his saldierly soul aaamc knrw that he absence
might laHs che day THIS wAyside frryaf again
INSPIRED tbs men, Abd nj Z o'cloek fset sore,
stAggeriag. weary, having marched DO ntiica since
o'clock Che evening before. the columns ~ the
sixth Corps came upon the memorAble field. They
were cAhaaHied aud held In reeCrve hat o. sharp
aud furious Sss the struggle that their AID VAS
constantly domAaded, aud se,igwick sent brigade
after brigade 81 those tndomitablo sold.ors Who
stayed the Rebel onNets, ABd 90 had their glgft
Gus part IA The erowuing aeld ~ Oetiysbnfg that
drove armed rebellion nom the loyal stAtos, and
gave the true heart n patriotism and etnlung
faith 10 anal victory hot0ro going into Winter
quarters The army tgrrcd thO passage II the Rap.
pahAnnock At IAppAhandock station The emo
my was ehtrvnohod upon the hitler aide ~ tho
river. Against tnia position Ne,lgsiok lead the
hfth and sixth oorps under instructions 10 push
the enemy across that day tntil snusei the ar.
hlluTy thuutlerod ia yalu, the General riding b.
the eentre ~ the sinth CorpSnAked Con, Wright
commanding II the works could be carried by All
infantry assault, "Wo can Try, Sir, said General
Wright. "Nhat do you thiHA, hlr q Il think
VIC can, Sir" Hrigadlar Russell came up. "dcn
RasselL can We take this position BY infantry as-
saulti " II think We can, Sir" Very woi, Sir I"
said Ssdgwiek, do y. And Russell, leading
through the fiery hail from the rne-ptts through
the smoke, and roar, and duet 81 hestorm ~
battle, his frail aud silent and unfalteripg Inc,
advanced steadily across that dreadful aeld into
the jaws Of death, into the mouth Of hell ne'cr
spoke until the bayouets FLASHED and thon his
word was surrender, and ~ the enemy crumb-
led and fed, the Boys ~ Blue" rent the air with
"a ~. A. n 49,
John" knew that his trusty children o. the sixth
Corps had done H. IL the following Winter, dur
ing the illness Of Gen. Meade. Gen. sedgwiek
commanded the Army q the Potomac"
Here follows most admirable review o. tho
situation and Of the military movements. (which
preceded, Inaugnratod and garfield 70 com.
pletion, the great campaign Of "a and % under
the "Sllont Captain" II gave TO tho Command
cr aud his leutonants, and to every soldier off
nation "a crown Of glory and ended the civil
war"
"But with what mourniul and plying oyos did
Liberty survey her triumph, bought as all great
triumphs have been, with tears and blood and
heart breaks. How truly sang her poet amid tho
ghostly tempest Of battle,
We wait beneath tho furnace blast.
The panRs Of transformation,
Not painlessly doth God Teeast
Aud mold anew the nation
From the happy homes among the hills and
valleys, upon the seaside and the prairie, three
hundred thousand brave aud beloved had march
ell to the field and returned no more. Him, also.
whom your hearts recall, whom his country re-
members who fondly said, AZ no stood al hia door
looking out upon the soft Housatonio landscape,
sis there another spot ON earth 30 beautiful Az
Cornwall Hollow Z" Him whom the green fields
Of Cornwall Hollow shall behold no more. Emer-
ging from the Wilderness on the 9Th OF May, "a,
the army was concentrated around hpottHylyAnia
Court House Gen. Sodgwick and his corps bold
ing the left Of the line. II was Monday morning,
and the General was watching his mon place this
guns. He WAS sitting under tree talking with
Gen Mcmahon, his Adiutant General and warm
personal friend, one u the young heroes whom
the war discovered and developed, and whose
brilliant service and rapid promotion showed how
wisely Sedgwiok chose his men. The General
wss speaking proudly aud tcnderly Of his staff
and corps, when observing some mistake In the
work Of his men, be said abruptly. That's wrong.
He aud his adjutant were together, and ~ they
moved toward the working parties the Rebel
shArpshooters began to hre, The suldiers dodg-
ed a. the bullets whistlod "Comc, come, my
men /" sAd the General, hmiling, "dodgng for
single bullets Why, they couldn't hit All ole-
phAnt at this distance" "Ah. General said ono
Of the men behind tree, eve tried II, aud be.
lave in lodging "yefy well, my man" said
sedgwiek, Ego 10 your place but, tell you, they
can't hit an elephant hero" Ho turned, eth
smiling 10 continue the conversation with has adj
utant, who heard the sharp lov, singing sound
Of bullet ending duly aud Bodg wick sank slow
~ TO the ground His friend MacMAhon, yainly
tried 10 support him. He bent over him aud
spoke TO him with passionate eagorncss; but
SodgHiok did not answer. His eyes were closed
his hands were clAsped; tho sweet smile fingered
upon his face. A little blood tfcklod down tho
check from beneath the left eye, His heart beat
gently for a moment aud al was still. The
country heard of his death 81 tho I0es Of an ar
my II was concealed from hie soldierH lost they
should be unnoryed IN battle. Then from the
sylvan bower IN the woods u spoltaylsania, IN
which il was trudsriy laid that morning, Gunnpe-
tieut, remembering Putnam and Wooster Goa.
neiticut mother u the GTAnts aud HhetmRus u
Ellsworth, Winthrop Ward and Igou, who bad
sent her children 81 every famous field u war,
received with love aud sorrow and with parpatu-
al proud remembrance, the dead body of John
Bedgwick. On the Sunday after he fen, borne BY
his naighbors amid The tears " silent thousands
and wrapped IN the flag, ho was buried IA Corn
wall Hollow. No military salute WAS hTed above
his grave bat one SOLITARY peal of distant tbun-
der snblmey suggested The soldiers life and
death. bedgwok died, but the victory Was won. +"
''Oficers and soldiers Of the slrth Corps, for
the last time you stand here together, and before
parting, mover again 10 meet a. a Corps, youT
hands and hearts that vith his beat back the orn-
flames u war here upon the spot beloved 70 well
Ia tender memory II him aud IN bond u faithful
union among yourselves, raise this stAtns y tho
brave aud gentle bcdgwick IL IL wrought With
cannon that with his ego watching you and bis
heart trusting you, yod captured III The blazing
fury 81 battle. IL ~ monument " you vaiDf as
well ~ his devotion His m0desty would bays
refused u foT himself bat his affection would hAyh
accepted Il from you Here Leave u, under the
sky and among lhs hills. Upon thls soldier iield
IL shall outNAteb II ita silent post The seutneln 81
to-day, The seniinels d coming yeArs. THIS no-
bile pageant This living multitude, these ohsu
Norsis, this roar Of cannon, thoAs peals ~ echo
ing music shall pass away; bat thgu, mbte sol
dier, shall remain Thy ipa shall spesk pheh
We are gone. Aad e the young and deciie hesrta