The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-08
THURsDAY. sIallf'.r,E1MBER 8, 1870.

Captain On, 1oth and Capt. Swat
low, 18th, Aids.
1st Brigade--Col. J. B. Coulter,
commanding; composed Of 10th, Col
Henderson, 400 men; 11th, Colonel
Beach, 900 mon 12th Capt, Ploatof
$40 men--tctal 900.
2nd Brigade, Colonel Kennedy,
| commanding j composed Of 18th
Capt. Elrod, 400 men 18th, Colonel
Warner, 400 mon 18th Major las.
8. Porter, 400 men--total 200.
Sd Brigade.Lt. Col. Silsby, com
manding; c6mposed of 16th, Captain
I fNewcomb, 100 mon; 17th, Major
Horner, 300 men; 18th Capt. Duncan
200 men-total $50.
Third Division- Infantry.
Gen. H. 4. Rsid, commanding.
1st Brigade Col. Crabb, comman-
ding composed Of 10th, Capt. Robb,
246 men; Goth, Col. Leake, 800 men;
21st lCapt. Graves, 900 msn j; 22nd
Col. Graham, 400 mon 23d, Colonel
| Little, 400 men-totAI /. $40.
I'd Brigade Col. Palmer, COM
manding composed Of 24th, Major
Clark, $50 men 2bth, Capt. Harper
140 men 26th, Capt. Nichols, loo
men eth, Capt Granger, 100 men.
l-total 500.
Fourth DiuisjoH -latdntry. i i
Gen. b. w. Rice, commaDding.
1st Brigade General Benton com-
manding !; composed Of 2oth, Colonel
Wilson. 290 men 29th, Col. Pattef-
son, 200 men 30th, Capt. Kerr, 800
mcn-total 100.
I'd Brigade.-Gen g. w. Clark,
commanding; composed Of the .31st,
Col. Stunning, zoo men; S2d, Col.
Scott, 200 mon /; 34th, Col. DUNCAN,
200 Inen--total 900.
| Sd Brigade-Col. Kittridge. COM
manding composed Of the 36th, Col
Keeler, 100 men |; seth, Mai Hamil
ton, 600 men 37th, (Greybeards)
1t. Duncan, 100 men-total 400.
/ Fifth Division-lsfantry.
Brig. Gen. James A. Williamson,
commanding.
1st Brigade-Col. Cummings, COIN.
manding, composed of the Thirty.
Eighth, Capt. Rogers, 40mcn; Thirty.
Ninth, Maj. Griffith, 400 men Fortieth
Col. Garrett, 200 mon, total, $40.
| I'd Brigade-Col. Stone, command.
ling, composed of the Forty. First to
Forty Seventh, inclusive, excepting
the Forty Fourth, Lieut.. Wallen
loo men. Forty Fourth, Capt
Henderson, leo men; First Iowa
(Colored) Capt. Burch, l20 men
total, $50.
| Engineers in Line.
| The Engineer Regimont, in which
Iowa had many boys, had forty of itf
members present, and at the head ol
tho column, under the command Of
Capt. Bracket.
The Manned Heroes.
| Following the column came a
fdozen or moro carriages containing
those of the "boys" who had beer
manned in the war. Some were
robbed of log, an arm, or wounded
10 other ways lnjuring their travel
These wounded heroer were the
objects Of the deepest admiration by
all, and the showing Of an arm short
encd by half by robel shot or shell
was an eloquence that carried its
Town glory and story with il.
This substantially closed the
pageant Of the first and principal
day of the Reunion.
| On Wednesday morning Iowa's
gifted poetess, Mrs. u. Matilda
Fletcher, delivered, at IL a. M, the
following poem
All hail to our gallant defenders, all hail
Proud peers Of the worlds worshipped heroe.
| BY Freedoim's dear attributes blest.
laurel Immortal as heaven,
About the calm brcws OF the manifest souls
i Adcwn the dim vista OF ages there came,
No epoch 90 grand ~ our own:
SSnss g spr e
While heritage fairer than monarchs have
On the iowiiest child she bestows,
And light that is bringing the world to hel
From her radiant q. GALAXY M slcws lows -, = =,
| Your i,, i've, ana your fortunes, and stood.
Thro' the dark storm ofwrath. the hope and
OF fFrecdom, oftruth, ana Of good.
We tremblc no more. tho the world should
In menacing mel sword at our doors,
The love, and the Prowess. Of Libertys sons
Are fortress snSugh = 5oT cSr snorss =
From our own lovely plains to the sea;
Thro' every fence conflict, thrv danger,
and death.
Burns on with 40 holy fame
As ever was breathed from the furnace o.
life.
or glowed ON the altar OF Fame.
From our grain laden praries and glens,
From our cities fair homes ye have come
With your battle-stained fags, with thu
In your YOU time, honcred fife and your drum
Anil that voice Of the past to your hear
l 1t brings in its eloqusut breath,
The Wild strain Of victory: softensd and
with the low, mystic csdescs Of death.
And the jubilant mist that wells up to oul
! Is touched with the tears OF regret,
Ana our hearts must go out to the dcal
j martyred ones.
Whose love we can never forget
But The angel Of faith, with her magical want