Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-09-15

well to returning comrades, and q
last look toward home, they marched
down to the sea with the advancing
columns of the victorious Sherman.
For years to come the trees of the
forest where their march was made
will bear the marks Of axes which
slashed through the woods the road
on which they moved, and blazcd on
the trees the emblems of those corps
which made the march triumphal.-
Under the command Of Grant, the
General, your forces were guided to
crowning victory. The people gave
him higher honors, title to which his
own achievements won, and now nm
der the Presidency of Grant, the cit
izen, you follow in tranquility the
peaceful pursuits Of life.
At the surrender Of the Southern
armies, and when all was over, and
the days of fighting and foraging
were done, in grand review we see
them march proudly by,-cheered by
the resounding shouts of welcoming
thousands, saluted by statesmen,
wreathed with flowers by fair hands,
and, as they march off to final camps,
receiving, with their companions of
other States, who with them had en-
durcd these tolls and won those vic
tories, the generous approval Of a
grateful people. Many, though,
were missed from that review. The
parting made long years before was
never made again. There are vacant
places in many homes. Far away
from the comforting consolation of
tender hearts and the blessed touches
of tender hands, one, and another, and
another breathed their lives away
Shell burst around them, but they
needed them not-musketry resonnd-
ed, hut they made no sign. They
heard no earthly shouts of victory,
for they had gone to rest forever il,
another camp. Tears of affection
were she'd for them at home. The
incidents Of the last farewell were
recalled and the hero's manly attri-
butcs rehearsed by his friends and
kindred. The final separation gives
its grief to stricken hearts, but they
rejoice in the knowledge that death,
when it closed their lips, hushed the
voices of heroes and gave them to
honored graves.
1t is out of the power of man to
weave fitting chaplet for the
brows of all our dead heroes. Al
though not from our own State.
there was one who gained the person
al friendship of all the soldiers of the
army. No man lived life more
purely noble or dying left memory
more beloved than John A. Isawlins.
We remember the manly form OF
Curtis. who left the councils of the
nation and gave back to the country
the education she had freely given
He survived the shock Of battle but
died in the midst Of duty. You re-
call the chapter Of another who, in
this capital, moved masses with his
cloquence-a soldier by education
and nature, his eye flashed fire in ac-
tion, and his magnetic presence i'm.
parted an influence which nerved the
taltering. His reputation is the
States, and the men Of his famous
Iowa Brigade drop many tears to the
memory of Marcellus NJ. Crocker.-
Lauman, too, who entered early in
the contest. has gone leaving to his
friends soldiers reputation and the
record of a noble gentleman.
There was Matthies, a soldier in
every sensc-chivalric, active, earn
est. The land of his adoption he
loved As if it were his own. The i'm
pulsive bravery of his spirit urged
him to arms. He died, too, from dis
ease, but no more gallant officer ever
drew sword.
There was Wentz, too, who came
over the sea and on the field Of Bel
mont &c. Worthington, who, born
on southern soil, early among the
earliest proved that his love of coun
try was far beyond attachment to {
| section. Not on the field Of battle
but in the line of duty he fell, nournc,
by an army aud leaving his chill
dren the legacy OF 4 patrioti,
name. Mcfarland we nj
remember. Prominent in legisla
tive councils, he soon won tor him
self . soldiers reputation, and form
the midst OF action went to q soldier,
reward. Names multiply as We &c
on. and there looms mp the tall form
Of Terrence, As heard Elm say s'Bc
tore this fiay shall be- slisgraccd, my
wife shall be a widow and my chll
dren orphans" He died in battle
aud on his monument at home the
chief has made the stars OF his coun,
try's flag his best memorial.
Samuel A. Kice was talented and
of great promise, with traits OF char.
acter that commanded admlratlon.-
Gifted with those qualities which
made the soldier, and yet, iaodestly
distrustful OF his own ability, rapidly
rising in reputation, he was stricken
down. At Nashville fell Hill Of the
Thirty-fitth, shot through the head
while on horseback, leading his brig
ade. His name was added To the
list OF those who, in the lnllness OF
patriotism, take no thought. Of lite
when duty calls, And, with the 9TH
ers, there comes the recollection of
Kedfeld, at Allatoona; wounded
three times, he only yielded when
nature itself gave way. On the long
list there is among them all no name
which has clearer 'ustre. We could
speak OF many others: Of Mills, and
Baker, and k,nsman, aud Hall, and
Abbott, and Dorr, but why need we
mention more? Their history is The
same. They went from happy homes
to bloody fields, and, going thence
lett memories behind them which
will never Gle.
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