Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-30
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system OF ethics prncticed among certain
high officials at Washington. There are
trees planted aud avenues laid out. The
first avenue from the gate brings us 10 the
place where the great flag waves over this
sad, silent city of heroes. post with this
inscription is at this point:
IA thousand battle fields have drunk
The blood OF warriors brave,
And countless homes are dark aud drear
Through the land they died to save.r
Going TO the right you come upon clus-
ter Of graves. Here 1 found my brothers.
grave. The inscription there was, "Then
shall the dust return to the earth as IL was,
and the spirit shall return unto God who
gave it," Turning to the left you come to
a platform where decoration services have
been celebrated. In that part are the great
err number Of graves in all between IA, 900
and $1,000. Near the gate is this inscrip-
ton
"Thro' all rebellions horrors,
Bright shines our nations fame.
Our gallant soldiers pershing,
Have won deathless name"
The gate leading to the stockade has on one
on the reverse side
'whsther in the prison drear,
Or in the battles van,
The httest place for man to die
IL when he dies for man."
Near the gate are these lines
"on fames eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory marks with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead"
Another post bore these lines
"The hopes, the fears, the blood, the tears,
That marked the bitter strife.
Are now all crowned by victory
That saved the nations life.r
The six who were executed by the SOL
diers in the stockade are buried by them
selves in nameless graves. We went from
the cemetery to the stockade the most des-
olate, God-forsaken spot imaginable, il is
no wonder those who survived its tortures
shrink from recital of its horrors. 1
looked into those deep, dark wells where
they had dug for water and shelter; saw
where they had tried 10 tunnel out pick ed
some ferns and flowers growing in these
fearful wells and found a few bits of rings
and buttons. l drank OF that miraculous
spring which God gave them, (for they were
denied water as well as food walked all
over the ground to the terrible dead line,
where they were shot when going FOR wa
ter. There are no trees, only an under
growth of willows and briars. A few logs
forming the wall of the stock ade are still
standing. l bought some baskets made OF
the willows that grew here. The house is
still standing where the tiend Writ lived
the willing tool of greater vilain-infa-
nous JEFF Davis.
spent the evening in the cemetery. In
the morning at o'clock went there again.
The sun was shining brightly, the dew
drops sparkled on the grass, the only sound
the revielle OF the mocking birds over the
sleeping soldiers.
"They heed not they hear not,
They are free from all pain,
They sleep their last sleep, they have fought their
last battle,
No sound can awake them to glory again"
To Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan am indebted
for sympathy and hospitality; any one
wishing to go there will find them ready to
houses. Desolaton seems written every
where. As lefl on the cars watched the
dear old flag floating over the only hal
lowed spot in all that region. As we pas sed
through the wretchod swamps 1t brought
to mind our brave boys trying TO escape
from the blood hounds and the still moro
thirsty human hounds ; Qt may be a libel
on the canine race TO call these creatures of
jeff Davis by such name.) l returned
to Atlanta, spent several weeks with rela-
tives at Nc Pherson Barracks, named for
that gallant General who was killed there,
and visited rebel forts aud trenches. At
lanta is nasty little rebel city. Sherman
cleaned them out once and / wish he would
do it again. The gran d old flag waving
over the garrison is a terrible eye sore to
its inhabitants. l visited The Atlanta Uni
verslty for educating the colored people.
1t is delightfully."- situated on hill over
looking he city and the surrounding coun-
try. The teachers seemed to be very earn
est and painstaking, and very successful.
Miss Grout, OF Brattleboro, is one OF the
teachers. At Savannah visited the schools
for colored children; they are very bright
scholars and very anxious to learn. 1
went on picnic TO Fort Pulaski, where
they were repairing the fort and unearth-
Ing some of the shells sent over from Ty-
bee; some were ten fest in the ground and
quite near the magazine they aimed at.
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