The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-12-18
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our pun Oi Oic0tee 0oQUtuQ
vas under yoa Ut CHI iehaG GaiS Nspnt
,e q s: e 3 u
@sss .sd b =. ] sos'i sgldll ia
brave n,an.
aNed. I .ib sospilssd IS h.sf that
has any courage"
Wei, air, there Is no accounting f0f
lis- Courage Il. does. posa rsst. .onapy
moral attfiba,es. It i soiHelbihs iba.
10 iisn can explain. / have -aksH hais
,uhy boys march fearlessly u tllS cam.
lon'sv mouth, ~ divide, ,brsss hen ind
ysme and dead game men. 4 galne, mad
. governed somewhat by pride and do
q; . dead game Han has nsi.hsr,c, Nov;
kit Carson; the hero Of the PLANE, wss
rs great 4 braggart rs ever s~ores sshd
staggered, and yet he was dead sss3e
man. Never knew what rear Nj: ma
wonld dgM and kill IN 4 mihute. Rss
troops make the best soldiers The tslk
about the'coufags OF tetefaiis is Nh bosh.
II | were raising regiment OF men 1
wouldn't have man In 1t over nineteen.
When see married msn gong fHs0
battle With tears in his eyes. kissing .
photograph, I Iknowahs going u dodge
or hide behind q tres when In tjsse
comes He has too much Hive for to
die b hero. The Young man swkeu Lis
blood is up 10 in for the sfraysg He aocg
not stop to reason, btft xltst hHakas
fought himself into, 4 fStsran be seemS
10 calcuists the chances.A The hoFsible
scenes Of battle Geld aEskeps bis nerves.
The best fighters ever commended vss
the Nfty.fiinth Ohio. They had orniIy
been In THE ,seryiee six weeks. snd YET Il
CarricEs Ford they. never kinched. mn.
der 9 driving Gre at short range from 1
hilitopt The married tnan makes Z rood
od1cers sF His pride and sense Of dusy
hold him up lbecauss he is NOT Rasohsd,
but be mdkes d poor private .
rna iH1abls+t sa s1rrlr'' 'cS ~ rss vssa.
Is H,Gspsral. what sas sbs hardest hstils
Of the. var ss9.Hi' - Z { "s psse"
5 1.-THE hattie of Frankfin, sjr.A 4Nsfe
we're more killed 7of the inUG7bss ti3f2Hs
edSaid the stii6e spentiinsEghd6ej ihSd
any contest Of the var Is-was terrihis
tussIe. The rebels marched to death IKE
heroes and fell like grass before tha
scythe. They swept to the very ton al
the ,earthiworks and fell st TIE hag;1tsK.
! was not At the battle, but passed ovef
the Held shortly afterwsrd. Pat iUebufhS
and seven OF bic staff lsy 10 aaspsce -
feet square ct the very foot OF the wofk9
He was dead game man. He eommad.
ded Bragg . resr;edsrd and leomuas.
ded the advance Edafd. I had tdant !
brush with him. He was always wiling
to fight, and Has wheeled bic command
into battle many time to ACCOMMODATE
me While ] was Collector Of Tie Port
Of New Orleans l met Gen.. Hood fr6-
aueutly He ia gallant, brave ,tdafi.a
He and I we're members III fhE BUstoii
Club and used to dine together and ix1k
over the events Of the war. ! said to
him one day: Hood, why did Won fight
the battle or Franklin7 There was no
nesessity for II. You could Have fsuked
the foft And crossed the river either
aoose o. psiosii .Steedmsn' epsaid,
\ was sloscedh stoI, ng1t tnat peltle ny
men were crsty 70 ngnti We q! wers s
,IssS s ass h,,ns ,Un u UH sa,ss osas 'ooo, 80
for Goht. sfhsv. "a ~.srr.h,. sr -. ..1 eos,a
sSissn svsrvtk;SJ j teiirs Tshsus css;s, !.
shs rost .ud s,,,,;ss "a , .,es.ss = ~ ).
da.s Az h.d ~ srrss.sh - sh.."'.a ~ 49, ...':s -. :
coo.roi of them and .bsv .sns ~ ~.
lad IL Ann q G.vss rss,,Iv ~ ~. . - ~.
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s;aht sykrh 10 1oi1S9s suap @ - ~ syv ga.',l ~
49,.
.,..,,s IHoHks xSD Grant;
"Generai, Why dld Thomas &nd Grant
qusrrelTerq AiE saieos bfis ,ssiiq Bio,
"After Shiloh, Hafleck took eomnaad
OF the army beforaC Corinth. Grant wss
made second tnr acommand, swhishWss
virtual ne command ~ alls bus yAsis
remoyaLS Thouias vas gwen command
VI the right wing, Which had besn 9pdttt!
Grant. with Tour divisions Gtant
thought Thomas nhad Aintrigued Tor hls
removal, and never forgive hims,l nom;
as saw the position hss vessins and ssits
ne dld not want the place. hut Grels
never WAS friendly aftei ward. At Nash.
Vile they were anxious to hsvs 'Thomas
6ghts but heinetef rsUved until hethougte
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