Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-08

Music by tlAfhara I. lloN ed Judge ban
nc,t's address. whtn pifsf K. Faux. 81
Yahkton.. Was itlfddaol lie ha,. been
designated "a historian of lhe' occasi,ss,,
and be gave to the aulisuee the f5Elovilg
skssch pf she battle df 4, 5f1ansy
rIlr. \. FArLEls sporsisss.
The drst Of Mr.. Fanlk's adde's
was sketch OF the battle ol HI. Ilear
-ry and as the pubic is familiar with,
that contest, yand as Wesase una7sssss IL -
present the entire address, we omit ii
giving the closing pages Of his eatefs
tainipg paper:
can scarcely ref.nin from occupy
ing Aore Of your time BIZ fefsfring II,
NY own Pessoaais seSEeSlsaca 4in saine
Of the bloodiest bai.las fought hy the
army OF ,bc Po,ofnae I1nilght speak
Of wearisome marches BY day and
night, sometimes upcsasingls pelled
by catlliig ram drops, ana again
ssteltcrn,g beneath tue burning rays
Of AZ southerps i uti .gs can relnemoer.
Yo.tiAn ii,i 81. sd iiel Il,
,hr camp N yeraain lie eaa 8 wsa rag / anl
with mary hncd flowers, The lonely
pickel post III lhe dark forest Nhete
The night winds moaued sadly through
The pne tree tops, as II singsn4
plalnayl lequleni over the
the suufeturning brave I1I
swift wings sf fancy ! go bS " =
awful shock aud carnage Ct
sce the long btisthng Ines tn &
forward graldly into tie faoc u II
into the fierce, devouring d.
mortal conflict. Isee my conafSlle
fall beneath the IRON and leaden hail,
and hear the shouts Of Victory rise
high above even the terrible rumble
war. Through all, NY eye still
catches the ilatleting feds Of the
deathleas stais aid stripes, always
fall high adyanesd, streau.lai q exc 4,
lro3dty Anl defNN,ly Hom j l,e Gre
,ringed iron, ofssi lcd ana wars
r.ngS SlhEs. &sa =
No pen or pehcil can portray or
tlelinea,e truly !, be- realities sofE.war.e
Only those who have faced thes5sbra-
..zen throa,ed artillery, and moved for.
ward in the face Of a storm, Of mur-
derous musketry can under stand lis
grand and terrible excitements. The
viewpf Grant, army on the 4tll Of
May s64 just befote the great bat
tie ouhe Wildesnes, was the most
nagnifeent spectacle my eye ever
beheld. Nearly one hundred thous-
aud men wesesan l,.llayieu at one and
the same 1inak As iba sui, iii rose
above the eastern hills, IT'S beams
ghntea and hasheds from fhousanr,s
ofsgieaming bs yonetsa and bariished
masket barrels, while The bright blue
uniforms con.rasted beautifully with
f ttllt HE tofu
OF tiie surrounding forests. 4 hun
cred iligsAwAsssls sborc this siiiyi ~
host, and IN The Rentiebreeze ilappcsl
aside the sparkling dews of the
n,afniag The day. following that
sp'enhd atmy was. .drenched inblood
and. again the succeeding day, and the
text 1t moved into the awful whirl-
pool ofslesth within the deep shad-
ows of The Wilderness. 1t was my
last battle, and when caaae OUT ol
the ding dust and 90, oke of lid,
bloolsest oAille ever sfDus sht on 4 IL
American continent laid down m,
arms TO carry in Their stead al
empty slseye. Here General Sedge
'srsek tell In fhe heat j of battle. Eniss
orcn. Waasworth, Rice and Brigade,
General Alexander Hays, who wa,
l,'ss.nsiyr killed by - nusket Bal
'lirosgh his brains Among Gu,
wounded We're Gens. Hancock, Getty
Gregg, Owen, Bartlett aud Carroll
The Confederates also suffered heay,
osseiugepcrals, Jones, jenkins ans
Stafford killed, and Longstreet, Peg
@ @ram, Pickett and Il Huntcr swoupded..
Y IS mattsfsef Aisiosy that dur
ing The night after resthes Er4 sday'
fighting Il counsil ofswaf wasshel,
aud many Of our generals advised
retrogradc movement across th.
RspitiaD. Sen. Grant silent ana de
I rmincd said. nothing In. .rcply. i
suct Ydvice but retired and al one
issued his famous order to aadyaDc
i'sohd colu1nn along lfi.s whole lin
at daYbreak" / was in that day
break advance md bsyonst chang
N The gray retreating shadoxs Of th
eslsynossssg, our 'brigsde Baxter'
lighting on the right. Of Hancock
cyofrYa And svvi1Efs III. Az v,.,: :.,r4t.l.s IL