The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-23
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q As told BY Gen. PAlirey IL bis last pub
Used Memoir, reveals character SO nobl
: and career 20 inspiring that Il cal
: scarcely be otherwise than profitable, II
G An Age which is greatly given 10 ialkin,
!, of ils degeuerAeY, TO consider them. Thv
I. outline Of The story is doubtless alread,
familiar TO many. A student ia The Jun
! ior Class at Harvard when The war brok,
out speedily enlisting, AFTER conilIe
with his previous Southern sympathles
g Captain before the start; distinguish
Ing himself for gAllantry at Balls Bluff
losing leg At Yorktown returning home
to recruit, only to go back with crutches
] at the bead OF regiment; leading hi,
men 81 Port Hndsen, the only mounted
! man 10 an assAuitipg column Of three
thoHsandi stricken by two bullets, and
recovering only amer long weeks OF sick-
ness; leading the desperate charge al
Petersburg, ct the head OF his brigade
! wounded and prisoner, after terrible
hand TO hand dght, without support aud
against dreadful odds; suffering 10 rebel
prisons at Danville and Richmond; re-
leased and partially recovered, only to
again hurry to the front-these are The
principal incidents In q military career
which was begun at the age of twenty.one
aud closed at the age Of twenty-five with
the rank OF Major General and the pride
ofa grateful State as its rewards. The
war was times Of testing and sitting II
revealed incompetence and faithfulness
where we least expected them. 1t gave
occasion for much cowardce. There
were generals, whose military training
should have made them efficient, who
were wanting In time of crisis. There
were generals whose responsibility should
have made them humbled and prudent,
who were helped on their horses by their
orderlies, and sacrificed their men with
recklessness born OF intoxcatioD. But
with ell this sitting and testing, there now
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seemed to have been made for the occasion
and whose capacity enlarged as the emer.
gency became more critical. Such a man
was General Bartlett. Had the war not
come be might have lived the ordinary
life of student and professional man,
distinguished by the domestic virtues, by
much manlIness aud courlliuess, bat with
no hint Of the sterner stuff within him.
The war disclosed him as be was--a later
Bayard, without fear and without re-
proach; q very knight in courage and
purity and endurance.
We have said that the incidents emu.
merated above make up the outline Of the
story. But with infinite gallantry and
patience and kindiness, with how many
proofs OF unfAltering devotion, and noble |
manhood in the outline filed in. When
he lost his leg at Yorktown only six lines
10 his journal tell the whole story: while
was visiting the pickets, watching the
enemy with my glass, a shsrp.shooler bit
me in the knee with mimic ball, shatler-
ing the bone down to the ankle. Or.
Hayward amputated 1t four inches above
the knee, and | started for Baltimore in
the same afternoon. That is all. And
again, year later, afte. being borne In
an ambulance, with shattered wrist,
from the gallant charge at Port Hudson,
the entry In bis journal is simply this:
The ride reminded me of mine from
Yorktown to Shipping Point year be-
fore. 1t was about nine miles, a rough
road. And again, in the trenches before
Petersburg, waiting for the orders to as
sault, we find him writing in bis journal:
Shells this afternoon came fearfuly close.
Orders to be ready TO move at moments
notice. God spare me for
Agnes sake and for dear mothers sakei
fear II would break their hearts If am
killed here. So always the record runs:
Patient, prsyerful, cool and fearless In
actioD, grateful when dangers were ,
passed through without injury, and wbsn
wounds came, grateful that they were no
worse--in his letters home, always tram |
lnil and accomplishing, scrupulouay
IeepiHg to himself his worst suferines, |
'ud writing down only the brightest and I
most hopeful things. His career after the
war closed was scarcely less noble. lie a
'ore bis honors modestly; was always Q
urprised and abashed by compliments;
md entered with all the ardor of a ma. 4
ure unrestrained by physical infrmties b
nto the pursuits of peace. lie refused e
'ositions most influential and lucrative r
urned deaf ear 10 politicians, aud a
Vhen, once and again, he was called mp. 4
n for public differences, be spoke with f
oldierly magnanimity words Of cordial u
which were caught up ell over p
be land. When, at last, business re-
erses were added TO steadily Increasing
hysical weakness, and anxiety for his
amily intensified the grief he felt st the
ntIcipation Of parting from them, his
Torn spirit still showed the same strength
nd patience, the same gentleness and
as before, and bis last words
Tere words otassurance and hopefulness.
We repeat what we said al the outset, l.
lat II is worth while 10 pause for mo. u
lent 10 contemplate such character and ie
lreer. Gen. Palirey, in bis unpreiend- 81
lg, bnt profoundly interesting Memoir, q
Is shown us a life worthy ofalI the -
raise we can give it--snd, what IL bet. q
n worthy of heiu, stndfal and ,.,f,.t.a z ri