The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-31
BLUE AND GRAY.
A Commingling Of Hearts
and Union Of Hands.
How Wheeling Observed
Decoration Day---That
Sham Battle on
the Island and
the Result.
Peace on Earth and Good
Will Toward all Men.
The Ha,chet Buried and BTOtherIy
Love Reigning SHDreme-A GAIA
Day for MISUNDERSTANDING
That was Never Before Wit
messed in this Vicinity.
Plenty OF Smoke and Good
Time.

nsught can be said but in praise OF the
gentlemen VINO conceived the idea. IC
SAY that it was success, notwithstanding
the rain does not express the idea to De
conveyed, 1t was more; a brilliant
triumph OF engineering, and can so be
placed on record and handed down Il
posterity. Indeed, no more enchanting
display could have been rendered ever
in the dark days of the rebellion between
bona fde combstsnts. But as we have
stated that all Is well SO tar 81
it went, we cannot but enter oul
protest at one failure on the par
of the military, and no matter now 10
significant, we hope in the future thaI
our suggestion will be acted upon. Inc
suggestion is, that had 1t been 80 ar
ranged that
A NIGHT ATTACK ON WHEELING HILL
could have taken place, the grandeur Of
the scene, in addition to beng incompre,
hensible and INDISPENSABLE would have
added largely to the ardor OF many VINO
stand on the fence in military way, and
might perhaps have, numerically speak
ing, made the respective companies, ooth
in and out Of the city, far superior &c
what they now are. But we digrcss, and
will return to the opening OF the day
on which the first "sham battle
ever witnessed in this city took place
The morning sun rose behind cloud
The barometer fortold that rain was sure
to follow in the footsteps of the lowering
shadows that hid the disc Of the sun from
the psze of mortals. And so true TO III
innate nature proved the mercury mach
Inc, that about eight o'clock IN the morn
ing the rain began to descend from the
heavens, and in On hour later descended
in such torrents as TO give rise to the be
lief that the Creator oil All had emptled
forth
wATERY PHIAL OF WRATH ON ERRING
MAN.
But the elements did not have it al
their own way. The sons Of man are
determined sort of animal, and notWlth'
standing the rain, turned out en- maSSs u
meet IN one grand body, and display II
these piping times oil peace, patriots
zeal tending towards loyalty, and exhibit
TO those who had never witnessed the
rude blasts of war, real battle OF
"sham" scale Just to show how the tang
was done. About 600 troops were IL the
ranks, comprising the flowers OF ONO
Pennsylvania snd West Virgins, many
of whom, in the dark days Of the rebel
lion had been opposed to each other. Bu'
the All.seeing Power, in his mhblte
wisdom, so devised that the Both day OF
MAY decoration Day. should be
A COMMENCING OF HEARTS AND UNION
OF HANDS;
a bridging over of the bloody ctasm ina
has so long and so hurttully yawned be
tween tho brothers of America. No par
tiZsnship was manifest. No malicious feel
ing dubbed to the surface. The blue and
the gray side by side inhaled the odor OF
ssltpetre, and again lived over those good
old ante jCllt0m times the samo rs OF yOre
and, thanked God, that they were broth
e-s once more. But TO return to oul
subject. All morning, or during the fore
noon, the rain continued, but 1T about one
o'clock the clouds in the heavens had
spent their fury, and in the afternoon
glad populace welcomed the warm rays
Of Old Sol as he resPlendent.y shon(
down upon them.
Notwithstanding, however, the rain IL
the morning, all the troops IN the city,
including our visiting brothers,
PARADED THE STREETS,
and were witnessed by thousands Of PEG
pie, from housetops, windows, and pc
destrians, the streets being literally Gov.
cred with that good old time water pro,
tector, an umbrella, underneath which
both l4dies and gentlemen escaped thu
elements. Starting at the market house,
where the srmory Is located, the troops
marched up Market to Seventh, Sey,
enth to Main, MAN to Twelfth, Twelfth
to Chapline, Chspline to Fourteenth
Fourteenth to Jacob, Jacob to Sixteenth
Sixteenth to Market, Market TO Twenty.
sixth, Twenty-sjXth TO Chspine, Chap
line to Twentieth, Twentieth to Market
Market to the place of beginning, where
the companies were dismissed Tor dinner
IN THE AFTERNOON
the troops again met at the srmory
where thew formed into rank, and
marched TO the Fair Grounds in the
following order: Company 9, SLeu-
benvine, o. headed by band; Company
f. St. Clairsville, o.; Company f.
Bsrnesvilc o.; Company d, Bellsire, O..
headed bv the Second OHIO Regiment
Band; Company q. Cadiz, o.; Company
f, Fairmont, w. Va, with bsnd; the
Waynesburg, Pa, Blues; Company A
Wheeling, w. Va; Company B, Wheel,
ing; Company c. Wheeling; Company D.
Moundsvine, w. Vs.; Company 4. Fair,
mont, w. Va; and the University Cadets
of Morgsntown.
THE OFFICERS COMMANDING
are as follows: Gov. Matthews aud aids
Col. Thomas Norton and Lieut.. Frank
Hoge.
Gen. }. d. Duvsll, Post Commandsnt
with Chief aid Capt. Hugh Sterling snd
aids Lieut. w. \. Linch, Capt. l. y,
Grafton, Col. Ran. Stalnaker, and Msjor
Samuel McColoch.
Divisions under command OF co.'s. w.
w. Miller, First West Virginia Regi-
ment and Col. c. ). 5 Baron, Second
Ohio Regiment, the two latter gentle
men having command Of the opposing
forces in the sham battle. But before
going into details of the combat, we sub
nit below, q list as near as could be sscer-
tanned, of the companies, although sever
al are omitted because of insdverteLcy on
the part of sergesnts.
GcFF GUARDS, co. FIRST VIVA. BAT.
This company Is composed of forty
eight members, snd is Differed as fol-
lows:
Captain, VIM. T. Otto.
First Lieutenant, II. p. Mayer.
Second Lieutenant, Sam Funk.
Orderly Sergeant, Alt Graham.
Second Sergeant, Thos. Young.
Third Sergeant, r. w. King.
Fourth Sergeant, james Ferguson.
Fifth Sergeant, Il. Sslsde.
! First Corporal, David Parish.
Second Corporal, Robt. Ferguson