St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-21

on the scorched and spllntered field OF
Cbicamauga.
; Then came the wearisome marches through
the mountains and gorges of Tennessee with
their ceaseless skirmishing and strategy. Dur
ingall the glad spring time and the golden
summer your advance kept pace with the
fcathery fringe of the skirmish smoke, and
the thunder OF. your guns rolled south
waid continuously. And when August ha6
languished In the lap of, autumn and the
simmering heat of its sultry lingering began
to go out with the falling leaves and the fad
ing year, you following the guiding lights Of
your banners into that mad havoc, that death
grapple, at Chicamauga. All! then:
''The soul of battle was abroad,
And blazed upon the air.
Chicamauga! How can tell of its hor-
rorsG How can portray the wonderful story
of that Sabbath days work and the brilliant
exploits of the; Second Minnesota 1t is
written in your history with blood and the
events of that day are as fresh in your mem
cries as If they occurred but yesterday.
Minstresy and poesy. the inspiration OF
the painter and the. enchanted numbers OF
song will give your part at Chicamauga a;lits
ful-fushed need of glory. History is COM
monplace and oratory is dumb in the attempt
to rem der it fair measurement and do justice
to your achievements. Then back through
the bitter night you pitched your tents al
Chattanooga, and there for long weary weeks
you held your position in the
face Of the beleaguering enemy without,
and gripping famine and mortal disease, grim
and unsparing, in your very midst. And
then came lookout and Mission Ridge where
every stain of defeat was wiped from your
shredded and riven banners.
After brief breathing spell you pushed
downward into the very yitals of the confed-
eracy. And it might also be said that dur
ing those long months of combat that culmi-
mated in the capture of Atlanta, that like the
Israelites of old you followed cloud by day
and pillar of fame by night. For in that
time Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw, New Hope
church, Peach Tree creek. Jonesboro and all
these other crimson names of battle had been
traced bloodily into your history. Every day
had the smoke-cloud of battle kissed the
heavens, and each night had famed and
flashed with the lambent lights of your blaz-
ing guns, and you had followed that smoke
cloud and those blazing guns over hundred
fields of strife until the old flag aoated in
exultation over the great Gate city Of the
south.
Under Sherman you participated in that
grand rounds" through Georgia and the
Carolinas, and graced with the
blazonry of your presence the
supreme crisis of that proud triumph when
the second great military stay of the rebellion
succumbed to the logic of war and the point
OF the bayonet. You also joined in that gala
day when 200, 900 soldiers in all the splendid
| pnmp and glittering pageaDtry of their mag
nificent equipment marched up the avenue
| of the capital city of the land and heard the
peans of the great jubilee of the nations de-
| liverance which rang in deep thankfulness
from ocean to ocean,
| And thus the story of war is told.
Comrades you stood between the nation
and national assassination in days of sorest
need, and you now gather together differing
on many subjects, yet in one you are united.
| 1t is pride In the memory of the Second Min
nesota--pride in the fact that you stood Id its
ranks when the nation required your services
pride exultant, unreasonable pride that
the stars and stripes-wave undisputed over
every portion OF the American domain.
| Applause. S..
But, gentlemen. my time Is drawing to
close, as the occasion Is one for personal
congraiulation and friendly interchange of
opinions. Here you meet to fight your
| odltltS over again III YOUR own way. IOuT
old commander, General Bishop, whom you
followed so faithfully in years gone by, has
no orders for you to-day that you are bound
to obey, beyond the one, ''go in boys and
have a jolly good time.'
And now, gentlemen OF the Second Min
nesOia, l entreat you to hold fast to the faith
that is in you. Your organization will live
in history long after your members have
passed away. May its peaceful future east
no shades of diseredlt upon its war like past.
| Then will your chlldrrn's children point
with pride and pleasure 10 the fact that their
ancestors fought In the ranks of the Second
! Minnesota, and the name of your regiment
will be revered so long as true bravery aud
unhinchnC devotion to- duty are hunored
J aud respected By the American people MAY
each one Of you long live TO enjoy these an
nual reunions, and when the rryeile sounds
on the happy shore, may every member OF
your glorious old regiment be there to answer
when bis name is called.
Gen. Bishop then made reference TO Ad-
Iutant General sanborn's special order No.
8, OF June IA. 1861, and introduced Mr..
Snnborn, handing him at the same time the
original draft in frame, which read as fol-
lows:
General Headquarters. State OF Minnesota, st.
Tdul, Mluuesoth, June ~, 1901 cpeClul Oruer
No. ,: Capt Judson ". Bishop, Chalfsld. fIll-
more county, Minnesota: You will report your
company at Fort Smelling without delay for the
purpose OF having the same mustered into the
ser, ice and pay OF the United States. BY order
OF the commander In chief.
john b. SASBORS, Adjutaut General
Gen. Sanborn-Mr. President and Soldiers
of the Second Minnesota Regiment: The
sentiment of the order accept as my own,
A,,eT -
Laughter. | remember to have mustered
The regiment into the service and pay OF the
United States. am surprised at my mill
tary proficiency at that time. / really knew
nothing about armies. Gov. Ramsey came
to me and said be wanted me to serve as
adjutant general for two or three weeks until
he could get some Que for the place. had
just been trying a case at the old court
house, and | had not thought much
on military matters, but / took
hold, and this order is one Of the first results.
But, gentlemen. II is with iuex pressibe pride
and satisfaction that look upon you after
iwenty-thTee years. ] never saw this regi-
ment in service after the battle at COrinth,
but have often heard OF its brilliant work
for oountry's sake. You were called for at
critical period. Tne order for this regiment
was issued between 0 and / O'Clock ON the
evening Of The battle OF the first Bull Run.
There never was word Of grumbling from
the regiment, though tn y were very lily pre-
pared for war. We we're able 10 provide them
with uniform (tle First regiment left the
state in citizens clothes), consisting OF one
pair Of pants, one coat, one shirt and one
pair of boots. A voice: Apiecei Laughter.
But the war is over, aud the long lapse Of
years has made some surprising changes it
US and 10 the country. Nearly half our
states are new under different form Of gov
eminent. The promotion Of the happiness
Of the people Is beyond anything else In