Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-25
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THE LATE WAR.

In the four years that followed the up
rising of the South the people of the North
furnished to the armies of the Union nearly
100000 of men, and the South gave to the
armies of the Confederacy over l,OOO,OOO
more. From less than 22,000,00O of inhabi-
tants, and within the space of four years,
100000 of men were under arms in that
terrible conflict. Contemplate the fact that
one in every eight of our entire population,
or one in every four Of our main popula-
ton, was actually engaged in the contest,
and you get some idea of the terrible drain
that the war was on the flesh and blood OF
our countrymen. In the entire military
history of the world there is nothing to be
compared to that martial enthusiasm OF our
nation. The celebrated uprising of the
French people in 1893, and that of nearly
century later in their war with Germany,
sink into insignifcance when compared with
the tide that moved southwark and north
ward to ioin the armies of the Union and
Confederacy. 1t is the boast of Germany,
the greatest military nation of modern
times, that with population OF IL ,OOO,OOO
she can in time Of war furnish an army OF
| l,25O, 900 men; but in the war of the Rebel
lion the North, with a population OF only
29,000,G00, had in actual service at the close
of that contest more than 100000. During
the campaign of 1864 and 'G5, Grant COM
manded more soldiers than any other gener-
al since the fall of the Roman empire. we
are accustomed to think of WarterlOO as the
greatest battle of modern times, but in six
engagements of the war of the rebellion the
loss upon one side or the other was greater
than that of Wellington and allied forces at
Warterloo. The loss to the Union army in
the battle of the Wilderness nearly equalled
the entire loss of both armies on the field OF
Warterloo. No battle has ever been fought
on the continent of Europe with greater
determination or with as much loss as that
of Gettysburg. But the sacrifice OF blood
kept pace with that of treasure. Our war
expenses during the last year of the Rebel
lion exceeded 81 900, 100000. The expenses
of the great war between France and Eng
land during the career of Napoleon and the
French Revolution bore no comparison to
that of our war. The greatest sum of mon
ey during single year was by Great Brl-
tain in 1916, when it amounted to $l3l ,OO0,-
600, or less than twO-thirds of the eXpendi-
ture of the North during the year ending
1865. y For half a century Waterloo
has stood in history, song, and story With
out parallel. 1t was reserved to the de-
scendants of the men who fought under the
Duke IN Cnat famous elISaSetHeuI W Soh-
vince the world that courage and tenaclty
had not degenerated since the days of War
terloo. Gettysburg may fairly be said to be
the greatest battle of modern times: The
number engaged exceeded those of Warter,,
loo; the duration Of the battle longer, and
the loss greater. More than one third Of the
Union army and nearly one half OF the
Confederates, were killed, wounded or miss
ingin that engagement. The famous charge
by Pickett on the third day, and it's subse-
quent repulse, will live for all time in mill
tary history. The famous "Old Guard"
veterans in the service of France, victors on
many hard fought field, possessing the
courage and spirit peculiar to their nation
and race, wavered before the first volley
from the English batteries at Waterloo, and
at the second fell back in confusion, But
Pickett's division at Gettysburg, with less
men than composed the "Old Guard," !"
advanced mile under the Calling fire of
our batteries, its line unbroken, the living
stepping into the places of the dead, and en-
gagged our forces in hand-to-hand fight for
the possession of Cemetery Ridge.