The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-09-23
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
By ONE OF THE "oLD VETS. y


A block of granite from the battlefield
of Gettysburg has been selected as the
corner stone of the armory of the eight
ing Fourteenth" Brooklyn.
During the battle of jackson, an office
was sent to General Logan, by General
Grant, to inquire how the contest was 60
ing in his front. Logan sent back word
''Tell General Grant that my Division can
not be whipped by all the rebels this side
of perdition. We are going ahead, and
wont stop till we get orders.
On the Sunday afternoon after the fall
of Fort Sumter, Theodore Winthrop said
to friend, Tomorrow shall enlist. l
wish to enroll myself at once in the police
of the nation, and for life, if the nation
will take me.n An American in the no.
blest sense, he felt that the time had come
when the nations liberties should be
maintained.
discovered in Virginia. A few days ago,
while log, two feet in circumference,
was being cut in two near "Bloody Angle, y
in Spottsylvania county, the saw went
through the butt end OF 12-pound shell
which was imbedded in the log out of
sight. 1t is supposed that the tree was
about 10 inches in diameter at the time
the shell was fired in 1868, as these trees
grow about quarter of an inch year.
The order of the Sons OF Veterans was
organized in 1881 by Major A. P. Davis,
or "Fsther Davis" as the boys love to
call him, Major Davis Is resident of
Pittsburg, Pa. He is man in whom the
military spirit has ever burned brightly.
When the war of the rebellion broke out,
he enlisted in one of the first regiments
raised in the State of Maine. He rose
from the ranks until, in 1864, he was
given the rank of Major and was muster
ed out as such. He has endeared him.
self to the members of the order, as has
his good wife, who is known among the
Sons of Vets. as "Mothern Davis.
Colonel "Billy" Wilson, of the Wilson
Zouavcs, was rough and ready sort of
man and withal, brave one, and just the
man to lead the regiment that bore his
name. That regiment had a good record
and though 1t was composed in part Of
much of the riff-rsff OF the city of New
York and had many doubtful characters
among its members, it could eight 1t
was related of Col. "Billy," that when
with flying colors the regiment marched
down Broadway en- route South, he march
ed some distance in advance of his men,
he was asked why, he replied "I'm
afraid some OF the rascals will pick my
pockets"
An old colored female one day APP
preached. Towards column of Sherman's
Georgia army, and entering into CONVEX
sation, expressed great surprise as to
where they all come from. A wng in
formed her that Lincoln had d very pro-
ductive field away up north, where he
raised them at the rate of million per
year. Turning up her white eyes in
blank establishment, she exclaimed: "For
de Lords sake, you don't say so. How
does he grow 'em Z" "Oh," was the re-
ply, "that is very simple. He gathers up
all dead rebels from the battle fields,
plants them in Massachusetts, after n
while they begin to sprout, and the mo-
ment they see chicken they make for it,
when Lincoln's provost guard CRAFTS them
in the army "Bless ye, say so; and
are you 'uns dead rebels 2" replied the be-
wildered creature, completely transfxed
to the spot where she stood.
sHERlDAN's LAST BATTLE.
"Draw nearer. my comrades, the mist up the valley,
Like the dust from the hoofs of the chargers, Is
near,
Yet III lead the last charge, as around me you
rally,
With smile my lips, as of old without fear.
A1S' ~ DO 'hS oiu h"b th"b oh'o 'iip huo
OF the squadrons advance, Of the charge of the
line,
When we met them so grandly, with columns un-
broken,
And the army unconquered and cheering was
mine.
Let me clasp your strong hands as / clasped
them In battle,
When Early's proud army, mid cannons' loud
rattle,
Rolled back like the clouds when the tempest
Is nigh.
'Agai n l can see the Stone river dark sweeping,
On. red with blood of the heroes that fell
When all that were lett from the boys that were
In death, followed me from that hre-g irded hell.
again the fiat hoofs of my charger are bringing
ride
Again that glad shout can hear upward ringing,
As Merritt and Custer sweep back treasoH's tide.
NOW / see Appomattox, with all Of Its glory,
When the dag OF the free waved unchallenged
at last
When our brothers in gray from the bsttlefelds
CORY,
olasped hands In friendship that ever shall last.
snow see-stop. my comrades, the dark mist is
Wife, country, farewell-lIft me up-one more
breath
1 am coming. my soldlers--tis Custer that's cali
ing
Unconquered in life and unconquered In DEATH"
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