New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-21

recentton committee for thrtieth anniversary "eolse
y Retts Edward Jardne George W. DebeVolSe' Rich
ard H. Jackson Robert II. Alberts. John W. JacoOus'
T,,+or I Tbompsop Latham a. Fish, Charles Curle,
= r. 1uIius Langbein, Joseph NJ Richards Richard IL.
Morris.
WELCOME, "JOHNY REB."
u1,lla the cigars were going up in smoke ana inc
cors were popping-fant reminders OF the cannohade
At Antletam-General Hawkins arose ana deilVcreu
the following battle-cry A.,
Comrades the 9th New York ana irehdS oa liz t1e
Sd GeorGa, let rejoice that we nave Ivcu 70 t
the simple fact Of this occasion, an eNce
in the history Of nation Out OnG ",sH onaRty and
an existing sentiment for broader nanoh h Suu
the vanishing Of those IMAGINARY llles Mch T ipo
posed to mark the boundaries OF seGIlos nS aro
a rare oasis in the great desert Of the usua coi'o
placs of modern life, and mutually we must ever ~
gari il and the memories 1t calls fortn as our HoS
pg Tbe cup Of Joy is not so full it would be i we
could cali 70 lie those who we're OF US VINO IGH %
glorously with face 10 foe and those VINO were Tu
that have fallen by the way since the war; lS Has
their fate to lead where all must iGiiow anu .hab
we miss them now and heed the falling tear sled Wc
we recall their herosm' il consoles us 10 SsGw o
their great sacrifice was In response 70 i LIN
and heroic duty, and that the manner OF te the
of adorned our mutual T eGciSont Ia 70 62man eX
stcnce II was a strange transaction from peace VIII
little more than thirty years ago our ThR Nth the
velocity of the electric spark spread 10 Is ~, P G ~
mote corners of our land AT nst lhGE co"n ,t whom
realize that great cnlest was urol te' p' rc
! the Official cal 10 arms came there was no "tECI
doubt hesitation and qP rb e e yare hosts such
as the modern world had never witnessed before anu
after the mastering ermns ana G Eed III" n,en
The preliminary contest was 70 be the irst III e HUI
| with the largest army. . $500. .o,
nized that tie infantry was TO be the bone ana 51%
Of the coming contest the arm on Ile e['to S;Cb
so often decide the fate of nations. Acting npon mt
theory. headquarters f3r rctruiung ha{% rIt
were the fir, to open their doEs t. the hShtnS youh
! OF lhc country. -, J., -.
TIC mddleagad men now here asscm6lfd TO ce b,
dies In two Of tho earliest infantry commands TO tae
the field upon cher SIDE. Iey scto INC and
how wortbily their courage reflected credit uPon the
communities to which they Deionseu mas aneSNS O'''
| SOMETHING NEW UNDER OUR SUN.
II was said possibly wisely but nevertheless untrue,
that there is nothing new under the sum- Cur WA
| moro than any other known to history proved the I'm
correctness Of that assertion. II began with series
Of incidents out Of the usual, such adom the pa
thctlc side Of history and are always the most Interest
sior9i df the historian ana compose the national
archives but the accounts Of the unusual are the p3g'
! which inspire the Imagination. They are the side
5hts If history the national hearth lore which tend to
keep alive all that is heroic and poetic in human
Tie first and possibly most notable of the unusual
events which characterized our contest was the fact OF
the movable line marking the absolute separation be-
as though it had existed for centuries, men Of the
North arrayed upon one side and men Of the south upon
| the other the separation OF great and apparently
| homogeneous Nation was FOR a time complete Both
sides sodly massed. determined TO conquer ana
believing absolutely that each had the right OF the con
Among the lesser exceptional incidents may he men
toned Tic separation OF families according to convlc
tons OF members 10 fcht on opposite SIDES father
against son and brother Ssanst brother SpTcS Go
Of the same parish bore arms IN opposing 6 armies the
and upon either side from the beginning 10 the end Of
who were in fun sympathy with the cause oil the
| opposed 10 their section.
Tile cOl0red race contributed its share OF exceptional
Incidents. LAppauseJ The humble cabin home Of
The ignorant slave who kept faith with the confidence
the master had reposed in him was The only safe halt
ieetepd al The risk Of Ss proiectors lie Ills conduct
proved that he was true and herQc-iathiul TO boIh
and the Northern soldier with rare degree OF hdey,
and in each series OF acts proved that ne appreciated
the superior obligations imposed by an ahecuonae re-
S'i During the Whole war period hardly week passed
without contributing new chapter to The deadly
science; our early naval attacks upon earthw0rks de-
veoped their superiority over st2ne we
dsPOun GSya t. sht IT as hd h1nd Of nn nlHT "a
be first 10 prove the actual use and value Of the
torpedo and the first to give the world lesson in tho
typical Illustrations and do not describe thousandth
part of the newborn incidents or ever changing scenes
OF TIF stories Of the ID Georga and 9th NewYor
far as they interviewer arc especially interesting
rences incident to
DAY TO BE REMEMBERED
| How well we remember that bright fourth day OF
October 1861. the beginning Of the Intervening, when
the frightened messenger came into Fort Clark from the
camp Of the goth Indiana. Chicomocomico and gave
Us the first Of the capture OF the steamer Fanny
with all her stores ind and Of the advance OF the
enemy's fleet and the "a Georgia upon the camp Of the
Indlanians their retreat the hurried preparations Or
the stand and If necessary, battle In the vicinity Of
Hatteras Light; and then the sixteen miles march and
dragging Of artillery through the deep sands OF the Hat
teras sand hills the arrival at the Lighthouse Just IN
time 10 meet the rereating regiment. the arrangement
Of our line of battle along the edge Of the wood the
right resting near the Lighthouse. with guns flank 60
meet the coming attack Of the Sd Georgia which never
came Probably the happiest moment IN the history
of the 9th was when the gallant sons OF Georgia were
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