The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-12-24

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that never saw q rebel, or show ne one
that was ct Antistam or Gettysburg or
Chattanooga or Atlanta, and I'll prove
that his presence there was an accident
and be never got caught In another nght"
Imagine this Wiseaors trying 10 bolster
up bis case By cross examining Q survivor
Of the Ssventy-thlEd Ohio volunteers. .
regiment which, II IL did not rush to arms
q the Hst call, was long enough in serv-
IcS TO re-snlist and start on Aseoond term,
and saw enough fighting 10 swamp such
calculations a. IgnoFamus sets store upon
q the drst show Of tts record
Ignoramus ito Ohio Vetsranl-Say, you
didn't Sc lighting Of any account In the
WaFl
Seventy third OhIoan-That depends. I
don't know what you would cali Gross
Keys and Manassas. Gettysburg and Wan.
hatehie. Resaea and New Hope Church,
KsnesaW and Atlanta. or little Benton.
VILE. where Joe Johnston got his final do
ing up
Lgnoramus-But did you really get close
enough for the rebels to hit you had they
wanted TOT
Seventy third 0hioan-Well, stranger, I
didn't carry . theodolite In the war or any
thing like that, only . musket, and didn't
stop to drive down stakes for the explana-
ton Of history, but at Manassas 800 Of Us
went In and liz were hit, 70 Of them 30
hard they never got up again, and 30 were
made prisonerA Al Gettysburg, although
We did not compete with Pickett in his
grand charge. 800 Of Us got in our best
work and l4l were bit, 50 Of them getting
their last call Then at Wauhatehie, Re
SAGA and 50 on-still, mebbe IL wouldn't
strike you as Of any account - Il all de-
ponds.
Ignoramus will discover all at once that
something hard has come between his pate
and the soft uothingness Of the atmosphere
which l. 20 eongeniAl 10 Il, and In despair
viii next proceed 70 prove that the war was
only . myth and the veterans are horde
ofimpostofs, whose empty Trousers legs and
tapping sleeves are souvenirs Of thrashing
machine accidents and railway smashups.
Meanwhile, people Of sense and feeling will
applaud the modest OhiORn and others like
him, and listen TO his story Of the days be
trudged with gun and knApsaek through
Virginia wastes and over GeorgiA's barren
mountains with Fremont, Pope and Meade.
with Booker, Thomas and Sherman.
Il vas an incident rather than an Acci-
dent which drew my attention TO the career
Of the Seventy Ohio. When the Grand
Army men were talking up Gen. Hurst .
few weeks ago for commander In chief,
turned casually TO his war record and
found that his fortunes had been woven
with this regiment-an organization with
. history and Of which he was the third
and lat colonel, having started At the foot
Of the roll a. lieutenant in October, 1851.
The Seventy-third was organized In the
fAl Of 1851 from detachments Of recruits
that rendezVoused in the camps In Ross
county. In the winter and spring Of 1852 Il
marched and conference.-the In the tedl-
Gus and prosaic movements Of the armies
In West Virginia and in the Shenandoah
valley, winning no glory, but having q
rough time Of Il nevertheless. campaigning
Tor weeks In snow and rain without an inch
Of shelter other than the forests Afforded.
u no blood was shed and little advantage
was gained In these marches Il was no fault
Of the men. They suffered in the cause and
would have died II called upon At Gross
Keys In May the regiment had . taste Of
war and Lost killed in q Skirmish. On