The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-08-03
FLIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
BY ONE OF THE GOLD VETS. ;

sailors prefer lark on land TO night
10 gale on the sea.
More than $4,000, 900 men stand ready
for battle in Europe.
General statistics prove the total num-
Der destroyed by war to be 1900, 0o0, goo,
number very nearly representing the
total population of the globe at the pres.
ent day.
When Cromwell's army went into battle,
he stood at the head of them one day,
aud gave out the long metre doxology, to
the tune of the sold Hundred, and that
great host, company by company, regi-
ment by regiment, battalion by battalion,
Joined in the doxology.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, of Illinois,
went to the front when the war broke out
as Chaplain Of the Thirty second Wiscon-
sin Infantry, which was composed wholly
of students and graduates of Wisconsin
institutions, and was nick-named the
+" God and morality regiment. 1t was
nevertheless very serviceable collection
of fighters, and one of Its privates was ex-
United States Senator Spooner. Later
the Bishop became Colonel of the Forty
ninth Wisconsin.
In the United States Court, at Dam
vile, Virginia, one-armed Confederate
who had been found guilty of Illegal dis
tilling and sentenced to one months i'm
prisonment aud fine of 1900, appeared
before Judge Paul, also an old Confeder-
ate, who said as he touched the empty
sleeve, 'Come back here to morrow morn
ing and will consider your case, we old
boys are getting scarce, and by thunder,
you cannot go TO jail" Both men wept,
and the case was honorably disposed of
the next day.
Colonel Granville Moody, of the Seventy
fourth Ohio was famousMethodist preach
er from CINCINNATI The Reverend Col
onel proved himself fighting parson of
the first water, was hit four times at the
battle of Murfreesboro, and still carries
the marks of battle. Not long ago, Gen
eral Negly merrily accused him of using
heterodox explosives in the ardor of con-
fiict. SIS 1t fact, Colonel, inquired the
General, s'That you told the boys to give
| 'em hi ~ "Now," replied the Colonel,
chats some more OF the boys mischief,
l told them to give the rebels Hail Column
bIa,' and they have perverted my Ian
guage." The parson, however, had q sly
twinkle in his eye, which left his hearers
in doubt.
Fredericksburg is historic ground. A
house 10 the city was occupied by Gen.
Washington. Here is the house his sister
owned and it has never been remodeled |;
also the tomb of the mother of Washing
ton. In our civil war this seemed to be
occupied by one or the other Of the armies
all the time. At one time it was General
Warren's Headquarters also at another
time General Patrick's army was encamp-
ed on the farm. Inc Darn was useu oy
the Commissary Department, to hold their
supplies, and to all the boys in blue who
stood guard over it and stole sugar out OF
IL, Mr.. ", who is an ola soldier hVing
there, sends an invitation 10 come anu
Wait II again and thew NAV have the use
WISH II asa'n auu s"'y may N"'' Wv
y. sne oe"0'"' Ais"osA 1"'
An Irish camp woman, belonging 10
New YORK regiment, (hef nusoanu oe-
longed 10 the same regimeh'1 maae ner'
sell quite conspicuous curing 'ne ac''on
at Gaines mil ana refused 10 retire 10
place OF saiety. ohe was run OIL piuch'
Occasionally sne wouid no.ice some ie''
low sneaking TO the rear when she wouiu
run after him ana take MN NY 'he nape
OF the neck ana place MN IN the RANKS
again, calling him A dirty, co"ardiy
spalpeen. Inc hyihg sneiis nau no 'cr-
ror Tor her. Durlng inc hottest oi tne
cannonade, ms woman "aiKea ieariess'y
about among inc troops, encouraging
them TO stand up 70 tneir WORK. her
only weapon oil uciehce was large UNI
brella. In one instance she shamed q
commissioned oincer INTO returning 10 MS
duty. Such were some OF our noble wo-
men during the late civil war.
1t is well-known that some of our
bravest and most efficient of the Union
Generals, were men OF undoubted and
pre-eminent piety. Gen. Howard main