The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-02

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vile. l will speak of Alex Wilkin,
from whom our Post is named, who
closed his brilliant career at Tupelo
and to whom our country and our
state owe an everlasting need of hon
or,
Matt Farmer, 10th New Hampshire
John S. MoUUweiler S1st n. Y, Jesse
Flethcber 92nd N. Y, served on
the Atlantic coast in the 18th Army
Corps and later fought at Cold Har-
Dor, Petersburg. and Richmond at It's
fall.
w. w. Clark was medical officer
in the 10th MINI. This regiment was
of great valne In service against the
Indians in '62 and later and was sent
South in October, '62, remaining In
ST. Louis until April, '64. 1t was as
signed in June. "a to Mower Division |
of A. j. Smith 10th Army Corps. The |
regiment was at Tupelo and did dis
tinguished service at Nashville and
Spanish Fort.
| must not forget to name Marcus
Pierce, 144. n. Y; JnO. ID. EireStone,
362 Ohio, Guy K. Cleveland, .. S.Vol-
unteers: Valentine Shiman, 9th Mis-
souri, calvary; JnO. Il. Jones, 4lst Wis;
JnO Rowland, of the 1st Mimi: Ill.
Adam Mention, Matt Traupert. Jo-
seph Traupert and William Matthews,
of the lst MINI. cavalry; ROb't IL.
Rose, Rob't Heinze, NJ. M. Chapman,
P. McGiveny, Jos. Reinebol, VIM. l..
Coon and Geo. Payer, Of the End Cav;
Geo. H Cole and Lewis Leifermann, of
! BracketU's battalion.
The cavalry force of Minnesota was
retained within the limits Of theWest
for service against the Indians and IN
defense of our frontier. | am con-
WINGED that the value and Importance
of the services rendered by these regi-
ments and by the state troops who
volunteered for temporary service, has
not been fully recognized. If time
\, were afforded it would not be difficult
7 to make clear to you my reasons for
| the faith that is in me.
l have reached a place where access
| ible records are lamentably incom-
| plete. We have the names of 20 COM
rades sleeping in our cemetery of
VIII ,se nanieS we have no record. The
names are: Richard Brockelburg, Ell
ijah Howe. Timothy B. Andrews,
Aaron Foyles, Frederick Kenbler, Jo-
seph Elder, Peter Elleman, Hubert
Brules, E. f. Terwilleger, Adam
, Meyer, A. n. Caswell, G. M. Caswell,
+ Henry Hurt. James Poole, VIM. H.
4 Hughes, Joseph F'runer, Adam FrGn-
n del, Peter Lantz, Phillip Brommel.
1 Peter Birk.
"A | have named our patriot dead, of
{ whose deeds this memorial is COM
y memOrative. In the ranks before me
' stand those who shared all the ser
! vices, the sacrifices and the glorles of
these whom | have named by name.
/ OF each of these this monu ment
/ should be memorial.
1t was my lot after an interval OF
: 26 years to visit one of the great bat
q tletie DIS of the war. | stood by the
II monument in the cemetery dedicated
Y by Lincoln now so caraciOus and sc
& full and saw the light of other days
\ Away to the right front was OUT
+ lined Willinghly run and Seminary
t Ridge where Buford'S cavalry so stub
g bOrnly contested and where the Isl
I and 18th Army corps were SO severely
r punished on the first day. To the left
Y front was the Peach Orchard Derdo
+ den and little Round Top, where the
desperate fighting and fearful losses
y of the second day occurred. Still tt
), the left but nearer the center
!, was Cemetery Ridge Extending from
q Culp's Hill in my rear TO Round Top
u in the distance) against whose
y crest on the third day the higf
t tide of the rebellion had flowed anC
II ebbed.
y | recalled the scenes, the sights, the
b sounds. The reSiStleSS movement o
$ advancing artillery and the binding
2 flash and dedfenlng roar OF batterle:
r in action The rush of charging
K sQuadronS, the cleaning bright Sd
II bers and bayOnets, the battle cry O
l. advancing lines of infantry and thu
wall of blazing fire against which
J. they charged, the clouds of smOk
q which crowned 'the crests and set
lie tied into the va 'leyS-the shouts, to-
d. cheers, the yells, the Shrieks, tn
d groaus -and all the horrid imagery o
n war. [ thought of the actors in thos
IS scenes. From the base of the mOnu
:, ment on which | stood, ran row upO
a, low. rank on rank of white marbl
It head stones all uniform in shape an
a size and far as the eye could clear
lie see ran these rows on rows, separate
by wide aisles into blocks and groups
le and marking the graves of those Wh
1T had fallen in the fight
b They had been tenderly gathere
is from the field whence they had S
" swiftly passed from the roar and tU
ly multi or war to The quiet and silence
S. eternal peace-and grouped by state
i'd they are guarded in that cOnsecrate
o. ground by the nation for which the
r. gave their lives. There were group
E. from every state, but chief and iarg
a. est was the group of the unknoW
I'd dead. and the dead VIII
le lie in unknown graves. Oh, the mu
70 titudes who fell in the track of or
coming storms of battle and gathere
o. in its cycling debris were swept ava
to and lodged in graves like unto tba
h of Moses.
Of thought of the fearful cost
ne these our liberties, of this our unlor
&c Our union | thought of this grea
q, end and my faith in God and my falt
= man was strengthened, for L diml
e, aw the value OF that which had bee
a. bought with so great a price and
he was glad and am today eXultant wit
in the knowledge that patriotism is lo'
s. of country impelling to sacrifice, an
he herosm is courage inspired and su
he tanned by devotion to a holy caus
r. and that patriotism and herolsm al
Y, perennial and immortal.
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