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any rerara.ion was ever offered for the inius-

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Humphreys, appearance on the bloody but
scented. 1t the head ef,his enthusiastic Penn
lie was q gentleman Of perfect manners and
habits. who always used the regulation equip
R Tsns: and and T fsotw sss F Ssfs iaalti Ra,l0FHRii His i nls
a as to the imSsstache. His eyes were gray and
rq's 81 fhle He WSs about sSsieR 3 fe Mee I in naSssf high,
erect and graceful In carriage. and weighted AT
r nosh flleq rough SHs bs or i hsPsh hS about e1SR him. Chimes.
composure. and. self confidence. WITHOUT tue
s snshtsnt t r. Sss Of tsS,ar ptio Rlt G5 0IfxaaR he W was
as preposscssing n figure; in whatever aspect
he was viewed, as could be found dor IN sha9 Or
ing age. his military career, was all bei9re nm,
but, unlike Caesar. he had LED only Q virt nlv
and with no ambition exceptto serve his conn-
try and 10 assist In the maintensnGe ot nor
unity buri qnd .he toe isr SiHdn pu1suit 81 Pc Ices 'ss army iTHsi into
Virginia Humphreys took n leading part when;
ever opportunity offered. but nothing ocfnrTfssd red
fought. In the assault Of Maryc's Heights:
ditch or rife trench which skirted their base
for a mile, he, displayed The courage 81 ab ra,I.
din e SrnnnS dv witS nh 'ss q% his aisis 10 was com:
PEELED TO advance was encum osred ny men .
SSt ne o e .s.nns ,so m sssy,r Of Themf wsrS Of I' ths
enemy. Humphreys, ,eeeing. that, musketry
could accomplish nothing, ordered his m nng to
the help Of his staff. brigade. and regimental
commanders led. them over ths pr2stra.e
ward the enemy's lines as it was possible for
men to go against such, a storm as the wei,
sheltered rebels ., Poured sdd Sp9bn; him. ahe eut, ap rpase
entity unconscious ofdanger. he tried again una
again to accomplish the impossibie task whiGn
Admiration Of ali. who .beheld him nron that
me ns% %ast esn SrIssiSn; h nnsy p on The s' Held that
day. In admiration for his condnct; no ress
than as a ,rehuke to others Bnrnsiae, 'n ne, nr ths
notion to the rank. Of Maior-General: he had
s steVlsd pe upon him iii lie had shown At Chan
cellorsvilIe. and again mt Gettysburg, that ne
fShters in the army, as we'll as one OF its bravest
and most competent Generals
His conduct at rreder re uopr tn ana .n mem eS,
Gen. Walk eHG ard Col. Mcclellan. into the merits
is adverted to now, merely for the purpose Of
emphasizing the statement. In which all agree,
t aisbl tGs persona upon t Grave Occasion aha W" Wer ieAe Of the
highest order. All who have written about
them r IS ss, well stn Is all whf a Ei, periesf i fns%; SHp;
exempliied by his conduct on that, OCCASION.
M sS eli 1a 'e"s sSup Hsmphre SH"i TUNED 70 his
stan and. bowling, with uncovered head; re-
T TarRe the as q TO 81 seated saa R's saoand his IS table, "a is:
Gentlemen. I shall lead this charge; l PFC
snHes Of And sGq tbsy S SGp r Tl1' WITH Win hin F rIes. x saI.
iantly. or the seven who started, five were
dismounted and four wounded before the
G Gis own 's son was " ons Of the h seven seven. and that
with unobtrusivs modesty he interposed him
s ssii 81 ,Ss of 1sbs r' fire, res !. Win of BY sam III aHt thst
courage is an inherited virtue in that family.
The limits Of this paper will not permit q &c.
during the Chancellorsville and the Gettys;
burg cam paigns. but they were eharacterized
s By see ss ssms Hph eonTase. e and tks sn sam nss' cl e%s
though it can hardly be claimed that the Army
Sill ene Hu GaPhHS %ss division had 9. Bloody en-.
with tho enemy near the Chancellors-
ton for steadIness and courage He disnp-
proved the defensive attitude which Hooker
S EStIe o0u0''e'' n"'' ~
north side Of the Rappahannock. tho time Of
most Of Humphreys's men having expired. his
Msads. w wse 0 had su SS; @Hsp r ter ' n com.
mend q II ,h R. S9rGs, o S6d a Hg%ghrsESs T sse sTap Of
In the march to Gettysburg and to the posi-
ton assigned him; HUI . disp ia ;ea his his
&. sSo1 sn1 his sd asSd diviisi t% at II fredepisEsburs how
to tan mH 70 snow Sa ai hIs new " d Tss RSH how W e gree receive
ono: 1t viii be remembered that sickles; after
h mN1sS to ta iSo ,rS p]1si sbant i 5ot th YARDS Ssn sna o iins.
pied a ridge between Cemetery HilI and Round
Tor, and this exposed the entire corps to
It OF ready support. It does not ap.
ssessible from That Az Hum Isp9Ets w sfs' w are With! e.:
o ops dG was ot tns tsst in t rsssrd Ia The in sel elthe9
that he did not object to It. 1t was
evidently good enough ground to fight on. and
APP q Ot sHis RsSs q i: b j. this Is i may:
IL Humphreys q axssSt was As. In d GS WAY r ef shs p%Ss ifr In 70
which he had been assigned, His duty was
,nsIsh + to obey b u.s. pT Gaprs,S and atta iga nj h hls d ~ ;Isni
s spe Kin OF il himself. he said he had never
R Rssn 9 eombi q nH''f n n dste on hiT.s' nnd 8 Shd RSs:
rear on his right under orders; Hnd; finally: i in
he displayed the most stubborn and
sSapfisinr S9afsfe; to eom meet the st emo S"s %Hss
OF battle. His manPuyres upon tina. occasion
were not unlike Sheridan's at stone River. but
there is reason to believ. that they called fora
much higher order of tactical skill on his own
part. aud for greater steadinsss and conference
on the part Of his division. An eye witness
personal bearing. Throwing himself into
the midst Of the battle. closely followed by his
upon this occasion. he was Iike a knight Of old.
In 4 and enHSioq.rasIng his mem mem y r. 1T the ob hottsst
conyu!sively throwing up his hands. called
out: General, I'm shot. Whereupo1 The
officer. went at once, to, his assistance;
and, sustained him In his saddle tn
charge and conduct him to a place Of
disembowelled the wounded officers, horse
and took of the head Of the orderly. who had
moment Gen. Humphreys " horse. already
from seven bull ct wounds, was struck
by a shell. and, %springing convulsiyaly into
the air. threw the General Violently to the
serious injury. Gathering himself UP rs best
he could. he was soon remounted and en-
CapAd as calmly I'm the exercise OF his COM