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

the spirit and teachings or that great
church whose sons, aye, and whose
daughters were on every battlefield of
the war, should prescribe the flag or
fellowship beneath whose folds heY
served. We would believe that that
church and it's teaching are msNGtru-
ly represented by its noble hTarchy
ia America, by such as Bishop Ire
land and Father Prior, in Minnesota,
and by that host of cOnSecrate1 men
in all the world, who while they will
render unto God that which lsG0d'S"
will also .'render unto Caesar that
which is Caesars" And in behalf OF
The q. A. r., and in behalf OF every
man who has followed the tag with
weary feet, and every Woman,Who mas
watched its progress with weeping
eyes, in behalf of every lover of our
country and its institutions, we ask
reconsideration, and revocation, Oh
the rule against which we here SOL
EMMY protest.
We remember to-day Geo. j. Stan
ard, Jno. B. Kenna, Frank Mention
aud Jno Torngren who served n the
4th Minnesota, 10Th corps, Army Tenn:
under Sherman, Blair, Logan and
OsUerhaus. The cOlors of The 4th
MINI. were blazoned with the names
of Corinth, YazOu Pass, VickSburg,
Champion Hills. Chattanooga, AlJona,
Atlanta and Bentonville. The bright
star in the crown of the 4th is Altoona
where under Tourtellotte Titled the
Fort"
have wished that l might pass the
Bird MIMI, but the records show that
our lamenUed cOmrade, b. +. SmlJn
was it's Lieutenant Colonel from It's
organization until May, 1862. ln July
1862 this regiment was ANONYMOUSLY
surrendered TO Forrest at Murlrees-
bOrO. The regiment was parolled ana
sent North, wnere it served 10 the To-
dian campaign with credit. Its SER
vices at Wood Lake and Camp he
lease were valuable. 1t was reOrgan;;
lied and again sent South and served
at VIcksburg and IN Arkansas but the
bloom was rubbed off at MurfreeS0orO
and it was never restored.
1t is quite the custom IN these pip
ing times of peace, for the old boys TO
pipe upon the value of 1.-THE man with
the musket" and the vaiueleSSneSs OF
the man with the sword. To the
bows | dare TO say that the difference
between the lst MINI. under German,
Dana, Sully, Morgan and Colyllle-
the Ind MINI. under Van CeVe,
George and Bishop, the 4th Mimi. un-
der Sanborn and Tourtellotte, and the
Bird under one who, when weighed 10
The balance was found wanting, Illus
trates the value of the man with the
sword. When the commander OF the
3rd MINI. turned his back at MUIR
freesboro on a glorious opportunity,
he illustrated the Scriptural saying
that "whosoever shall save his life
shall lose It,"
Noah Webster, 9Th Mimi, of when
Jno. Ireland was Chaplain, John
Farmer. 9th Mimi, Joseph Neig, TIN
Mimi. irvan HI ThurstOn, Sth Mimi,
and H. S. Hatch, N. G. Conner, NIL
ton Walbridge, Louis E: Andrews, D.
K. Lee, Jn0. j. Jones, VIM. Bruce,J oS.
GilfIlan and VIM. H. Day, of the SLh
Mimi. with Chas. Twlss, of the 2 IN
Wis, Thos. l.. Dixon, 32nd Wis.,, AND
Chas. Kicherer, 9th Iowa, follow ca
the 10th Corps flag 10 the clos ng
scenes of the war. Having hau
wide, varied and ardous experience
prior to the organization OF that com.
mand under A. j. Smith, mlgh'
give you pages of history of these reg.
| iments aud every page would
bright. Knight speak of the boy J
10 In the 9Th Mimi, whose glory Duu