The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-08-10

to meet the enemy, and. driven back to his
native heath, die martyr TO victory I'm.
like that Of most all battlefield mart yrs, hig
loss does not seem to have been wholly a
sacrifice He had risen to the top. Certain
peculiarities Of his own temperament and
OF the service where fortune placed him
made 1t extremely improbable that he
should have gone higher He yearned for
independence in command Fate gave it to
him at Gettysburg, and he died upon field
where he was master Just when the grand
stroke bad been made and his subordnutes
could not fail to grasp his purposes aud put
them into execution. Then all was done
except TO hear his own praises, but in dy.
ing he earned immortal fame and eternal
glory.
Reynolds face Is u picture in itself Strip
ped Of all accessories it would be a classic
on canvas, and his statue would cause
strangers to declare that for once creator
and creature had wrought good work to
gether--a model man and model life Gen.
eral Reynolds was born at Lancaster, Pa,
In 1922, Of Scotch-Irish blood mingled with
Huguenot. His elder brother, William, be-
came an admiral in the navy. Both BOYS
went to school at Litiz, where the Bethie.
hem Moravians conducted a famous insti
tuition. They studied classics in the old
colonial mansion Of the CAROLS near Balti
more ana finished at the l.ancastrian
school in their native town. The future
general entered West Point at IL. under tha
patronage Of James Buchanan, and gradu.
ated In 1871. Among his classmates were
Lyon, killed ut Wilson's Creek; Garesc e.
killed at Stone River; Whipple, killed at
Charlottesville; Rodman, killed Mt Antie-
tam, and Garrett, killed two days alter
than Reynolds at Gettysburg. As a school
fellow he was just the kind to be forever
remem bered-a handsome, happy, sym a.
thetic, Woodworking, hard playing boy. the
pride OF bis tutors and the exemplar of his
mates.
Young Reynolds began taking brevets tho
moment he met the enemy. He served In
Mexico in Captain Thomas w. Shermans
regular battery. George IL. Thomas was a
fellow officer in the battery. He was bre.
vetted captainfor Monterey and major for
Buena Vista. After the Mexican war he
served against the Rogue river Indians in
Oregon ard against the Mormons in Utah.
At the outbreak Of the war in 1861 he was
lieutenant colonel Of the Fourteenth infan.
try, and Governor Curtin asked for Lis
transfer TO the generalship of the First bri
gade Of Pennsylvania reserves. Then he
btku tuc StCUEu UCJ III Inc OF which
the third and closing act was to deal with
Gettysburg
The Pennsylvania reserves were unique
body Of men, a sort Of legion and the only
one on grand scale to see the war through
IL constituted division in the Army Of the
Potomac, was led by Pennsylvania, G IN.
eral Mccall, and Meade and Ord, both
Pennsylvanians, were Reynolds associates
In command Of brigades. Read forward one
year and see Meade and Reynolds with their
brigades fighting side by side in Fitz John
Porter's marvellous and magnificent battle
at Gaines Mill; six months later still, and
Meade commands the Pennsylvania re
serves in Reynolds corps at fredericksburg;
six months later still both are corps com
manders at Charlottesville. soon to be, I'M
known to themselves, rivals in the eyes OF
the ruling powers tor the leadership OF tho
Army of the Potomac, then to be friends
and coplanners of that first days campaign
for the seizure OF Gettysburg Reynolds
career, and especially that part of it which
crossed lines with Meade's, has meanwhile
been a romantic one.
The Pennsylvania reserves formed part of
McDowell's corps, which in the spring of
1862 was ordered to march overland across
the Rappahannock to Richmond and went
as far as fredericksburg. Reynolds was
appointed military governor Of the city