The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-08
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EDITOR NATIONAL. TRIBUNE: The great
battles of the civil war have been fought
over so many times by, voice and pen, and
each regiment crowned with glory and honor
| by the means of monuments erected to their
memory, tablets raised on the spot where
they tough so valiantly, and mem orials OF
various kinds built to commemorate the
daring deeds of noble patriots, that it would
seem that all had received their share OF
| laurels.
But there is yet remaining with us little
remnant of American soldiers who in those
stirring days marched and fought in the
ranks of p band ofpatriots of which we sell
dom hear. / refer 10 the men of the Regular
Army.
When the war burst upon us in 1861 our
little Army of Regulars were scattered
throughout the country, most of the regi-
ments on the far Western frontier. They
were composed principally of men of the
Border States, and many of the officers were
from the seeding States. 1t was very I'M
certain to count On them to support the
Union cause.
But the rank and file were true as steel,
and their subsequent acts through the war
showed how like Gibraltar they stood for
liberty and Union.
Most of the old Army, so called, was sent
to the seat of war and concentrated with the
Army of the Potomac.
The infantry, consisting of the I'd, Sd, 4th,
9th, 7th, 10Th, 18th, 10Th, 14th, and 18th
regiments, with one company of the LIST, were
formed into two brigades, and served in the
Fifth Corps throughout the war.
The cavalry and artillery were scattered
throughout the Union armies in the field.
That little band of loyal soldiers did some of
the hardest fighting in the rebellion. Gainess
MILL Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Antie-
tam-all can tell the story of unhinching
bravery and heroic defense of their positions
in the line-of-battle. But there was one
place where they performed their part with
still greater heroism. l refer to the second
day at Gettysburg, when they stemmed the
tide of battle and held the almost victorious
Confederates at bay in and around the Devils
Den until Little Round Top was occupied by
the Union forces.
To-day we could stand upon Little Round
Top and look upon scores of memorial tablets
erected to commemorate the spot of earth
where some brave volunteer regiments split
their LIES hood for our common country.
Those tablets will tell to our children how
monty Ine latncTS 1alu DOWN thelr lives Tor the
preservation of the glorious Union. But
where are the memorials for that little body
of Regulars? As we walk over through the
Devils Den. across Plum Run, and so on
over the knoll into the old Wheatfield where
Sykes's men fought, there is nothing but
memory to mark the spot where we stood
that July day in 1863. This ought not to
be.
Comrades, it is time the bugle called the
assembly. Let US fall into line and act at
once upon the matter of the erection of some
kind of memorial at Gettysburg upon the
ground where we tried to do our duty to our
country and to our fellOw-men of every State
Will any comrades of the Regular Brigades
who contemplate attending the GAR. En-
campment send his address to me as soon as
convenient? All are requested to keep the
subject in mind and to extend the idea to
those who do not take the great soldier pa
per. / will refer comrades also to the old
Regs.," Frederick Plato, 14th U. S.. Brew
erton, N. Y, and L. A. Able, 17lh U. S. Inf,
Machias, Me. W.
Come comrades, let us be up and doing
w. II. SANDERsoN, Coz Cd U. S., Dayt