The National tribune., 1894-10-11
OUR REGIMENT.
BY II. B. DUFFIE. BATTLE CREEK, MICH.

BY II. b. DUFFIE, BATTLE CREEK, MICH
AS the years hasten by with their sorrows and
joys
There is still in my heart place for you, boys.
You did stand side by side through thick and
through thin.
In tho camp. on the march. through the battles
wild dinI
Yes think Of the men. both the living and dead.
Oh, i.ow firmly you stood how freely you bledi
I call you by name, each one here to-day;
My friends and my comrades OF Co. A.
All, see you once more in yonr ca mp by the way;
Yes, sgain do hear your guns in the frayi
La thosc tangled old woods you stood there In line
While the foe advancngI an, boys, 1t was
fnei
] reneR Der it STILL how they swept Ger that field
With their tiger-ke yell. They thought you
would yield!
You stood like a rock. as all will agree
Ny friends and my comrades of Co. y.
There you go, down tho road, cross the bridge TO
the right,
Through the swamp. up the bluff, you enter the
fight!
How you swarrned DER their works ah, boys, 1t
grandl
With Old Glory. our colors. held high in your
hands,
When a bearer went down, in the CRIME and the
dust,
And his stiffening fingers relaxed bis dear trust,
You bore still onward this flag of the free
aIy friends and my comrades of Co. c..
All, meier shall forget till draw my last BREATH
How you tauutingly met the grim angel of DEATH
When you breasted the tempest of shot and of
shell.
When their guns were outpouring the venom of
hell.
AS follow your steps through the bramble and
brake,
The retreat OF the wolf the den of the snake,
l feel our fair land should c'er honor thee
My friends and my comrades OF Co. ID.
In that valley down there where the wild iyies
The nishi-birds stand sentry DER comrades
asleep.
Their graves now sunken, the head boards de-
cayed,
And the trenches are crumbled. where fought our
brigade.
Through rns in the forest, If your vision Is keen
The brcastworks you builded ditniy be seen.
You've won by your sword a heritage free,
by friends and my comrades of Co. E
Yes ii all renppears to my mind like a dream.
How you filed out Of camp, and forded that
stream.
I6rOuRE tAS STORM you nave Struggled by day
and by night;
For yonr flag and your country you wrought with
your might.
On that dangerous post, through the dews and
the damp.
You have guarded from Ill our sumbering camp
Your praises shall ring, while yet have breath
My friends and my comrades of Co. II.
On tina, hilock out there where those guns opened
fire. 'Af
And smoke clouds rolled upward, higher, still
higher,
Nearly shrouding from sight those brave boys In
blue.
In support OF that bAtfry you stood there so true;
Through the sulphurous smoke you beheld the
dismay
That came to the ranks of our foemen Ia gray,
Ever Mt ready still standing see.
My friends and my comrades of Co. g.
Then our skirmishers, too, how they pressed
them ahead
deadI .I-.
On their left and your right. where shey turned
back your flank
Fell there many Johnnie" and many
"Yank"
You repulsed their assault. though great was the
cost
Oh had you then fatered. the day had been lost
Yes there in the breach, where bullets did fly,
Stood Co. II. yea. and Co. l.
To another dear troop your attention cali:
In defense of our flag they stood like a wall!
Their deeds are enshrined in inches Of fame;
In the archives of freedom is craven each NAME
From fair nemory's page. to my hearts object
glass.
AS 1t were on review, they pass and repass.
For you, boys. hope; for you, boys, pray
My friends and my comrades Of Co. X.