The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-23

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dren ne had been taught TO guard this
treasure committed 10 him with that
/ supreme devotion with which the sons
/ OF Israel guarded the walls about their
1 sacred city. In all these years OF peace.
! he rejoiced In the strength and glory Of
the Union as 1t broadened toward the
/ setting sun. BY the hreside he had
heard his sire tell Of 1872 and Of Lun-
days Lane. and how he marched against
/ the Indians with the warrior Jackson.
/ whom North Carolina gave. with many
/ other noble gifts, to her fair daughter
! beyond the mountains. He himself had
/ marched with the star-spangled banner
and cheered II as II waved in triumph
| over the halls Of the Montezumas.
Let II be said OF him that he loved
the Union: that he loved the arts OF
! peace; that he loved repose: but, let
it also be said Of him, his repose was
never so profound that the tramp Of the
advancing host failed TO arouse him.
1T was strange and terrible to see."
! continued Captain Mason, these men
| Of the South and Of the North, shed
each others blood. They spoke the
| same language; they worshiped at the
same altars: they had been school-boys
together; they had shouted together In
/ the shock Of battle: and. together they
had filed the world with their victories
y
glory Of their country. that did not fall.
with its benediction, upon them both.
! And yet. above the contentious Of the
| White and Red Rose; Of Cavalier and
Round-Head; Of Bourbon and Jacobin,
| there was a solemn grandeur i'm their
struggle. Can the Union live by force?
AROUND RICHMOND.
Let US follow our brothers, as they
| pour over the James, thirty thousand
of them, in the June days Of 1862 encir-
| cling Richmond with their dark gray
| lines, near one-third Of those who had
| gathered for its defence; standing with
| their faces TO the north; waiting for
| the struggle Of the Seven Days to be
gin; waiting for Jackson, the eagle OF
the army to swoop down from the noun
tains; waiting for Lee to speak whose
| voice in battle was, 10 them from that
| day forward. as the voice OF a god; and
when he told them 10 go forward, see
how they and their comrades twist Nc
CELLARS army, with their stern grapple.
back and forth across the Chickahominy
striking him blows Of iron, day in and
day out. until sore and weary, as the
day closed upon the field of Gaines
NH, he sat down and wrote 10 his
Government that he was beaten, and that
his only hope was 10 escape from his
fierce pursuers; and five days there
after Lee rode back from Malvern Hln,
praising his soldiers and regrettng that
he had not captured the Union Army
See how they 20. on the morning #
the 18th Of September, 1SG2 douhle-quick-
ing from the right TO the bloody left, at
Sharpsburg; sweeping proudly into line,
and staying like a wall Of granite the
torrent of the battle as it comes rushing
in over the dead bodies Of Hood brave
Texans. See how the foe roc0is from the
deadly blast OF their rifles; See how they
drive him back with yells Of defiance.
restoring our lines and standing i'm their
ranks, through the day and through
another day, as firmly as the solid earth
beneath them.
The RECORD OF DARING.
Read the record Of their daring at
Charlottesville, the death-bed of Jack
son. in the early days Of 1853: one hun
dred and thirty-one Confederate regi-
ments under fire. twenty-five Of them
from North Carolina. tn thousand two
hundred and eighty-one Conlederates
killed and wounded: Two thousand nine
hundred and forty-eight of them from
North Carolina. See how they move their
torn battle flags above the crest Of the
struggle, at Gettys burg. as il moves
along IFS track or death, up the slopes
Of Cemetery Hil urging forward with
the thr0bbing Of their hearts: AID when
the fateful storm is over. when the
crest Of the battle rose highest. there
lies our comrade by the side Of him
of the North whom the peace # death
has made again his br0tEer. As we
look into their faces. side by side, the
one clad I'm gray. the other in blue;
each ag!oW with the spirit that has
brought them thus together. 10 the open
portals of immortality, can we say OF
either that he has sinned? Shall We
follow our brothers, as they hold I'm
check the unbending viii and miehty
forces Of Grant, through ths dr. AID
smoke Of the Wilderness in the trenc1es
at Petersburg, along the sullen retreat
until the end came, ani Lee bade them
adieu, with his blessing that has fpl-
lowed them, and made them, Ike him.
patient and heroic in peace as they were
great in war?
oAROLINA's DEAD.
Shall we measure the glory Of our COM
rade by he treasure Of his blood2 Then
read this record: Fifty-two thousand
nine hundred and hfty-four Confederates
killed in battle; fourteen thousand FIVE
hundred and twenty-five Of them from
North Carolina; twenty-one thousand five
hundred and seventy Confederates died
OF NOuIuNf i've lHOuSdNQ one nuIQlDQ
and ffty-one Of them from North Caro-
lima; hfty-nine thousand two hundred ard
ninety-seven Confederates died Of dis
ease; twenty thousand six hundred and
TWO Of them from North Carolina. Forty
thousand two hundred and seyenty-flve
sons Of North Carolina gave lives TO the
Confederacy, more than one-third of her
military population; nineteen thousand
six hundred and seventy-three of the
sons were killed in battle or died Of
wounds more than seventeen per cent.
Of the military population, while the
average loss Of the Confederate armies
was ten per cent. and Of the Union
armies five per cent. Read this record
of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina regi-
rnent Of Pettigrew's Brigade. at Gettys-
burg. the conflict Of the century. IT car
ried into action over eight hundred men;
eighty of them were left, and history has
declared:
THE OLD TwENTY-sIXTH rEGIMrNT
This loss OF the Twenty-sixth North
Carolina. at Gettysburg. was the severest
regimental loss during the war in which
seven hundred and sixty-four Confederate
regiments and two thousand and forty
seven Union regimets were engaged Read
the thrilling story OF Captain Tails COM
pany. on the same field Of death, that the
last OF all its officers and eighty-three
ont Of eighty-f0ur Of It's men killed and
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