The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-19

AAAaA tdlAE AA0ll any VA AiAG HAAAfr an re-
bellion. except that Of Tennessee. Some
OF Ohio's most illustrious officers were In
command OF corps, divisions, brigades
regiments, who gave direction on every
part Of the wide-stretching field.
In the battle of ChiCkamausa Rosecrans'
loss was 1914. This includes 4,fi missing,
d laIse number OF whom were klllfd ana
wounded. Bragg's loss, as estimated by
the war records at Washington, was II S0i.
The total loss for each army was more
than p per cent. Of the entire force, and
about % per cent. on each side, Of the
troops actually engaged. LOngstreet lost
Al per cent Of his forces and all, too,
on the second day, and for the most part
within two hours on that dreadful Sunday
afternoon. Steadman's ana Brannan's d.
visions lost 49 per cent In four hours;
and of the total loss but one was missing;
all the rest We're killed or wounded. Bush
rods, Johnson's division, lost A per cent
Anderson's brigade of Hineman's division
lost 30 per cent, Bates brigade of Stew
arts division lost 81 per cent. Preston 5
division lost 80 per cent. Gracies'
brigade lost nearly IS per cent, and all
within an hour ana half before the
sun set on that bloody Sunday, and while
assaulting one of the Ohio divisions.
Cheatam S division lost from So TO 80 per
cent, Breckinridges division 80 per cent,
and Cleburn's division 43 lfr cent. What
Offering. ! cannot but recall the words
OF Col. Emerson Opdycke of the One
Hundred and Twenty-hfth Onto Volun-
dreadful losses It is said that Gen.
Thomas, in company with Cen Garfield.
approached the one Hundred and Twenty
hfth Ohio and Gen. Thomas. addressing
the colonel, said: This point must be
held" Col Opdycke replied: I'VE will
hold this ground or go TO heaven from
on the union side one man out of every
thirty three was actually shot dead on the
held of battle; one in every six was
wounded; one in every three was missing.
In killed, wounded and missing We lost
one man out of nearly every three en-
gagged in the battle.
The strength of the union forces from
the best authority attainable, was 81 S32.
Gen. Rosencrans commanded 1873 regi-
ments of infantry, and fOrty-twO of them
We're from Ohlo. The confederate army,
IN command of Gen. Bragg, consisted Of
200 regiments of infantry, forty regiments
of cavalry and nifty batteries of artillery.
Two million six hundred and fifty thou
7soo 1 rounds TSnnnS Of Of srtlieryy STrli1qyS aml Sna
munitlon from the union side
sent forth their laundering shafts of
death. The awful desperation of the bait
tie on the second day is shown by the or
der which il is said Gen Thomas gave in
the fearful stress OF the situation. Dl-
vision commanders We're reporting to him
that they We're fast running out of ammu-
milton. 1t was reported to him that all
was gone but ten rounds; then all but
five; then all but two. To this he replied:
Save wour fire for close quarters, and
when your last shot is fired give them the
bayonet! On a portion Of his line the
last assault was met and repelled by the
bayonet.
The devasting armies have vanished;
their swords have been shcathed; their
arms stacked. The passing years have
brought in their train the balm of heal
ing and reconciliation. The wounds or
war have been sOothed and healed, but
the men who fought here will be re-
membered for their bravery and hero
ism, and the men who saved the union
VIII never be forgotten These monu-
ments demonstrate that The patriotic
impulse of the grateful people Of Ohio
have erected these monuments of beau
~ TO mark the places where the men or
Ohio fought and fell. Future genera
tions viii read the story of Chickamau-
ga on the pages of history already writ
ten ana hereafter to be written, and on
the enduring granite Which we unveii
to-day. The state has Duilded these
monuments to testify its devotion not
here, but to the sacred cause for which
they fought. They are built to perpet-
gate in memory the fame Of those men
forever, and to show our devotion to the
union they helped to save. They will
stand as constant reminder of the hero
ism OF Ohio soldiers in the past. and Will
serve as an inspiration to the living, an0
to those who shall come after to mani
fest equal devotion to their union II ever
again 1t shall be threatened or assaied
Others will recite thes tory of the battle
with its narrowing incidents, its hero,
ism and Its sacrifices; others viii tell
OF the conflict of the first day-of the
skin of Rosecrans and Crittenden ana
their associates, OF Bragg and LOng-
street and their associates. They will tell
how on the second day the issue wavereu
in the balance, and was almost lost to
the union arms, when Thomas, glorious
old soldier stood as the Rock of Chicka-
mauga." Individual valor will be praised
and should be, on both sides Courage ana
devotion and endurance of union and con-
federate soldiers will receive just eulogy
from other lips. The masterful genius
OF the commanders, and the dogged de-
termination of the soldiers viii be re-
peated, and 1t cannot be too often told
The exhibition of high soldiery qualities
displayed by both the blue and the gray
will be on every tongue to-day. The bat
tie Will be fought over a thousand times
in memory between those who lately con-
tended angrily on this field. All that is
well.
But, after all, my countrvnen. what
was ii all for? What did Il mean? what
was all this struggle all this exhibition
of heroism, and these appalling sacrifices
for? A reunited country makes answer.
No other is needed. A union stronger and
freer than ever before. civilization high
er and nobler than ever before. common
flag dearer and more glorious than ever
before; and all. all Of them secure from
any quarter, because the contestants
against each other on this historic field
thtrty-two years ago are now united,
linked in their might forever against anv
enemy which would assail either union
or civilization or freedom or flag
The sacrifice here made was for what
we lONGQ, ana IOF Mtlat We meant should
endure reunited people, a reunited
country. is the glorious reward
The war has been over thirty-one years
There never has been any trouble since
between the men who fought on the one
side or the other The trouble has been
between the men who fought on neither
side-who could get on the one side or
the other, as occasion or interest demand
ed. The bitterness and resentments of
the war belong to the past. and its
glOries are the common heritage of as
all What was won in that great conflict
belongs just as securely to those who
lost as to those who triumphed The
future is in our common keeping the
sacred trust of all the people Let us
make it worthy of the glorious men who
died for 1t on this and other fields of the
war.
1t is gratifying to the state that these
monuments are hereafter to be in the
keeping Of the United Safes government.
The government they preserved should
guard them; mat is where they belong
HencefOrth these monuments shall be the
precious possession Of all the people. They
show, Mr.. President, the honor paid by
a great commonwealth to the patriotic
valor of her sons. They are calculated 10
encourage patriotic devotion for all time
They are the nations guarantee that the
bond of union shall not be broken Their
lesson is that the constitution is and Shall
remain the supreme law over all
In this great battle some fought to save
the union; others to divide 1t. Those who
fought to save triumphed, and 80 the