The Irish standard., 1895-09-28
Cariin, Turchin, Vanderveer catching
the spirit from the men, shout: Up, boys,

Carlin, Turchin, Vanderveer, catching
the spirit from the men. shout: 'up, boys,
up3to the top!' And grape and canister,
wounds s;nd death are forgotten! 8
.On and on up and up we go. while
all the world wonders Grant turns to
Thomas and, with distress, If not anger
in his voice, says: Who ordered those
men up the ridge?' Replies our old
hero: I don't know: did not. I, Says
| Grant: Granger, did your Mo- says
Granger, they started without orders.
When those fellows get started all hi
can't stop them M
with hearts in their throats these
anxious chieftains watched. The specta-
tors In Chattanooga hold their breath in
terrible suspense. 1t looks desperate
venture, foolhardy effort. Can they
make the;top, or will they be driven back
| to the plain, with columns broken and
ranks disordered?" saa
"The musketry fire from the in
trenched line in gray is murderous! The
cannon belch forth incessantly!
1t is as though men fought upon
earth and fends in upper air. Not a
| shot from the wedge shaped lines in
blue as they advance with the colors of
regiments at the apex Of the triangles.
Sixty regimental banners in rivalry for
the lead. Colors fall as the bearers sink
in death, but other stout arms nerved by
brave hearts bear the flag alOft.
"Ah. the lines Waver! They cannot
make it! But repulse means defeat and
the loss Of all we have gained.
Look! Again they go forward! Will
! they reach the crest? See! the answer!
A dag! the Nations flag! Our flag upon
l1,,H nfh hnr,t 1,y
crest breaks orat in glory! 1t is the
':The rebel lines are broken! We are
into their works! Cheer upon cheer set
the wild echoes flying from Tunnel Hill
| to Lookout. They tell of victory-glori-
ous exultant victory!
"Forty. pieces OF cannon and 1000
stand OF arms, with 5000 prisoners cap
tured, give emphasis to the story.
"The bars are down for entrance-next
campaign 10 Atlanta, gate city Of the
South.
! "How vividly we recall the winter
movement into East Tennessee for the
relief of Burnside, penned up in Knox
vile, and the re-establishment for dur
ing the war of the veteran soldiers. We
can give it brief mention only, but I
would love to tell of The campaign of the
summer Of 1854 i'll Georgia; of the start
! in early May from Ringgold, Gordon s
Mills and Red Clay OF the three great
armies Of the West, under the leader
| ship of their nders--McPhers
so soon to fall upon the field OF glory;
| Schofield, who yet lives to receive from
| a grateful country the recognition of his
I services and fame, and Thomas, the
steady and ever sure, all under the COM
| mand OF that military genius William
| Tecumseh SherDlan--and of row they
swept with uniformity Of success and
constant contest until they entered At
lanta in early September.
| "Mr. President, three great rivers have
their source in sections remote from
each other, and, taking their winding
course by mountains and through plain,
unite to give the father OF waters that
mighty current that insl1res to the coun-
! try he traverses prosperity and power,
| With sources FAR apart they have COM
| mon destination, and in generous rivalry
| their waters flow, each helping the other
! to the accomplishment of the same pur-
pose.
"Most happy the thought that, recog-
| nizing the parallel, gave to these three
| grand Western armies that united in the
advance on Atlanta, numbering 100000
men, the names Of these mighty rivers
| that drain continent-the Ohio, the
Tennessee and the Cumberland
"Organized at different times, at places
far apart, they met in Georgia and in
the steady aow Of their generous rivalry
contributed to the common cause, la
bored for the same purpose, and, as a
result of their supreme efforts, separate,
yet ombined, a. Nation, glorious and
united, instinct with power, alive with
progress, rejoices in it's salvation and
rests calmly, assured Of perpetuity. Each
gave to the other the strong hand of as
sistance, and all united in help, support,
and succor. Thus joined they made OF
the Atlanta campaign one that is unpre-
cedented in the annals of war. 1t is a
study in grand strategy"