Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-02

sss WAS he summer Of 1861. The
Ron armies II Ire Tennessee and the Cum
Slst31d lad just passsd through the cam
&3llklIInl that followed the occupancy OF Nash
&Ajlttkk ny tke union forces; Buells army i was
%fk j had nade I forced march OF ten days
eA Nashville to Pittsburg Landing, the
|aks34 houss 81 which had been ''double-
RSSscRualck,s ! great pardon q the time. much Of
fS6kroash sain and mud, and the last -
k6uls Ii the night. with the mud and rain
ecunpaninents, to the field Of Shiloh, there
: relieve Grants stricken troops and to re-
skISaye lie FIRST days disaster.
Thyoaeh that bloody field. and the evils
sfsst followed it-mud, cold. hunger-the
Goss terrible deprivations and discomforts,
gtndsed, known TO soldier life in times of war,
same me siege and capture Of Co<inith. the
asfle 81 1uka Springs, the march to Deca-
'atxrsand Tuscumbia, and then on towards
Huntsville. II was within a few miles Of
M III named place that the army lay en-
exnped. u the early days Of July, and in q
hevsl valley, where there wide stretches OF
raain and here and there forests Of towering
Mve-oak.
Here the Fourth Of July was celebrated in
alnso4t homslike way.
i stand ~as erected beneath the trees. and
seass we're ~improvised Of logs and Of poles
I'D across wooden forks driven into the
ground. The stand was arbored with boughs
& ersen, and the .Oid Glory was taste
1ully wsven among them.
he srator e the day was ! young briggs
dies named Garfield, and his voice, In patri-
~ ~slcquence. rang ont over TIA vast audi
80 u bsonzed soldiers like ! silver bell.
nj said things that brought only such
cnessia9 . 80 hears II IN army. Il was
sineess, ~Ao,esons and enthusiartic.
Thsre i I wellsknown old story Of those
iissss. ii those armies, that ! visiting gov
ssnos IL ! state while riding along with !
rSnsral 81 diviuion, hearing : Wild and pro-
nred eheer u ne distance, asked what Il
R-M%NSA
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