Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-10-07
LETTER FROM FINNI6UM.
Reflections and Memories of Dark Daus, Of
Noble Deeds, and Brave Heroes.
PULASKI, PULASKI Co, KEN.
Cnnrr,,nnn oh 1897

PULASKI, PULASKI Co, KEN.
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1887.
Theodore Calran and nlg Most Fondly
Remembered Friends and Comrades
Of orr Gallant old Company II.
am informed you are to have
reunion at the home Of Comrade Cal
vim, at Lancaster. Wis. September
14tn. 1897. and in your kindness
toward me, invited me to be present
with you. regard this as the most
pleasing tribute that can be bestowed
upon me, to be held in respect and
lmiration by men as brave, patrl-
otto and devoted as the noble COM
rades of the renowned Co. II. What
reflections and memories cluster in
the remembrance OF the past. In my
recollection | see you as you were in
1861 at Fennimore, as you rallied
around the national standard, emblem
of freedom and equality. drilling and
preparing for the fiarcest and grand
est struggle for tae perpetuation OF
equal rights that the world ever saw.
Your heroic struggle and patriotic
devotion will never be erased from
the history of the great nation you
saved to the world. You are i'm
printed on my memory as you were
when we left our native and adopted
state for the tented fields of human
strife where brawny limbs the con-
test waved and struggled for the vic
tory" l can see you on your toll
some march, on your silent weary
watching in the face of a determined
foe. through the weary hours of the
might | can still hear your battle
cry and defiant shout on many, many
occasions. when gave you the COM
mand, ForWard, Charge BayonetS,
Double Qutcb March, as you rushed
upon the enemy or repealed his as
saalts NV gallant, brave, noble
men. let us humbly bow in memory
OF our fallen comrades who fell upon
the hills and in the valleys OF Mary
land. Pennsylvania and amidst the
pines of the south in Virginia. May
the memory of these heroic men
never be erased from our memories.
l could, in admiration and reverence,
kneel and kiss the ground where they
sleep. .sPeace to Their Ashes, Peace
to their Souls, and Spread Wide Their
Fame"
God was the author of and laid the
foundation for the emancipation, lib
ertv and equality of all men, in the
release of the Israelites from Egyptian
bondage. This was under his imme-
date supervision, and here rests the
foundation and authority for liberty
and equality. Following this the
great wars of the world were for
power, conquest and enslavement of
the people in some way. The war in
which you were engaged was the only
war ever waged directly for the
emancipation of the races of men.
Thus YOU were instruments in and
Gods chosen to carry out and accom-
plish his great work. No other arm
les had ever fought directly for the
same purpose, and never will again
because the same cause can in no
reasonable probability exist again.
Therefore grand, brave, noble men,
the world will look upon you with
admiration, wonder, and amazement,
and cause you to realize your high
calling as instruments and chosen Of
God to carry out his great work of
reform, and necessarily make you as
well as the world realize you great
ness in the great drama of human
events, as the greatest, grandest men
the world ever saw, through and by
the blessings and design of Heaven.
regret l cannot be with you in
person, but will be with you in spirit.
Yours in devotion,
MARK FINNICUM.