The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

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ball Under the nag of the starry
cross of st. Andrews until all the en-
pyrean space resounded glory glory,
glory.
When the Texans came to the hedge
they were compelled to halt few mo-
ments before they could make their way
through, thus affordng the entrenched
enemy an opportunity to fire effectually
and fatally on the Texans. Colonel Toll
bert and Lieutenant Choice used their
swords to make a breach in the hedge
They were wounded after passing through
the hedge with their companies, gallant
ly charging the enemy in the leaden hail
of frightful battle, midst sulphurous
smoke of cannon and bursting shell.
Little did they reck the torturing pains
of their Jagged wounds when the wellin
rang with the gladstone shouts Of the
Texan heroes crying Victory! Victory!
Victoryl
On the perilous edge of battle when
victory perchei on our standards, Lieu
tenant Batsell fell bravely like Spartan
hero shrouded in glory's pail His last
moments OF dying agony were soothod
when he saw the flying foe and heard
his comrades shout, the battle is won
the day is ours hurrah for the Lone
Star State, glory and honor TO the
Texans" Noble boy, dying on the be1tl =
field no loving mother to wipe the death
dew from the brow, no loving sister TO
hold the hand in the dying agony.
lobe Garienhire after passing the hedee
in the supreme hour of glorious victory.
shining with celestial brightness like a
seraph warrior, mounted the breast
works. Bleeding from a mortel wound,
with the smile of victory on his lips, with
the death dew on his brow, In the ecstasy
of a heros joy, he waved his hat around
his head and shouted GLORY. gloy to
the bonnie blue flag that bears the single
star" On this field crimson with the
red rain OF battle, George Dickerman,
brave as the heroes of the Alamo. fell
severely wounded, with the dying words
of the heroic Travis, God and Texas, vic
tory and renown" John Dlckerman o.
the re-fringed front of battle, brave as
Horatius at the bridge, walked up tn
death as a friend and in the supreme mo-
ment of dying greatness from his CORY
hand received the chaplet OF Immortality.
For forty miles on stretcher Calvin
Dale. James Lindsay, John Haney ard
Private Mason conveyed the wounded
hero.
After Colonel Gregg was wounded, Ma
jor w. A. Diamond, as knightly cavalier as
ever heard bugle call on embattled plain,
amid the smoke wreathed pillows of de =
stIuction under the flag of the red field
and starry cross, led the Texans to death
and glory like a conquering hero to sml.-
ing victory.
After Major w. A. Diamond was wound :
ed Captain James ID. Woods the ga liant
soldier, as brave as Chevalier Bayard,
commanded the regiment In the name
-, Il
received the palm OF victory, the laui lei
wreath the crown of glory from angel
hands when the evening stars sang to-
gother and the celestial host shouted fer
Joy.
The flag of the Sixteenth Texas dis
mounted Car Fitzhugh's regiment, was a
gift to them by Mrs. Sallie Lawson, a
patriotic Offering from angel hands to
valor given. 1t was a beautiful silken
banner, with the stars and bars, the flag
of Dixie land. the virgin flag, the Hrst
love of the Southland, This tinseled en-
sign of chivalry ball rent and stained
with the blood OF Texas heroes. who
sacredly guarded its sanctity, Is now IN
Mrs. Lawson's coffin, a resting pillow for
the head OF one of the loveliest and most
patriotic women who ever graced the
streets OF the city of Sherman. 1t was
the dying request OF this excellent lady
that this golden fringed silken standard.
lit with shining stars be her winding
sheet. her bridal dress before the court
of Heaven
This star-decked gift OF queenly WON n
was borne aloft to battle at the Milhkens
Bend by Isaac Hull He reloiced 10 b.
the frat to unfurl this virgin banner Ike
the foremost rank where the thunder o
the battle ragged. Although mortnlly
wounded he never relinqushed the VIC
torious colors In the heat and smoke OF
the fiery onset when the rampars Of the
foe were won, could be seen the gay folds
of that bonny streamer smiling In Joyful
dalliance IN the bosom OF victory Wher
Iseac Hull, shrcuGed in a pail of dazzlins
glory. was breathing his last breath o.
glorious death, Blue Brogden. as brave az
Roman knight raised the weeping colorz
TO the skies, Casting a sorrowing tear on
the bleeding body OF the dying hero eli
hacked and gashed with horrid wounds,
he begged the golden-winged angels come
and deck the dying hero's brow with a
crown OF heavenly glory. He INVOKED
the spirits of the heroic dead TO descend
in shining glory from the skies and gather
the last expiring breath OF the dying pa
triot hero, the most precious llbatlon from
man TO God.
At Mill1kens Bend many or our beloved
comrades, neighbors and klnsmen lie in
their last resting place where they fell
In giory's pail, no more to rise In arms
or shine In war again On many OF their
sacred graves there is no headstone
nothing To tell the admirers OF the brave.
that dead heroes lie buried in this historic
ground. where they met death and glory.
"unde; the SGD and the dew.
Waiting the judgment day"
When rosy spring time comes the FAIR
maidens OF Louisiana have always decked
those little homes Of the deathless dead
with gerlandg. wreaths and festoons OF
the most beautiful and fragrant flowers.
The crimson rose. like loving sister.
proud OF her heritage. blooms over their
graves and IN sorrow sheds 1t fragrant