The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-06-28

"A ne uhselhsb yatriOtsm "a the rner
whose blood crilnspned the soil o
Virginia, or poured ont life's tide Il
| Getty sburg or made red the Pytpr Il
at Antietam with their htar.'s offer
| ing"
III then went on to review the
various struggles which I have neither
ii ne nor space to reproduce ID fin.
ally concluded with this gra, d Il p q
to the present and coming genera ip, 8.
III story is only valuable as it is
true. O 'ini"rs conc rnirg Il It's Re
It history; ac;s themselves alon. =
historic.
/ Tn true story Of the conf eta of
the \ my of Tenuess 'e = a oever been
written. This occasion does lot ca
fol Il discussion of the u a. ma proiuc
ing this omission. the W-st doe:
Il 'Ir-ciale the glories aud heroic work
ef 'h- my of Northern Vlrgiuis, but
it is Il SO true Il II the T. st has not
been fully Informed, ,d, therefore,
does MT mete out ustice TO the Con-
feIerates who n II attained the mighty
struggle in the vast w It. Time
must rectifv and adjust this condition.
A the East spak+ w,'h pride Of
the glory Won by The : u,asrn hosts
at G uysburg. tho W st answers
ia k, AID here is G. ucamauga.'
a, the Ear, ca,cLiug the echoes of
heroism Il Il rise in such splendid
n"'es fr"m The hills II: \ .tiet IN, the
VS. answers back with cocscienc, IF
duty we'll done Il 'h points to the blood.
stained field of ) iioh Il it contribu
ted to the ,renown OF G ufederate
armies.
A, the FAT lifts to view the CORY
frm Of Ma vern Hill thu West rt.
spends. W. lave Perryvi le,' aud
when Secoud NJ loas:a' is named the
mention of which t'uchest the deep
est emptiun of every ma, who wore
the gray, the W sst answers lax with
he re ,iem uf its Il / and the hero
ism of LID deeds who sleep Faux
lin.'
Wen the East so jrst'y sings the
T. Il ses "t 5 uart amt III >mptpn aud
their valiant hosts the W 81 nnsw rs
back, We gave f .rrest aud Nj 'rsa
,d their knighlly riders
AID from he regions beyond the
'Fa ner of Waters comes the rsfrain
ot the fearless deeAs of our h-"thera at
Wis MS G. lex. + Shnrn, NJ ,n>feld
Il d Peasant Hill und SAblue Pass,
AID the world listens in rapturou- Won.
der AMI admiration, as from oil se ;tions
of our : uth'a Il comes the same story
co rage Il ii splendid pat
riotisn AMI unseihsu cousec a ION to
the cause of liberty In ages t, come
thure will he no page of human his
t,ry with brighter or IA rer record
ia, va' wrIuen ny tue people of the
Confederate : ates in the four years
of the struggle f,r freedom. The
courage, IA ience and galiantry of its
men, the d-votioD. ,nstancy and sub.
lime sacrifices of its women, contrIbu
ted 10 the worlds history priceless
treasure.
A, we call from the roll Of the
worlds record the immorta' names ot
our martyrs--J .cks = iart, the
Ga netts, \ P. Hli, Pcgram. \ 'hby
and \ m,s.ea |, from Virgin IL: S rahl,
Z'iicotfer, \ Il as, III .rt'n, G .rter,
Rains II Il ; nth. from Tsnnessee,
Cleburne, from A'kausas; Walker;
Cobb, ; mmes, D+saler aud ID les,
from Georgia; Rnoies, -Catratt Tracy,
) unders, Kelly, GraGey, from \ Il
nama; Little, SAX and Green. from
Missuur; b e, d Inovant, Gisi, J n
klns and Gregg, from 5 18th Caro-
)i' II; Ponder. Gordon, Ra nseur.
Branch 4 Pettigrew, from North
ca olira; NJ C.llough, $ urry, Gran.
oury, Ruii az and Gregg, from rexss;
Polk, NJ mton, s ark aud G'sdden,
from Louisiana; B,rksiala. b ntop,
Griffith and P.neY, from Mississippi;
NJ :Intosh, from florida; Winier, from
NJ ry ID; Albert Sydney J hnson,
Fl ,usn,, VI .f,a ), II I'm and rilghsm,
from Ken,ucky-an say, These and
two hundred thou.a Others a"e our
Offering on the battlefield for freed IN,
tell us, 0 Time, thou keeper Of all
human history, tell us, IT in the cor
ridors where are kept the records Of
ages, there has been Dohlar sacrifices
or richer Offering on Lioersy's altar?'
Time answers back, Amongst those
who have answered the call of duty
and stood for mankind among all
nations, kiugd ,ms and people, fl ii
none who brought more glorious con
tribution to t,et dom, or who ma 'e