Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-05-28

class was one of that peculiar class o
people who have no sense of time anc
tune. He was always out of step
His feet were either over or under
those of his companions in marching
we smiled, universally, when told tha
he had been made hospital steward
I will not suffer this last incidental
statement to forestall me from the re
mark that an education pays.
Twenty-Five were wounded, one
sixth of all enlisted. Two were twice
wounded, and five were thrice wound
ed. One lost his left arm, but this
did not prevent his becoming most
excellent preacher of the gospel.
Six languished in prison. One OF
these was an occupant of four pris'
ons. He escaped and travelled two
hundred miles at night, thru
swamps and woods to the Union lines.
One has record of eighteen bat
ties in which he participated, besides
skirmishes
One. classmate, received a gold
medal and promotion, for gallant try in
an engagement.
One peculiarly contentious class
mate fell on battlefield in the south
west. He was the regimental color
bearer. At the time of his enlistment
he was seeking an education for SER
vice in the foreign mission field.
Another elias smate should have had
a monument erected to his memory.
[ give his record in the words of his
brigade commander, upon whose
staff he was serving. He was killed
at petersburg Mine" July 80, 1864,
his first and only engagement. When
our troops began to waver he seized
The brigade colors and advanced, call
ing upon his men to follow him. He
fell far in front of the column, and of
those who rushed to his rescue, all
but one shared his fate. Two thirds
of the line officers w.re shot, and
nearly one half of the brigade was
killed. His commander reports:-
"Lieut. Pennell was killed and rid
died thru and thru. He
died with the flag in his hand, doing
everything an officer could do to
lead on the men. His appearance
and actions were splendid, I might
say heroic, sacrificing deliberately |
and knowingly, his life in the hope |
of rendering his country some service.
This was minister's son, and an only
child 1 believe. There was hero
blood shed in that internecine strife
Of 1865. There was parents az ouy
and prayers. Wives, children, friends
and the country suffered.
A private history known to the
writer, A proud. peculiarly sensitive
young man belonged to a family
which while upholding the govern
nent, believed that the troubles
between the north and south should
AVE been settled by emancipating ,
he slaves. and pairing their owners ,
heir value. Had both sides been
Wiling to hear reason, this should =
zen done. This young student felt i
he excitement and longed to join in I
be conflict. He could not we'll re. /
9sist the home influences but after O
ONE months he went seventy-fve y
l:les away and enlisted. After re- +
'aining few days in barracks, he t
blamed leave and went home, in f
'nding after the matter had been
lily discussed at home to return. -.
q met with opposition from his -
Imily and the matter was taken SO =,
.uch to heart that he gave up going. v
ound by promise not to go, ne O
as accused of cowardice and dis G
yalty, too proud to tell his reasons 7
3 suffered in silence. His peculiar +.
osition bad much to do with an oc- !,
sssional recklessness that he exhibit a
all his life. Better far to endure g.
ar wounds and perhaps even death G
Ian what be long endured. a
This is a faint delineation of the q
College Boys" of one of our Amer d
an instit ltions during the civil war n
1876. The war cost much in
God and treasure. 1t was price -
ss heritage. whose existence was at Q
AXE. The blood and suffering :.
)st much to America. The world
no baon M ado bottar aa a raauIt