The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-12

iowa NOluulceIS are awe lOudS ne
statistics of the CIVIL War prove that
nearly one-half the army was made
up OF boys seventeen years old or
under, hut here Is. an account OF Il
regiment In which nearly all the mon
we're As years or over. when they en-
tered the service, and that is about
half century ago, on Nov. 4, 1868,
the Chicago Tribune said;
The ThIrty-scventh Iowa Volun-
teers is known as the "Gray-Beard
Regiment" a striking popularity of
this regiment Is that nearly all its
members. officers and men. are over
forty-nve years Of age Thrce.fourths
of them arc gray-headed Many have
white boards Many of them have
sent their sons 10 the field and now
follow them.
We all understand what terrible
struggle Gettysburg WAS, but we do
not know of the courage and self-sac
rlfce required By the Northern troops
TO check the Southern advance on that
battlefield. The New York World S
account of Gettysburg, reported July
g, 1868, says;
The lighting on Thursday was
made glorious by an Incident of the
pluck and perseverance of the Sixth
corps under Gen Sedgwick His dl-
vision had Just reached the field after
a forced march of thirty-siX consccIr,
determined assault. as II determined
10 win the day Re.cnforcoments
were the crying need Cen Scdswick
quickly saw the need and told the
officers and they told the men. Weary
as they were. barcfootcd. hungry.
ready 10 drop from exhaustion and
need Of sleep. the thought of the need
revived them. and on command they
cast themselves en- maSse into the
line of battle and went down on the
enemy with death In their weapons
and cheer after cheer on their lips.
AT the sight of these dusty, cheering
ranks. the ialtering Union line caught
new life and all caught new hope.
The fire fairly famed and roared
along the Northern lines and the
rebel ranks staggered, wavered. drift
ed slowly back. while The hungry and
wearicd thousands OF Sedgwick's
corps forgot hunger and sleep as thoy
made the air resound with musketry
and shouts of victory.
No one, after reading this letter
from the wife OF fallen hero, will
ever do one act To bring about war
The letter, though IN simple narrative,
conveys a description Of the horrors
of battle field startlingly graphic,
In letter TO a friend a wife of
one Of the soldiers OF an Ohio regI-
ment tells of an awful experience
which she endured while seeking her
husband on the battlefield of Corinth
The letter is dated from the battle
field on the sixth of October. 1862;
"Oh, how shall ] describe the search
of that night? II looked like madness.
but all night long | staggered among
bleeding corpseS, over dead horses,
trampled limbs. shattered artillery
everything that goes to make up the
horrors OF battlefield. when the con.
hict Is over. They were removing the
wounded all night. II was awful TO
stumble over the dead and hear the
constant means OF the wounded all
chat dark night. This morning / came
TO little clump OF timbers where a
horse had fallen. his head partly shot
OF and his body covering a man whom
thought was dead His face was 10
the ground. but as ] stopped TO look
closer | saw faint movement of the
body and heard a low moan. The
head and face were both covered with
blood but when | turned It 10 the light
J knew 1t In spite OF the designation
with strength ! thought impossible
In me. ! drew him from beneath the
carcass OF our poor horse that we had
both loved and petted. and. dipping
my handkerchief in a little pool of
water. bathed his face and moistened
his Parched and swollen lips. There
was dreadful wound In his head. and
both his limbs were crushed beneath
the horse. had him conveyed to the
hospital tent and have nursed him
ever since. He has not, and doubt
less will not ever know that | came
TO seek and find him. Oh. II is awful
here among so much of suffering and
death"