The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13

al Confederate Memorial ENercises
ut sday.D
ssnted and these fearless North Car
olinians took the works. captured
cleo prisoners and Is pieces of artil-
lery. and this feat was accomplished
with only 1889 muskeis in the charge.
The Battle Of Gettysburg.
on the last days of June the South
ern army drew near Gettysburg
Around this little town a terrible
struggle lasted for three days IL was
the most gigantic conflict ever waged
on the American continent Well may
We be proud 10 claim as kinsmen and
tauntrymen the men who bled and
dicd at Gettysburg When the camp
fires were lighted after the first days
conflict il was found that : out OF the
Is brigades that had so calamity
fought that day were North Carroll
mans. Petiisrew. Scales and Lane.
leading sturdy North Garolinians on
the last day. won undying honor in
Picketts famous charge. Great was
the glory won by the Old North State
al Gettysburg. but startling was her
loss as the thinning grey line was
shattered by shell and canister. when
the smoke Of battle lifted from the
icld Of carnage more homes in North
Carolina were left deSulate than in
any other state OF the Confcderacy.
OF the l5.Sal Confederates killed or
wounded at Gettysburg oHr state lost
4 In, nsff
ment in Lees army was SIS. This
was the 26th North Carolina regi-
ment.
The Final Effort.
The South had robbed the cradle
aud the grave" and had come to the
last ditch in the spring of '65 Grant.
il he found his force insufficient.
could double il and have il properly
equipped We had no more. So Lees
retreat began in April before Grants
fresh recruits. In this re-
treat we still find the splendid North
Carolina troops. ragged. hungry and
weary but still "as a wall of fire to
their beloved commander
Did this army. as peerless as ever
under banner. fight in vain?
No. a thousand times. No. You have
given your children and your chill
dren's children a standard and her.
itage which they must not degrade.
Was it accident alone that caused
Worth Bagley. North Carolinian,
son of Mai Bagley of the Confederate
army. to be the first martyr for his
country III 1898? Was il simly
chance that caused. so il is said. three
fourths OF the men fought for re-
united country in 1898 TO have been
under Southern skies?
Emerson Hough of Vermont, not
ed novelist. made the statement in
he Saturday Evening Post last May
that he knew without the shadow OF
4 doubt that North Carolina was the
most loyal state in the Union during
he World War. Or. Loveland of New
York made the same statement last
week from the Chautauqua platform.
Is il simply chance that makes our
state stand pre-eminently in the war
records as the most loyal? Do you
not think your sons and your grand
sons We're living up TO their heritage
when they were largely responsible
Tor smashing the Hindenburg line?
With pardonable pride we boast:
First at Bethel. farthest to the front
II Gettysburg and Chickamauga. last
II AppomattoX."
In the sixties North Carolina enter.
ID the conflict with the thought: MY
country, Right or wrong. My Coun-
.ry." To the man North this meant
he Union: TO a North Carolinian II
meant his state.
When the call to arms came In
1917. to the North Carolinian II
meant the call of the Stars and
Stripes and he answered the call
grandlt. so among all the stars in the
ietd OF our Star Spangled Banner,
North Cardinals star flames the
brightest with loyalty