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McKenzie and Stipp swung the flag and standard at the retreating enemy.Thoroughly exasperated and conscious that in a few seconds our men thus in con. fusion would get a fire from the enemy’s reserve on the hills which soon came, I ordered the regiment to fall back, and after they oommenoed with alacrity to do so, with several exclamation points, interjections and dashes told them to run back to MoLean county and tell the people there that they had left their oolonel and their colors on the field. They wouldn’t do it. They got mad about it. They were running like a stampeded herd of Texas steers. Yet one by one and in bunches they stopped. 1 asked one squad that stopped as I overtook them, my horse on a run, why they did’t keep on running, and their reply was that they were not going to do any such d—d fool thing;that if I proposed to stay and go to h —1 they would stay and go with me. They all stopped, and the 19th and 94th and the several companies all mixed together and instantly formed a rough line, hauled off the caic son,saved the field and gained the day.My comrades, all, we are so to speak all of one military family, embracing all who fought the battles of the union and all who gave aid and enoouragement to the cause, regimental lines are no longer of use save to mark the groups of men to distinguish personal friends and revive personal recollections of the war.The great result aohieved is the proudest of the efforts and sacrifices of all, the honors are due and bestowed alike on all who did their duty. I am sure that no man among you regrets the sacrifices that he made, however great. The right to wear the bronze button is the greatest oomfort of your declining year* and will be a heritage to your children.The absolute assurance derived from the course of the government towards the sufferers of the last war against the possibilities of pauperism in old age for its defenders will, on the first drum beat for recruits, call into line every spirited, able-bodied young man in the oountry. They must have guns, camp and garrison equippage, hospital supplies, ships of war, and ooast defenses. It is our duty to see that they are provided and always ready. The power in this government rests in the veterans and sons of veterans—-what they will to be will be done.
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Bloomington Daily Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 28, 1890
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