30 May 1912
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
1
A nostalgic poem recalls marching songs from fifty years ago as veterans hear tinny drumbeats and old tunes like The Battle Cry of Freedom Yankee Doodle and Old Abe. The speaker reflects on past comrades and marches toward a final rest with memories of loved ones.
A Civil War veteran recalls the harshest moment of his four years of service. He recounts a Perryville scene where two Confederate dead lay side by side with a Union nurse nearby, and a boy weeps over his father and brother, the Shanks family, who fought across loyalties amid the war’s brutal toll.
James Garrabrant a New Jersey soldier during a fight on the Rappahannock in Virginia found a da guerreotype fall from a dead Confederate. He placed it in his blouse pocket. He was soon struck by a ball but his brother carried him away and found the metal plate in the picture had saved his life. Garrabrant was not wounded.
In a Civil War council of Confederate generals a remark noted Major Blank was wounded and could not take on a proposed duty. Stonewall Jackson replied Wounded! If it really is so I think it must have been by an accidental discharge of his duty.
A vivid reminiscence from Leslie's Weekly by Lowell Otis Reese recalls marching regiments, drums, and caissons as a veteran leads a procession. The piece contrasts glory in battle with the toll of war, ending in peace where former foes rest as comrades.
A dramatic monologue evokes Civil War memory with a disabled narrator hearing drums and recalling comrades Colonel J Major L Old Lengthy Bragg and others as a parade fades into memory. The speaker reflects on suffering, death, and the cost of war, ending with a haunting note of memory.
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