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lias through every trial invariably proved itM-Jf true to its history and its promise.“ By command,** 31 uoh (H nkrai Bi’ukmde.’*In regard to the above, an officer who participated in those scenes said, “The 37th and 38th were among the leading regiments, and had been on duty since the 29th of .May every day and night.” A writer for the Chicago Tribune, soon after this, said, “Two regiments distinguished themselves above all others in those terrible battles, an Illinois regiment (I telleve the 108th), and the 37th Wisconsin. The 37th was not excelled by any in the field.Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, writesfrom Washington, June 23d, “ With the.Tith,all new as it was, they charged upon theRebels with the bayonets drawn; then for the railroad, and took and held it till orderedto advance farther. Such fighting and such daughter the world never saw, if we cun rely upon the descriptions of officers wound-(■•I during those? terrible days of Friday amii Saturday ”1 Can mu h remarks as that correspondent’s apply to nu n w ho faced such dangers cheerfully, without flinching; who when the battle raged, and the cannon's unerring shell mowed its swath w ide as the road on w hich that 37th stood, threw up a barricade of the dead bodies of their loved companions, and from behind that fought and maintained their position? Could veterans have done more nobly ?lt; »h, that our correspondents from the army would hut give us facts, instead of fancy, how like a mighty avalancli would men pour in to awell the ranks and bring victory in its train. Excelsior! would then be the motto of all. upward to (Jod, and onward to our country’s call.I (expect fully, M. 11 Milumoke.
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Middletown Whig Press
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Aug 03, 1864
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