Descriptive Lecture (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Descriptive Lecture There are many living whose earliest recollections are recitals of incidents during the War of the Revolution by aged grand or great-grand parents or others who had vivid recollections of the war which gained our independence as a nation and established the United States of America as a separate republic, founded upon the principle of self-government. The valor of our fathers, the heroism of the colonists, and the long struggle against a mighty and powerful nation, with ultimate victory and independence, so often quoted, kindled the fires of patriotism upon the altar of American hearts. The sub.sequent wars of 1812 with England and of 1846 with Mexico, which resulted victoriously for us, tended to educate us in the belief that we were invincible in war! Fourth of July orators stirred our hearts with apostrophes to the American Flag, which was declared to be the greatest flag on earth, as it waved unmolested on every sea and in every land under the sun, giving protection to an American citizen everywhere on the habitable globe, and guaranteeing him his rights and privileges, as an American, at home or abroad The American Eagle, perched upon the staff to which was attached our flag, was eulogized as the proudest and greatest bird in all the earth! He could fly higher, swoop down lower, soar longer, and measure more from tip to tip than any other national bird. All this with reference to the flag and eagle was sentiment, but it educated Young America patriotically, so that when the glorious old stars and stripes - emblems of national unity - was fired upon at Sumter, the Northern heart was fired with indignation, and this sentiment was to become crystallized into the solid steel of military activity, and was to be proven the Very Embodiment Of Invincible Force! At the call to arms to maintain the integrity of the Union and the dignity of the old flag, the "boys" came from hamlet, village, town and city from the woods, fields, workshops, stores, banks, colleges and pulpits, to sustain the Government, crush out rebellion, and prevent the severance of the States. The history of the early days of the struggle, with necessary organization and preparation, with its disasters and consequent effects, we need not detail. To obtain a starting point, and also to narrate events coming directly under the author's eye, we view the second defeat at Bull Run, the immediate gathering of the army, the hurrying forward of new troops into Maryland and follow the fortunes of the First Division of the Twelfth Corps, which at that time was reinforced by the 13th New Jersey, 107th and 150th New York, all new regiments, and all being attached to the 3d Brigade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.