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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for October 29th, 1879 AD or search for October 29th, 1879 AD in all documents.
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.3 (search)
The cavalry — remarks of private James N. Dunlop, at A. N. V.
Banquet, October 29th, 1879.
Mr. Dunlop was called on to respond to a toast to the cavalry, and spoke as follows:
To horse, to horse; the sabres gleam, High sounds our bugle call; Combined by honor's sacred tie, Our watchword, laws and liberty! Forward!
to do or die.
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Comrades--The simple melody of our bugles when, in days of yore, they called us to mount, or sounded the advance, is heard anew in the sentiment just proposed and in our ears again ring their commands — set to the notes of Scotland's chief minstrel — breathed from the magic touch of the Wizard of the North.
And so the events of those times, that tried men's souls, the homely detail of the soldier's daily life — no less than the splendid achievement of peril's darkest hour --shall furnish material for the solemn, stately muse of history and thrilling theme for story and for song.
The sentiment, sir, is an epitome of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of Jackson (search)
foot cavalry).
Reminiscences of Jackson's infantry ( foot cavalry ). By Colonel John M. Patton.
At the banquet of the Army of Northern Virginia, October 29th, 1879, Colonel John M. Patton was called upon to respond to the following toast:
The Infantry--Though often half fed and half clad, they did their whole duty.
We can never forget their heroic tread on the march, their bravery in battle, and the wild yell of enthusiasm and devotion which often sent dismay to the lines of the enemy.
He spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman--It would be a vain and presumptuous task were I, on this occasion, to essay an eulogy on the half fed and half clad infantry of the Army of Northern Virginia.
They have written their own eulogy in imperishable lines on every sod of every battlefield of Virginia.
That eulogy has been heard in the princely halls of imperial courts, and it has been rehearsed with pride around the camp-fires of every army, great and small, through-out the world.
It has been piped to t