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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), [for Southern Historical Society Papers.] (search)
[for Southern Historical Society Papers.] The bugle call. By Mrs. Sally Neil Roach. Commemorative of the Reunion of the Orphan brigade at Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, July----, 1882. I. Through the woodland loud 'tis heard, Float the echoes soft and low, Rising now like song of bird, Rippling like the streamlet's flow. Heroes hear the well known call-- Bright eyes flash with martial flame, Forms erect, in line they fall, Gathering whence the summons came. II. No battle-flag is waved in air, Is spoken nought of stern command-- No sword to lead them flashes bare, No weapon gleams from steady hand. Kentucky's sons — brave men who bore Unsullied name through scathing fire, Till, bullet-riddled, stained with gore, Their deeds through years will songs inspire. III. They gather now — the war task done-- To hallow memories of those years, To tell of battles fought and won, To tell of hardships, aye, and tears. They gather now — behind them floats The bivouac life like shad<
The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Funeral oration (search)
in New Orleans on the 11th of May, A. D, 1832 Charles Didler Dreux, from early youth, gave promise of eminent success in life. The issue of one of our oldest Creole families, after preliminary studies, he was sent to Amherst College, Mass., then under the superintendency of Mr Hitchcock, who is now a Peter the Hermit in the unholy crusade against the South; after a short visit to his native city, he and his two younger brothers became Cadets of the Western Military Institute, at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.; becoming a member of the Frankfort Military Institute, his talents and aptitude as an officer soon elevated him to the rank of Captain in the battalion. When the Scott campaign fairly opened, he went with the Kentucky delegation to attend the great Whig Convention at Niagara, and we have still in our possession the letter which he wrote us, in the full gush of his youth's success. His return home was one continuous ovation. To speak of his career in New Orleans during that ca