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Saracens (search for this): chapter 1.16
quel was glorious; when the flower of the chivalry of all the nations of Europe gathered to the standard of Godfrey, an army of the choicest spirits that ever assembled on a field of battle, sworn on the red cross of the Crusade to recover the sepulchre of the Son of God, or die in the effort. Twenty thousand men, each man of them a hero in battle and an expert in arms, stormed at the walls and tower and gates of Jerusalem, reputed impregnable, and defended by an army of seventy thousand Saracens. The besieged more than three times the number of the besiegers. When was it ever heard that a walled and fortified city was carried by assault on such terms? And yet Jerusalem was taken; how, no man knows. The Arab chroniclers dismiss the whole matter curtly, saying: It was the will of God that the city should be taken, and so the Christians, rushing on as one man, took it—God curse them. I have often tried to picture to myself the scene which a battle-array, in the times of the Cru
Minerva (search for this): chapter 1.16
n, had its origin and existence in the loyal heart and generous purse of one of my oldest and best esteemed friends, then and now one of your oldest, most valued and valuable citizens, from whom it took its name—John Purcell. It was commanded by my almost life-long friend, Lindsay Walker, as gallant a soldier as ever carried a gun into action, and next in command, the boy soldier, Willie Pegram, whom I had known and loved from his babyhood, and who in the beginning of the war, seemed like Minerva, to have sprung armed from the god-king of war. I do not unsex him in the simile, for with all the manliness of any man, he had all the gentleness and tenderness of a woman. As charged against King David of old by his brethren, I could not resist, in the haughtiness of my heart—and though temporarily absent from my own command—resting upon my horse to see this battle. Rapidly they wheeled into position; I saw the boy soldier leap from his horse, and with a comrade (I wish I could give his<
Sydney Johnson (search for this): chapter 1.16
g Sunday they may worship and listen to the words of heavenly wisdom (to prepare them for their final march and eternal encampment) speak aloud the fact that we have not forgotten to remember them, nor will our children after us. My comrades! this is not a roll of the living but of the dead. It is not the only roll of honor. There is another, of mingled staff, infantry, cavalry and artillery, of officers and privates. Upon this may be found the names of Lee, Jackson and Stuart, of Sydney Johnson, Zollicoffer and Forrest (names we have honored), and some of whose memories we almost worship. Neither of these rolls are yet complete. As the years glide by other names will be added. Sooner or later you and I must appear before the one or the other. It may not be a pleasant thought, but it is a fact in the future, which should remind us so to live, that when we are enrolled our comrades will not be ashamed of our companionship. And there may be a third roll of honor of which I
Stonewall Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.16
of a Julius Caesar, the military genius of a Napoleon Bonaparte, and the religious enthusiasm and fiery energy of a Stonewall Jackson. Taking up arms at a time when his country was a Grecian province, all its fortresses garrisoned by Grecian armieswas famous, and in which he is unequalled in ancient or in modern times, except, as I think, by the foot-cavalry of Stonewall Jackson, he descended upon the camp of Nicanor, and when Gorgias had reached the mountain top, where he expected to find hieerless among the sons of men of every nationality and of every age. In the crisis of many a fight the right arm of Stonewall Jackson was seen uplifted in prayer to the God of battles, and many a long night that stout-hearted soldier was putting fone occasion turned defeat into victory, and by this matchless courage won for him the stars he wore and praise from Stonewall Jackson. As the star of the Confederacy set behind the hills of Appomattox and victory no longer perched on the tattered
Julius Caesar (search for this): chapter 1.16
ieved by the strategy of their generals; and that literature has moulded the thought of the world. The estimates thus formed have become fixed; and Alexander and Caesar and Hannibal have become the world's standard in generalship, and the Spartan and the Roman have become the world's standard in courage and intrepidity. It may bries; but, for my part, I have never regarded these estimates as final. For instance, have you ever seriously asked upon what grounds the world-wide fame of Julius Caesar rests? Mainly upon the conquest of Gaul and Germany, does it not? And while no sane man will deny the military skill and strategy and resource of the Romanl say that I do not believe the whole world ever produced his superior. To my mind there is no grander figure in history. In him were united the bravery of a Julius Caesar, the military genius of a Napoleon Bonaparte, and the religious enthusiasm and fiery energy of a Stonewall Jackson. Taking up arms at a time when his country
Thomas Ellett (search for this): chapter 1.16
Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, and most earnestly request a copy of same, that it may be published and thereby handed down to future history. Very respectfully, Thomas Ellett, President. 300 W. Franklin St., Richmond, Va., June 4th, 1887. Thomas Ellett, Esq., Pres't Pegram Battalion Association: dear Sir—I thank you for the kThomas Ellett, Esq., Pres't Pegram Battalion Association: dear Sir—I thank you for the kind expressions which your letter of the 1st contains, and in accordance with the wish you express, I herewith send you a copy of the address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial Window at the Soldiers' Home. Very truly yours, H. M. Jackson. Address of Hon. John Fitzhugh lay, late Colonel of cavalry, sociation return their sincere thanks for the beautiful address delivered on the 31st ultimo, at the presentation of the register to the Chapel at Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, and most earnestly request a copy of same, that it may be published and thereby handed down to future history. Very respectfully, Thomas Ellett, Preside
H. Melville Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.16
Dee Battery, of South Carolina—commanded by Colonel Wm. Johnston Pegram until he fell mortally wounded at Five Forks, April 1st, 1865: Address of Rev. H. Melville Jackson, D. D.: religion an element of strength in the soldierly character. When Aeneus related to the enamoured Queen of Carthage the story of Trojan woes, he cofell in a cause that was lost: In the God of battles is the soldier's trust. Headquarters Pegram Battalion Association, Richmond, Va., June 1st, 1887. Rev. H. Melville Jackson: dear Sir—The Pegram Battalion Association return their sincere thanks for the beautiful address delivered on the 31st ultimo, at the dedication of thpress, I herewith send you a copy of the address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial Window at the Soldiers' Home. Very truly yours, H. M. Jackson. Address of Hon. John Fitzhugh lay, late Colonel of cavalry, Confederate States army. To you, Major Randolph, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and
Ammon (search for this): chapter 1.16
all, it was the conquest of an undisciplined rabble of badly armed and half naked savages by the superbly equipped, mail-clad, and disciplined legions of Rome. And I would venture to put over against the campaigns of a Caesar, the achievements of a Joshua, who, at the head of an army composed of the escaped slaves of Egypt, with no weapons except such as they were able to forge in the desert or wrest from the hands of their enemies, undertook the conquest of the powerful nations of Moab and Ammon and Philistia and Canaan. I understand very well that one may say that the Jewish commander had divine assistance, which the Roman had not. I do not deny that; but I distinctly affirm that the student of military history, considering the human elements alone, will find in the great captain of the Hebrews, whose soul was on fire with zeal for Jehovah's cause and whose dauntless faith was fixed on the Lord his God, the peer of any captain of any age. And I will ask you to suppose for a m
Norman V. Randolph (search for this): chapter 1.16
y of the address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial Window at the Soldiers' Home. Very truly yours, H. M. Jackson. Address of Hon. John Fitzhugh lay, late Colonel of cavalry, Confederate States army. To you, Major Randolph, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and to you, gentlemen, the authorities of Lee Camp, the Soldiers' Home, and of this beautiful Chapel, and as such, the custodians of its records, I address myself: The Pegram Battalion Association haveplanets, thence caught up higher by angel voices and wafted across the sea of glass, sink in sweet, declining cadence before the throne of God. To you, sirs, I deliver this register. I know I commit it to worthy hands. Response of Major Norman V. Randolph. Mr. President: It is with mingled feelings of sorrow, pleasure and pride, that I accept the register of the dead so eloquently tendered by Judge Lay. Sorrow for the gallant men who laid down their lives for their country and the cau
John Fitzhugh (search for this): chapter 1.16
ure history. Very respectfully, Thomas Ellett, President. 300 W. Franklin St., Richmond, Va., June 4th, 1887. Thomas Ellett, Esq., Pres't Pegram Battalion Association: dear Sir—I thank you for the kind expressions which your letter of the 1st contains, and in accordance with the wish you express, I herewith send you a copy of the address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial Window at the Soldiers' Home. Very truly yours, H. M. Jackson. Address of Hon. John Fitzhugh lay, late Colonel of cavalry, Confederate States army. To you, Major Randolph, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and to you, gentlemen, the authorities of Lee Camp, the Soldiers' Home, and of this beautiful Chapel, and as such, the custodians of its records, I address myself: The Pegram Battalion Association have conferred upon me the proud distinction of delegating to you a valuable trust in the presentation of this register. As the Vestal Virgins kept the sacred fires at th
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