. What I remember of the Great rebellion . hared them alike. Officers and soldiers of the 79th, we feelproud that it has been our lot to be so closelyassociated with men so generous, so noble andbrave. The nation delights to own you as herheroes, Scotia as her children; and the oldEmpire state, too, feels proud of her Highland-ers, and prouder still will she be when histori-ans write your true record. It is, therefore, with feelings of deepestregret that we part with you, and we, as a reg-iment have Resolved, That we hereby tender to ColonelDavid Morrison our heartfelt thanks for the kindmanne
. What I remember of the Great rebellion . hared them alike. Officers and soldiers of the 79th, we feelproud that it has been our lot to be so closelyassociated with men so generous, so noble andbrave. The nation delights to own you as herheroes, Scotia as her children; and the oldEmpire state, too, feels proud of her Highland-ers, and prouder still will she be when histori-ans write your true record. It is, therefore, with feelings of deepestregret that we part with you, and we, as a reg-iment have Resolved, That we hereby tender to ColonelDavid Morrison our heartfelt thanks for the kindmanner in which he has seen fit to notice us inspecial order No. 4, for conduct while under hiscommand. His name shall ever live in ourmemories. Resolved, That we part with the 79th NewYork Highlanders as brother parteth with brother. (Signed by the Committee.) The regiments were drawn up in line, andupon the reading of the above address the orderwas given and we immediately turned our faceshomeward. It was a cold, stormy morning, and very few. ;O Q Z< _J oc UJGQ DO THE GREAT REBELLION. 37 of the men had shoes suitable for the tryingmarch before us. Quartermaster Baker gathered all the hidesof mules and other animals he could find andhad shoes or moccasins made, but as they wereuntanned and the ground frozen almost as hardas rock, they were soon badly worn and cutto pieces by the stones, and it was no unusualthing to be able to track our boys by the bloodymarks of their feet along the road. But we werecoming home to Michigan, to visit our friendsand families, and no ordinary obstacle coulddampen our ardor or impede our our sufferings were great and rationspoor, we scaled those rocky peaks singing OldJohn Brown, The Star Spangled Banner, etc.,the stimulus of which helped us wonderfully onour way. We reached Cumberland Gap about the 12thof January, 1864, where we met a sutler wellsupplied with sundries, from officers clothingdown to canned fruit. We were a pack
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