. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . he Vermont brigade. A grave would be dug; a coffin set beside it; the pale-facedlad would be led forth; the chaplain, with bowed head andquivering lips, would speak his final word of consolation; thefiring-party—a dozen of his own brigade—would be marchedto the spot, subordinate, sworn to obey, yet dumbly cursingtheir lot; the provost-marshal woidd give the last order, whileall around, in long, rigid, yet trembling lines, a square of sol-diery would witness a comrades death. But on the eve of theappointed day, the great-hearted Lin
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . he Vermont brigade. A grave would be dug; a coffin set beside it; the pale-facedlad would be led forth; the chaplain, with bowed head andquivering lips, would speak his final word of consolation; thefiring-party—a dozen of his own brigade—would be marchedto the spot, subordinate, sworn to obey, yet dumbly cursingtheir lot; the provost-marshal woidd give the last order, whileall around, in long, rigid, yet trembling lines, a square of sol-diery would witness a comrades death. But on the eve of theappointed day, the great-hearted Lincoln, appealed to by sev-eral of the lads company, went himself to the Chain Bridge,had a long conversation with the young private and sent himback to his regiment, a free man. The President of the UnitedStates could not suffer it that one of his boys should be shot todeath for being overcome by sleep. He gave his young soldierlife only that the lad might die gloriously a few months later,heading the dash of his comrades upon the Southern line at [90] -^. OFFICERS OF THE RED-LEGGED FIFTY-FIFTH NEW YORK AT FORT GAIXES, 1801 Right royally did Washington welcome the Fifty-fifth New York Infantry, snrnamed Garde de Lafayette in memory of that dis-tinguished Frenchmans services to our country in Revolutionary days, in September, 1861. The red-legged Fifth-fifth was or-ganized in New York City by Colonel Philip Regis de Trobriand (who ended the war as a brevet major-general of volunteers, a rankbestowed upon him for highly meritorious services during the Appomattox campaign) and left for Washington August 31st. TheFrench uniforms attracted much attention and elicited frequent bursts of applause as the crowds on Pennsylvania Avenue realizedonce again how many citizens from different lands had rushed to the defense of their common country. The Fifty-fifth accompaniedMcClellan to the Peninsula, and took part in the desperate assault on Maryes Heights at Fredericksburg, after which i
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