. What I remember of the Great rebellion . cted and obeyed, not onestar should be stricken from the nationalescutcheon, that this great heritage of freedomshould not be lost but handed down to thecoming million^. The forty thousand dead andseventy thousand wounded who, under Grant,baptized the Old Dominion from the Rappahan- 254 WHAT I REMEMBER OF nock to the Appomattox with their blood, to-gether with their comrades of other armies, for-ever consecrated this fair land to freedom andequal rights. When the few (comparatively)who still linger behind shall have pitched theirtents on the other sho
. What I remember of the Great rebellion . cted and obeyed, not onestar should be stricken from the nationalescutcheon, that this great heritage of freedomshould not be lost but handed down to thecoming million^. The forty thousand dead andseventy thousand wounded who, under Grant,baptized the Old Dominion from the Rappahan- 254 WHAT I REMEMBER OF nock to the Appomattox with their blood, to-gether with their comrades of other armies, for-ever consecrated this fair land to freedom andequal rights. When the few (comparatively)who still linger behind shall have pitched theirtents on the other shore—when the last defenderof the flag from 1861 to 1864 shall pass overand join the great majority, there will be heardmillions of patriotic voices shouting: How sleep the brave who sank to restBy all their countrys wishes blest;By hands unseen their knell is rung,By forms unseen their dirge is comes in garb of greyTo bless the turf that wraps their clay,And Freedom will awhile repairAnd dwell a willing hermit there. AUGUSTUS C. FOX, 6th Michigan Cavalry. THE GREAT REBELLION. 257 APPENDIX. I do not claim to have written a perfect his-tory, but only what I remember in respect tothe subjects mentioned concerning the greatrebellion. Manv incidents of great interest to comradeshave undoubtedly been omitted, but my prin-pal object has been to give a correct history ofthe wounded brought to the field hospital ofMichigan regiments in our division, the namesof whom, with the nature of their injuries, havebeen carefully inserted, hoping it may prove ofvalue to those whom the government has pledgedits faith to help to eke out a more tolerable exist-ence than otherwise could be obtained. This volume will be found to be strictlyauthentic, and a perfect copy of the reports ofour division hospital. If we have one desire above another it isthat we may be able to aid our suffering com-rades in obtaining what is their due. 33 258 WHAT I REMEMBER OF A Reunion. On June 17,
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