. Field, fort and fleet ... Widowed—desolated—broken-hearted! What is victory to mewhen here lies the corpse of husband and father? And yet another shadow came. It was that of a fair young beautiful face was deadly pale, her brown eyes were filled withhorror, her white teeth were shut tightly, as if she feared that shewould scream out and awaken the dead. Ah ! I knew for whomshe searched. When our right flank was doubled back on thecenter and the regiments confused and mingled, I found him at myside. He belonged to the Sixth Rhode Island. I pointed to thespot where he lay, half his ha
. Field, fort and fleet ... Widowed—desolated—broken-hearted! What is victory to mewhen here lies the corpse of husband and father? And yet another shadow came. It was that of a fair young beautiful face was deadly pale, her brown eyes were filled withhorror, her white teeth were shut tightly, as if she feared that shewould scream out and awaken the dead. Ah ! I knew for whomshe searched. When our right flank was doubled back on thecenter and the regiments confused and mingled, I found him at myside. He belonged to the Sixth Rhode Island. I pointed to thespot where he lay, half his handsome face shot away by the ter-rible grape, and with a shriek she knelt beside him. I saw herwhite fingers toying with his brown curls. I saw her hold his handand kiss it again and again. By and by she rose up and with handoutstretched towards the ragged clouds of night she cried aloud : And you call this victory! You cripple and kill and breakhearts and make widows and orphans, and you wave your flags inrejoicing !. APPENDIX. (Outline piston) of tljc (grant) ^nnn of % -fUpblk. The Grand Army of the Republic was organized at Decatur, Illi-nois, April 6, 1866 by Dr. B. F. Stephenson, of Springfield, who hadserved as Surgeon Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, and at the close ofthe war, returned to his practice in Springfield, where, in February,1866, he first suggested the idea of this organization, and made thedraft of a Ritual. After consulting a number of friends, he deputed Captain JohnS. Phelps to supervise the printing of the Ritual, in the office of theTribune at Decatur, the proprietors of which, Messrs. Coltrine andPryor, with their compositors, had been Union soldiers. Through the efforts of these gentlemen, an organization vyas atonce effected in Decatur, and Post No. 1, was formed as abovestated. This was followed by the formation of Post 2 at Springfield, andPosts were thereafter rapidly established throughout Illinois and inthe States of Wisconsin, Indiana. Ohio,
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