. What I remember of the Great rebellion . Soldiers must have soup. I had attained to nearly forty years of age,but my dear and intimate friend, Major W. , who fell at the battle of Cold Harbor,was sick and worn and suffered much from theheavy dews that fall at that season of the yearin East Tennessee. Previous to my armyexperience I had become inured to exposureand could endure more than most men, but Ifelt for him, under such trying . Lewis rose to his rank by virtue of nofriend or favor, but by pure and indomitablebravery on the field of battle. When heentered the
. What I remember of the Great rebellion . Soldiers must have soup. I had attained to nearly forty years of age,but my dear and intimate friend, Major W. , who fell at the battle of Cold Harbor,was sick and worn and suffered much from theheavy dews that fall at that season of the yearin East Tennessee. Previous to my armyexperience I had become inured to exposureand could endure more than most men, but Ifelt for him, under such trying . Lewis rose to his rank by virtue of nofriend or favor, but by pure and indomitablebravery on the field of battle. When heentered the service he held the position of chiefaccountant in one of the leading mercantilehouses in St. Johns, Michigan (Fish & Sons).I remember when his application for leave cmabsence was sent in for approval that he migjitpurchase a new flag for the regiment and paya short visit to his young wife. Major Lewiswas one of the most cultured, moral, and nobleyoung men of that grand galaxy of youthfulheroes which Michigan sent to the war in MAJOR W. ELY LEWIS, Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3,1864. THE GREAT REBELLION. 25 How could we fail? It was not possible, thereason being apparent: the first five hundredthousand men who volunteered to serve theircountry and save its flag were impelled by therichest elements of patriotism. Other patriotshave and will make as great sacrifices for homeand country as did my youthful friend, but nopurer, better blood was ever shed than thatpoured out by W. E. Lewis on the morning ofthe 3d of June, 1864, at Cold Harbor. Memorial days shall come and go,And flowers shall bloom each year, But nature bringeth not a hueI would not place upon thy bier. Early the following morning General Burn-side ordered the Army of the Ohio to retreatrapidly to Knoxville, and thence to Louden, onthe Tennessee River, a point it was designedwe should hold (did not the enemy disturb us)until the following spring, when active militaryoperations could, with prudence, be atte
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