. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . tle,upon which the fate of the nation hung, and who stoodby his guns, beating back the fierce onslaughts of theLouisiana Tigers, which threatened every moment tooverride, like a monumental wave, the gallant little band,whose blazing speech sent terror into the hearts of thosewho endeavored to silence it, is fairly entitled to thehonors won on that bloody occasion, and there is not asoldier in the old Army of the Potomac, in Pennsylvaniaor out, who does not recall Ricketts whenever he thinksof Gettysburg. When promoted to
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . tle,upon which the fate of the nation hung, and who stoodby his guns, beating back the fierce onslaughts of theLouisiana Tigers, which threatened every moment tooverride, like a monumental wave, the gallant little band,whose blazing speech sent terror into the hearts of thosewho endeavored to silence it, is fairly entitled to thehonors won on that bloody occasion, and there is not asoldier in the old Army of the Potomac, in Pennsylvaniaor out, who does not recall Ricketts whenever he thinksof Gettysburg. When promoted to his majority, he left his batteryand was assigned to the command of the Second ArmyCorps batteries in the Ninth Corps line; afterwards asinspector of artillery for the Ninth Corps, and still lateras chief of artillery of the same corps. This last posi-tion he held during most of the winter of 1864-65, andwhile the army was in front of Petersburg, and he re-tained it until after Lees surrender. He was then in-spector of the artillery reserve under General William35 273. Hayes, the reserve then embracing nearly all the batteriesin the army. During the greater part of the war Rickettss batterywas attached to the Second Corps. What the com-mander of that corps—the lamented Hancock—thoughtof him is briefly but eloquently set forth in a note for-warded by him to the Loyal Legion, in answer toan inquiry sent in connection with the proposal of Rick-etts for membership in that organization. Hancockwrote,—■ Colonel Ricketts is well known to me, and servedunder my command during the war, in the Second ArmyCorps, Army of the Potomac. He was a gallant anddistinguished officer of irreproachable record, and as suchI can recommend him for membership in the MilitaryOrder of the Loyal Legion. After the war, Hancockand others urged him to join the regular service, whereappropriate place could have been easily secured for him,but he declined all these offers and returned to privatelife. R
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