The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . nd thank God he was suffering for hischildren and his country, and he is only one of ten thousand such. May the memory of the Union soldier, then, live as it deserves tolive, so long as there is a veteran on the earth; so long as there is a sonof a veteran on earth; aye, so long as the fires of patriotism burn in thehearts of men, may their memor
The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . nd thank God he was suffering for hischildren and his country, and he is only one of ten thousand such. May the memory of the Union soldier, then, live as it deserves tolive, so long as there is a veteran on the earth; so long as there is a sonof a veteran on earth; aye, so long as the fires of patriotism burn in thehearts of men, may their memories live. For, such an influence atwork, the spirit of American patriotism can never die; this lavish expend-iture of blood and treasure will not have been in vain, and the saddestperiod in our countrys history will be remembered only for the lesson ithas taught and the blessings it has secured. On behalf of the Sons of Veterans, then, for whom I speak to-night,I pledge eternal love, reverence and honor. Your lives shall ever be tous an inspiration and a blessed memory, and when the last one of youshall have answered the bugle call of the Great Commander, there willbe no prouder citizen than he who can say, I am the son of a X. P. Banks.(Plate delayed.) BEARING UPON GETTYSBURG. More or less pressure has been brought upon the writer, not all of itfrom outside of himself, to have him give expression to some strong state-ments and make some rather harsh retorts, concerning certain officers of theSecond Massachusetts, in connection with the words in the report of theAdjutant General of that state, referring to the Twenty-seventh at Gettys-burg, and other similar matters. While anything that might raise serious(juestions, or that might be considered ill-tempered, would not be properin itself, or meet the approval of most of the survivors of the Twenty-seventh, the plain statement of some other facts will be less liable to objec-tions and perhaps be just
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