. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . d from the Union commissary,glad that the terrible struggle of four long years was ended. It wasnot unlike the scene at the close of a Roman civil war in centuriesagone, when the soldiers of the opposing armies bound up each otherswounds and friendship prevailed around common camp fires, care (20) 304 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. being taken not to offend the valor that had won their admiration onmany a field. General rejoicing prevailed throughout the were run
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . d from the Union commissary,glad that the terrible struggle of four long years was ended. It wasnot unlike the scene at the close of a Roman civil war in centuriesagone, when the soldiers of the opposing armies bound up each otherswounds and friendship prevailed around common camp fires, care (20) 304 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. being taken not to offend the valor that had won their admiration onmany a field. General rejoicing prevailed throughout the were rung, cannon fired, and illuminations lighted the skies intown and village. ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN.—CLOSE OF THE WAR. Scarcely had the loud acclaim ceased ere the nation was plungedinto the deepest grief and the world startled by the crime of ages —the wicked assassination of Abraham Lincoln, at once the most abusedand best loved President the nation ever had, on the night of April14, 1865. Long did the people refuse to be comforted, thoughsympathetic messages came from every country and the isles of the. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. sea. They had learned to confide in his candor and wisdom, and toregard him as a safe master to pilot them out of the stormy tempestof war. His honest and wise statesmanship illustrates history withthe choicest gems, and the wisdom he displayed was as wonderful as CLOSING MONTHS OF THE WAR. 305 Solomons in his day. As the secret chapters of the sad war days areunfolded, they discover a wisdom in his direction of the affairs withwhich he had to do, that indicates a more than human he was tJie man for the hour and occasion—Godsinstrument for the annihilation of the cause of the war, AfricanSlavery. Grace sufficient he had, of native or divine power, to breakthe chains of bondage and let the slaves go free. In his death theSouth, which had made his election the occasion for secession andwar, lost its best friend and the grief manifested
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