. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . too far off to engage in the disastrousconflict which opened and closed on the 21st of July. Thusit happened that Indiana, in her grief for the national defeat,was spared the additional pang of recognizing her own sonsamong the sufferers in that strange panic which, for the hour,unmanned the noble and the brave. The last week in July witnessed the return of the six reg-iments from the mountains of Virginia and the meadowsof Maryland. They were engaged in no great battle in thethree months campaign; they did not suffer with heat norwith cold;
. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . too far off to engage in the disastrousconflict which opened and closed on the 21st of July. Thusit happened that Indiana, in her grief for the national defeat,was spared the additional pang of recognizing her own sonsamong the sufferers in that strange panic which, for the hour,unmanned the noble and the brave. The last week in July witnessed the return of the six reg-iments from the mountains of Virginia and the meadowsof Maryland. They were engaged in no great battle in thethree months campaign; they did not suffer with heat norwith cold; they had no experience of malarious swamps andrivers, of thirsty sands, or of Southern prisons; and what-ever hardships they endured were made light by the prospectof a speedy termination. The veterans, who have trampedfrom one end of the Republic to the other, and back again;who have besieged cities, blockaded islands, and bombardedfortresses; who have swept backward and forward, like asurging sea, upon a battle-field, not one hour, nor four, but. %%G«).,Se^ TorV ■ Qy. fV. T^Hf-r-T^J BrdG. &EK. TKO^ GENERAL MORRIS. 71 all day and all night; may smile at the three-months cam-paign, and talk of summer soldiers. But it should not beforgotten that these six regiments were among the pioneersof the war. They first sprang to arms, they first shouted thebattle-cry of freedom, they first stood the shock of battle,they baptized the now truly sacred soil of Virginia withIndiana blood; and it is their dead who lead the stately butsad procession of Indianas heroes. The laurels won in the West Virginia campaign werenot divided. The name of Morris does not occur in McClel-lans reports. The nation, rejoiced in its hour of need tofind a great man, did not criticise nor doubt, but confidinglyplaced the laurel wreath upon the offered head. Morris, who,in spite of the restraint laid upon him by his slow and strat-egetical superior, had shown himself quick, skilful, and pru-dent
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