. A doctor's experiences in three continents. d that I knewhim thoroughly and appreciated him fully, but Ihad really no conception of his gifts as an oratorand of the potency of his personal magnetism untilthis memorable occasion. Inspired alike by his peculiar surroundings andthe importance of his mission, he transcended him-self and produced an impression upon the army—from its great captain to its humblest private—which displayed itself in the wildest enthusiasmfor the cause and the most intense idolatry for itseloquent advocate. That he should have been thus inspired is notsurprising, for
. A doctor's experiences in three continents. d that I knewhim thoroughly and appreciated him fully, but Ihad really no conception of his gifts as an oratorand of the potency of his personal magnetism untilthis memorable occasion. Inspired alike by his peculiar surroundings andthe importance of his mission, he transcended him-self and produced an impression upon the army—from its great captain to its humblest private—which displayed itself in the wildest enthusiasmfor the cause and the most intense idolatry for itseloquent advocate. That he should have been thus inspired is notsurprising, for the circumstances which surroundedhim would have stirred the heart of any man. General Lee ordered a ^ general review in hisspecial honor—an incident, I believe, withoutparallel in the history of the army. Upon an immense plain in the immediate neigh-borhood of Orange Court House there were assem-bled the troops which composed the then uncon-quered Army of Northern Virginia. They wereclad in rags but wreathed with victory ; their flags. GOV. ZEBULOX B. VANCE, IX THREE CONTINENTS. 315 were soiled and tattered, but upon them were in-scribed the immortal names of Coal Harbor, Ma-nassas and South Mountain ; their arms werebattered and blackened, but their fire had startledthe nations and reverberated around the world ;their bands were decimated and out of tune, butthey still discoursed the inspiring strains ofDixie, The Bonny Blue Flag, and TheGirl I Left Behind Me, and though many a gal-lant leader was absent because oflP duty forever,Jackson, Longstreet, Steuart, Early, Ewell, Hill,Khodes, Gordon, Pettigrew, Hampton and Fitz-hugh Lee were there to do honor to Carolinasillustrious son. Arrayed in two confronting lines and with theirbronzed faces beaming with pleasure and expect-ancy, the noble veterans awaited the coming of theold chieftain whom they had followed in triumphso long, and of the youthful governor, whose de-votion to the cause and tender care of his owntroops ha
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