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238 REMINISCENCES
State and the Nation, and includes them all. Every patriotic heart cherished the same sentiment.
"Hence do these banners become to us the symbols and emblems and mementoes of all the labors and sacri¬ fices and prayers of all the people for the success of our arms. In this view they have a history; a history event¬ ful, thrilling and glorious in some of its details, and yet inexpressibly mournful and touching and sad in others. A history which may never be traced on parchment or fully uttered by human lips, yet which is written in in¬ delible characters upon the hearts and memories of thou¬ sands throughout the land.
"The mother who sent forth her son Avith prayers and blessings and bitter tears from her peaceful home, to fight and die for his country, and who sits today by her desolate hearth-stone and weeps because he returns no more, and yet who thanks God that she had an offer¬ ing so valuable to lay upon the altar of her bleeding country; the wife whose husband sleeps his last, dream¬ less sleep upon some distant Southern battlefield, and from whose life the light and joy and beauty have gone out forever; these, and every sorrowing, desolate heart made such by the war, are amongst the custodians of this Avonderful history. So, also, is every soldier who has marched and fought beneath these banners; so, also, is each patriot who has labored in ciril life for the suc¬ cess of our arms, or who has breathed fervent prayers to heaven for the triumph of the right.
"But I must hasten to a conclusion. When these banners were entrusted to our care we promised with hands uplifted to heaven that Ave would defend the honor of the State and the Nation, of which these were the symbols, under all circumstances and to the last ex¬ tremity ; and in behalf of those to Avhom they were thus entrusted I solemnly declare that this promise has been faithfully performed.
Object Description
| Title | Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Source Title | William Penn Lyon's Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Regiment | 8th Infantry; 13th Infantry |
| Author/Creator | Lyon, William Penn, 1822-1913 |
| Description | Republican attorney William Penn Lyon (1822-1913) was representing Racine in the Wisconsin Assembly when the war broke out. He formed a company in the 8th Wisconsin Infantry and served as its captain until 1862, when he was appointed colonel of the 13th Infantry. This volume was assembled by his wife from letters and diaries, supplemented by her memory of months spent with him at the front. It covers his entire service, from raising a company after the First Battle of Bull Run to his post-war service in Texas. It describes the battles of Fredericktown, Farmington, and Corinth, the drowning of Governor Harvey, and the War Eagle "Old Abe." Slavery is a common theme, and the letters describe refugees, African-American soldiers, and difficulties encountered bringing a black woman to Chicago with officers' wives. After the war, Lyon served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1871 to 1894 and moved to California in 1903. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | San Jose, Calif. |
| Source Creation Date | 1907 |
| Source Publisher | Press of Muirson & Wright |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Digital Identifier | CWPN019010000 |
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| Title | 238 |
| Source Title | William Penn Lyon's Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Author/Creator | Lyon, William Penn, 1822-1913 |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | San Jose, Calif. |
| Source Creation Date | 1907 |
| Source Publisher | Press of Muirson & Wright |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | 238 REMINISCENCES State and the Nation, and includes them all. Every patriotic heart cherished the same sentiment. "Hence do these banners become to us the symbols and emblems and mementoes of all the labors and sacri¬ fices and prayers of all the people for the success of our arms. In this view they have a history; a history event¬ ful, thrilling and glorious in some of its details, and yet inexpressibly mournful and touching and sad in others. A history which may never be traced on parchment or fully uttered by human lips, yet which is written in in¬ delible characters upon the hearts and memories of thou¬ sands throughout the land. "The mother who sent forth her son Avith prayers and blessings and bitter tears from her peaceful home, to fight and die for his country, and who sits today by her desolate hearth-stone and weeps because he returns no more, and yet who thanks God that she had an offer¬ ing so valuable to lay upon the altar of her bleeding country; the wife whose husband sleeps his last, dream¬ less sleep upon some distant Southern battlefield, and from whose life the light and joy and beauty have gone out forever; these, and every sorrowing, desolate heart made such by the war, are amongst the custodians of this Avonderful history. So, also, is every soldier who has marched and fought beneath these banners; so, also, is each patriot who has labored in ciril life for the suc¬ cess of our arms, or who has breathed fervent prayers to heaven for the triumph of the right. "But I must hasten to a conclusion. When these banners were entrusted to our care we promised with hands uplifted to heaven that Ave would defend the honor of the State and the Nation, of which these were the symbols, under all circumstances and to the last ex¬ tremity ; and in behalf of those to Avhom they were thus entrusted I solemnly declare that this promise has been faithfully performed. |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN019010247 |
| Type | Text |