Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences

Isaac T Nichols

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DEPOSITCOPYRIGHTPRESIDENT LINCOLN AND TAD"
READING THE SCRIPT URES—INUHISTORIC DAYS
IN
Cumberland County, New Jersey
1855-1865
POLITICAL AND WAR TIME
REMINISCENCES
BY
ISAAC T. NICHOLSof CONGRESSLIBRARY
CoDles ReceivedTwo
APS IT 1907
CopyrUht EntryrF
No,CLASS XXc,A
'COPY B.
COPYRIGHTED, V'MI
ISAAC T. NICHOLS
iThe story of the Civil War and the early days of a
great political movement in Cumberland County is a theme
t the descendants of the noble men who ga\eof interest to
their lives for the Union and those who stood at the cradle
of the party of human liberty at a crucial hour in our Na-
tional history. It appeared to the writer that it was worthy
of preservation.
To the memory of those who organized the Republican
Party in Cumberland County in and the heroic sons1855,
of old who \-olunteered in the war for the pres-
ervation of the Federal Union—1861-1865—many of
whom lie in nameless graves on battlefields once withred
patriotic blood, this volume is affectionately dedicated.
Is.^AC T. Nichols.
Bridgeton, Xew Jersey, January i, 1907.
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THE PRIVATE.
lbis bUll^song lUlfor thelllC ^llVtlLC,private, the\.ii\- gallantgtHiaiiL anuand trueHereXieie a
plan,plan, hehe isis thethe oneone thatthat muimust doThoughThough othersothers maymay
leaders proclair im.The world may the deeds of the
song for his h;inie.Here is a wreath for his brow, a
learn from the telegraph, hear by the train,I
general by valor has gained,Of the glory some
"outflanked, the fort overthrown,"Of the wing he's
alone.And the poem is sung to the leader
been.Hut tell me, uh. tell me, where would he have
private there the play to begin?Had tlie not been
breast from the steel or the fire,Had he sheltered his
tire?Or dared on the march to faint or to
I have heard the debt the nation will owe
over the despot shall throw,The heroes that
petition that this be its careAnd only
The private shall have a Benjamin's share.
Is fort to be stormed, a charge to be made,a
mountain climb, to wade,A to a river
rampart repair,A to scale, a breach to
'Ne.-ith the blaze of artillery—the private is there.
He might tell what he suffered in cold and in pain,
How he lay all night with the wounded and slain,
with tracks snow.Or left his blood his on the
But never from him the story you'll know.
He fights not for glory, for well does he know
The road to promotion is weary and slow
His anibition is for freedom fight,liighcst to
To conquer the foe or die for the right.
Should he fall, perchance, to-day and to-morrow
His messmates will sigh at evening in sorrow;
But onward they march, far, far from the spot,
-And name of privatethe the is lost or forgot.
But oh ! on his struggle the pale stars of even
Look down from the glittering pathways of heaven,
And angels descend to take his death sigh,
.'\nd the name of the brave is emblazoned on high.
Tlien here is a song for the brave and the true;
Though others may plan, it is he that must do
The world may the deeds of the leaders proclaim,
Here is a wreath for the private—a song for his faine.
on deadFound a Confederate officer at Hatcher's Run. Va., after
the battle, by I,. Smith, of the iiSth Pa. Inf. Vols.J.