Glass __ Book __ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND "TAD' READING THE SCRIPTURES-ISI.I HISTORIC DAYS IN Cumberland County, New Jersey 1855-1865 POLITICAL AND WAR TIME REMINISCENCES BY ISAAC T. NICHOLS CjdV\T- zc "• OONeRESSLiSR/iRy The story of the Civil War and the early days of a great poHtical movement in Cumberland County is a theme the descendants of the noble men who ga\eof interest to and those the cradletheir lives for the Union who stood at the liberty crucial hour in Na-of party of human at a our tional history. It appeared to tlie 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, old who volunteered in the war for the pres-of ervation of Federal Union—1861-1865—manj' ofthe whom lie in nameless graves battlefields red withon once patriotic blood, this volume is affectionately dedicated. Isaac T. Xichols. Bridgeton, Xew Jersey, January i. 1907. — ; ; ; THE PRIVATE. the private, the gallant and true;Here is a song for is the one that must do;Though others may plan, he proclaim.The world may the deeds of the leaders his fame.wreath fur his brow, a song forHere is a telegraph, hear by the train,I learn from the valor has gained,Of tlic glory some general by overthrown,"the "wing he's outflanked," "the fortOf is sung to the leader alone.And the poem me, where would he have been.But tell me, oh, tell beginHad the private not been there the play to ?
Glass __ Book __ COPYRIGHT DEPOSITPRESIDENT LINCOLN AND "TAD' READING THE SCRIPTURES-ISI.IHISTORIC DAYS IN Cumberland County, New Jersey 1855-1865 POLITICAL AND WAR TIME REMINISCENCES BY ISAAC T. NICHOLS CjdV\T-zc "• OONeRESSLiSR/iRy