Onondaga's Part in the Civil War PDF Download

Author: Mrs. Sarah Sumner Teall
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330154281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Excerpt from Onondaga's Part in the Civil War The call to arms which followed the firing upon Fort Sumter found an echo in every loyal heart. Thousands, offered their services. On the 15th of April, 1861, President Lincoln called for 75, 000 militia volunteers for three. months service, and it was supposed the rebellion would be put down in that time. Within two weeks after the call 350, 000 men had offered their services to the government, New York furnishing 14, 000 men under the first call. Of these Onondaga County sent her full share of about forty representative young men, some papers say fifty, besides those in Skaneateles who volunteered in Auburn. Here is an account I found in an old paper. Nothing better nor more worthy could be said of any men: "Certain members of Company D.of the 51 st Regiment of N.Y. S.v., left their old company, the Greys, and formed the Syracuse Zouaves, an independent organization. They seem bound to carry out the stringent resolves which they have imposed upon themselves. They show a determination to emulate the famous Chicago cadets in their military discipline. The company has adopted a strict system of drilling. They have a drill at their quarters in the Armory at 8 o'clock every evening. At ten o'clock the lights are put out; taps sounded. These soldiers - wrapped in rough blankets - sleep perhaps on the floor in the next room. At 5 o'clock in the morning reveille sounds. Everybody is promptly in line for the morning drill, at the conclusion of which each goes to his daily business. This severe discipline is to be continued two weeks, and to be continued at intervals, until the Company reaches the first rank in military art." "This Zouave company is composed of some of the most correct, moral and upright young gentlemen of the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.