Author: Julian Whedon Merrill

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781330845677

Excerpt from Records of the 24th Independent Battery, N. Y: Light Artillery, U. S, V The object of publishing this work is: - 1st - To place in permanent record the experiences, adventures and sufferings of that brave band of young men, who composed the organization entitled the Twenty-fourth New York Independent Battery of Light Artillery. 2d - To prompt the reader to the fact, that the services of all these patriotic men, who left their families and their firesides, to battle for their country, who pledged and offered up their lives, that you might continue life in peace, prosperity and freedom, have never been in a public manner, properly recognized. Although the memory of those who died while engaged in suppressing the Great Rebellion is more particularly dear to their relatives and friends, yet, at the same time, it is cherished by all loyal people. No County in the United States was more loyal than Wyoming County - none more enthusiastic, none more generous, when they started the boys off to the wars. No County has better reasons for being proud of its representatives in the war. None has had greater cause to mourn. Is there less of that sentiment of loyalty in their hearts to-day? Is there less of generosity? Is there no gratitude? Can they forget so soon? Let a practical answer to these questions be a strong endeavor to purchase and erect a monument, in some sightly position, at the sight of which, passers-by in our times shall say - "These people do their noble dead a deserved honor." And future generations shall learn from it of the heroic deeds and of the sufferings of the young men of this generation, who helped to fight the battles that finally won for us and for them a country freed from oppression, tyranny and wrong. 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.