Bugle Blasts Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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Bugle Blasts Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - William E. Crane
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Title: Bugle Blasts
Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States
Author: William E. Crane
Release Date: January 23, 2010 [EBook #31049]
Language: English
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BUGLE BLASTS,
READ BEFORE THE
Ohio Commandery
OF THE
MILITARY ORDER
OF THE
Loyal Legion of the United States,
BY COMPANION
WILLIAM E. CRANE,
Late Captain 4th O. V. C. and A. A. Adjt.-Gen.
NOVEMBER 5, 1884.
CINCINNATI:
PETER G. THOMSON,
1884.
BUGLE BLASTS.
To one who occupied a very small space in the War of the Rebellion—one who filled but a modest position among those who sought to protect the Nation’s honor and life—it is a matter of difficulty, if not hazard, to attempt to enlighten, or even entertain, such a body as that to whom this paper is addressed. Certainly no attempt will be made, in this case, to enlighten. If any thing new is furnished that shall also prove interesting, the end will be subserved. There are those among us, members of Ohio Commandery, who contributed largely to the grandeur, the magnificence, the glory of that army of the Union from which this Order sprang. There are those among us who made pages, aye, chapters, of history where great deeds are emphasized in blood; deeds that throbbed the Nation’s heart.
And this history is not for a day; not for our time alone. It will go on down the ages to be read by grand-children and their grand-children, who will point with pride to the illustrious achievements and say: These were my ancestors who fought in that great war and did these glorious things!
What richer legacy can you hand down? This is fame! This is glory! And do not these come of honest ambition? But there are incidents, episodes, deeds that come under the observation only of the few—sometimes of the individual—which, little