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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
obse