And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.

God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance.