FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 
 Section 
 
"Pnd whit} they bad v'vng A bym 
 
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Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2012 with funding from 
 
 Princeton Theological Seminary Library 
 
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 "(8 fflmiwm Tflt i v gong. 
 
 
 ($ $)aper reab Before 
 £0e (tlnifeb jkrtrice CfuB, fljftfa., 
 
 8g ScimeB QBeofe, 
 fare of 12f0 (Wobb. Q9of. Jnfanfrg, 
 
 "HEeBfifer QRegimenf." 
 
<£>(m<STr2)<£QR<g in <0e fofe 
 
 
 
 
 
 " fifties" a ftrcjcomyang in Cflarfefs 
 fori, |S. t, commifTioneb a $?0ifabef* 
 pfKa mufician to write a "cfyantc$" 
 for f^cir ufe on a propofeb ercurfion. 
 ^fleg receiueb a song, f0e opening 
 iworbs of wfyicfy were 
 
 " 8 a y> bummers, iviU you meet us?" 
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 l?5<£ firing on JJumfer anb con* 
 sequent raffg to arms caufeb Sorf 
 barren, QBoffon W>arBot, to fie occu* 
 jrieb fig o mtftfarg force, ffle JSeconb 
 Q^atfafion of QttafTacBufeffB Jnfanfrg, 
 commonfg ftnotwn as fBe "tigers." 
 £8eg founb fBe Sorf in a tterg unf?n* 
 iB0eb sfafe, tuorft on it flatting Been 
 efoypeb <»6en Sefferfon ©aois was 
 Jkcrefarg of HEar, anb as a nafuraf 
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 rcBuft "fatigue parties" t»ere tjerg 
 numerous. Qfiex ffle bog's iworft 
 twos ot>er a fauortfe amufemenf was 
 singing, for f#ere t»cre some erceffenf 
 uotcce in f#e compang, notaBfg one 
 quartette 
 
 £3as. (S. QB. (Bbgerfg, 
 3ames 3en6ins, 
 
 (Jtewfon 3- flJurnetfe, 
 3o0n Qt$rot»n. 
 
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 £3is faffcr, a JJcofcflman, wob tfye 
 BuBiut of mang fofteB onb puns, owing 
 fo ffle Btmifarifg of 0t6 name fo fflaf 
 of f#e famous &fa<»afomie, fflen 
 6uf recenffg erecufeb. 
 
 £0e #cof raffler refenfeb fflefe 
 auibbifteB, anb f^ie of courfe mabc 
 fflem more conffanf. %t foofleb tjerg 
 ttteff for a beab man : fye fyaii a fitters 
 gaif for a corpfe, etc., etc. £0e B^org 
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 goes fgaf one evening, t»0en two of 
 ffJtB quartette were returning to f#e 
 Sort — 3o0n QSrotwn anb f0e offler 
 Being Beafeb near ffle Baffg^porf — f0e 
 querg t»ae B^oufeb, "TElJat'B f0e 
 net»6?" $romptfg came t$e retort, 
 " nQ?38. 3o6n QtSrotxm 'b beab." |iome 
 one o^^tb, " °Bef 3e Brtff goes marching 
 rounb." 
 
 (Unfile a rofftng Bfone, ffle ibeas 
 
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 gafflereb as flje changes tt>ere rung on 
 fflem, anb 6g barS f^c campjmedtng 
 tune 6«b unbergone retjifton, for fjje 
 " £tgers" <»ere cfjcmftng 
 
 John J3row>n's body lies a-mouldering 
 
 in the gi^aue, 
 fjut his soul goes marching on. 
 
 (mag 25, 1861, f0e "£igers" fcff 
 Sorf ^Barren, 8uf a6 on (JTlag 7 ffc 
 £t»efff3 (BlofTacaufcffB (^ofunfeere 
 
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 flab reacfleb f0e Sorf, mang of ffle 
 "^igers" enfiffeb in ffle ^t»efff8 or 
 "TEeBffer QRegimenf," f^c quarfeffe 
 separaf ing : 
 
 3enftins anb QBroton fo £ompang $, 
 flJumeffe anb <£bgerfg fo Compang (B, 
 off four Being sergeants. 
 
 <&f courfe ffleg carrieb ffleir song 
 t»if0 fflem, anb if Became fl}e faBion 
 affer brefs*parabe for ffle regimenf fo 
 
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 ^e 's gone to be a soldiei* in tbe cirmy 
 of the Qoi^d. 
 
 £0e regiment frequenffg Bfgteb ifseff 
 " TOeBffer's cafffe." £0us <3e fourth 
 tjerfe, 
 
 ^is pet lambs will meet bim on the way, 
 
 t»0ic8 ffleg ufeb to bo etterg etjening 
 t»0ire marching rounb fl}e Sorf. 
 
 £0e air was twfKfffeb fo f#e Banbs 
 maffer, HEm. 3. (tttarrfcmb, twritfen 
 
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 boon 6g one of f(5e fcmo, |&. C $ers 
 Sine, anb Boon ffle func t»ae pfogcb 
 on breBB^arabe as accompaniment fo 
 ffle cfetjcn (Junbreb tjoiccB of f#e regt* 
 menf. Copies of ff}e Bong twere gitjen 
 fo (Bifmorc'B anb f(5e (Bermania fionb, 
 ffjen ©ifson pu6fiB0eb if, anb i 0ub ffle 
 Sofjn QBrot»n |a>ong Become common 
 yroperfg. 
 
 £3e TEeBsfer QRegimenf first Bong 
 
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 if in Q&offon 3ufg 18, 1861, tuflen ffcir 
 cofors were prefenfeb 6g 2>on. <£bt»arb 
 <£t>ereff : teaming QiSofton 3ufg 23, on 
 f0e nerf bag ffleg efecf rifteb Qtet» HJorfi 
 <ttfg twif 3 t3c tseirb cflorus ; Q&affimore 
 flearb it on 3ufg 26 ; anb on (Jttarcfl 1, 
 1862, at £3arfeffo<»n, Q?a., on f(}e spot 
 f»6ere (Dfatwafomie was flangeb, tfyt 
 HQJeBffer QRegimenf Bang 
 
 John grown's body. 
 
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 QRegimenf ftffer regiment abopfeb 
 f0e song, cmb fflue it ceaseb to 6e f3« 
 special properfg of f0e TEeBfferB, t»0o 
 grabuaffg bifufeb if. $er3aps f0e fafe 
 of 3o#n Ql3rot»n, t»0o t»a6 accibenfaffg 
 brotwneb at Sronf QRogaf, 3une 6, '62, 
 mag (fafe 0ab a bet erring influence; 
 f$e eong t»aB newer ufeb in f(5e fofer 
 bags of ffle regiment's eriffence. 3n 
 3ufg, '64, as if mabe if 6 refum marc(5 
 
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 f (frougfl ffc Bfrecfe of QBoffon, eigfjfg* 
 fttte men in aff— £ompcmg ($ Being 
 reprefenfeb 6g fflree — *n effort was 
 mate to reoioe f0e ofb chorus ; if t»ae 
 prompffg frotoneb bot»n, anb sifenffg, 
 Suf t»if{> eof bierfg freab, ffle TDeBefer 
 (Kegimenf pacseb info #ifforg. 
 
 £t»o of f(}e Burtuoore of f0e quar* 
 feffe are gef in QSosfon. tJBe f$irb t»ae 
 in ffc TDtef. But 0ob not fafefg Bern 
 
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 flearb from. <Dnfg one — flJurneffe 
 toae muffereb ouf t»i{0 f0e regiment. 
 
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 $)oor of b (Dfatoafomte QJSrown ! 
 ©espifeb anb forfafien, on 3tB <»ag to 
 execution 0e fltfleb a negro c0ifb, propfc 
 cfging B^eebg freebom to aff tfe race. 
 £fye fjetf of fufurifg twos fo 0tm Buf 
 parffg fiffeb: 3e breameb nof of ff>e 
 
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armeb 0offe ifyat eo Boon offer twere fo 
 tramp f$af t»erg grounb fo ffle muftc of 
 
 John B TOWns body. 
 
 ^cf ffje f6oug0f »» 3ts mtnb wob ftin fo 
 ffle infytrafton f0af fafcr on probuceb 
 
 fJJofe immorfaf fines 
 
 TWine eyes bane seen the glory of the 
 
 coming of the £ord, 
 J)is truth is masoning on. 
 
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