In compliance with
orders from headquarters the 3d brigade commanded by Colonel Bane, is marched
and put into position in front of Division Headquarters, where a large
flag-staff has been erected and preparation made for speaking, &c. One
o'clock P. M. all the infantry regiments, battalions of cavalry and artillery
are on the ground, and after they are arranged and in position, General Dodge
gives the command, attention! and reads in a loud and clear voice the order of
the day: 1st music, 2d raising of the flag, 3d salute, 4th music. After the
salute and the martial notes had died away, General Dodge said, “Fellow
officers and soldiers of the 2d division, we have assembled here to celebrate
an eventful day-the day on which Shiloh's great battle closed. Brave men, you
remember it well, and I am glad in my heart that you were there and performed
so well your part. But I cannot talk to you, my heart is too full, and for your
further entertainment I will introduce (though he needs no introduction,) the
gallant Colonel M. M. Bane, the popular commander of the 3d brigade, whose
empty sleeve will tell you quickly that he has a right to speak.” Colonel Bane
takes the stand and delivers a good speech, full of enthusiasm and soul, which
is often interrupted by loud bursts of applause. After Colonel Bane closes, the
division is formed and marched in review, and then the regiments are conducted
to their respective camps, long to remember their first anniversary of the
battle of Shiloh.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 144-5
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