June Twenty-Seventb The duties exacted of us by civilization and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of our enemy than in our own. ROBERT E. LEE Lee issues his famous Chambersburg order, 1863 "Winnie" Davis born, 1864 June Twenty-Eightb COL. WILLIAM MOULTRIE; SERGEANT JASPER; "PALMETTO DAY" The battle holds a conspicuous place in the history of the Revolution. It was our first clear victory over the British, and won over one of England's most distinguished naval officers. JOHN J. DARGAN Defence of Fort Sullivan, (Moultrie,) 1776 North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana readmitted to the Union, 1868 June Twenty-Mintb His trumpet-tones re-echoed like Where Chimborazo views the world Mosaic'd in the sea; And his proud form shall stand erect Which bears to the Valhalla gates Henry Clay dies, 1852 June Thirtieth JAMES RYDER RANDALL Yes, there's a charm about the name of Mary Which haunts me like some old enchanter's spell, Or rather like the voice of some sweet fairy, Singing low love-songs in a lonely dell. It hath a music that can never weary, A strain that seems of love and grief to tell, The echoes of an anthem from the shrine Of peace, and bliss, and rest, and love divine. WILLIAM WOODSON HENDREE Robert E. Lee marries Mary Page Custis, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, 1831 July A SUMMER SHOWER Meanwhile, unreluctant, Earth like Danae lies; Listen! is it fancy, That beneath us sighs, As that warm lap receives the largesse of the skies? Jove, it is, descendeth In those crystal rills; And this world-wide tremor Is a pulse that thrills To a god's life infused through veins of velvet hills. Wait, thou jealous sunshine, Break not on their bliss; Earth will blush in roses Many a day for this, And bend a brighter brow beneath thy burning kiss. HENRY TIMROD July First A SOUTHERN SOLDIER'S TRIBUTE To the Union commander, General George Gordon Meade, history will accord the honor of having handled his army at Gettysburg with unquestioned ability. The record and the results of the battle entitle him to a high place among Union leaders. To him and to his able subordinates and heroic men is due the credit of having successfully met and repelled the Army of Northern Virginia in the meridian of its hope and confidence and power. GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON First day at Gettysburg, 1863 July Second General Lee distinctly ordered Longstreet to attack early the morning of the second day, and if he had done so, two of the largest corps of Meade's army would not have been in the fight; but Longstreet delayed the attack until four o'clock in the afternoon, and thus lost his opportunity of occupying Little Round Top, the key to the position, which he might have done in the morning without firing a shot or losing a man. GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON Second day at Gettysburg, 1863 |