Exercises Connected With the Unveiling of the Ellsworth Monument, At Mechanicville, May 27, 1874
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The rumor of his intended de- parture was the signal for a grand ovation to the command and its commander. Wherever they appeared they were hailed with shouts of the wildest 'enthusiasm and Colonel Ellsworth was everywhere the centre of all eyes and all hearts. The president of the fire department, in presenting a stand of colors to the regiment, said to Colonel Ellsworth as he placed them in his hands : " Take them, place them in the midst of your gallant band, and wherever the fight is the th...ickest and the bullets fly the fastest, let this banner be borne, and may you and your comrades, in the hour of trial and battle, remember the proud motto emblazoned upon it : ' The Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave.' Let this be your war-cry as you rush to the onset. Let it nerve your arms and fire your hearts. Wave this banner in triumph only and do you bring it back, though it be tattered and torn in the fight. Swear by this flag to live, by this flag to die." Though no such oath was necessary on the part of Colonel Ellsworth and his brave men, yet in accepting the colors, he took occasion to make this solemn vow : " I do not know," he said, " that any of the hard duty I have had to perform within the last ten days could compare to the task now before me.
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