Ohio's Silver-Tongued Orator; Life And Speeches of General William H. Gibson ..
Ohio's Silver-Tongued Orator; Life And Speeches of General William H. Gibson ..
David Dwight Bigger
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We will !'^ shouted the boys, and up they went, man after man, and not only "touched" the flag, but kissed its graceful folds, one soldier declaring long years after, that "no sweetheart was ever greeted by her lover with a kiss of more fervent devotion than was the one I pressed that day on the folds of our beautiful flag.'' After all the soldiers had passed, the bystanders did the same, and it was believed that many a Union man was made that day. 334 Life and Speeches of General William H. Oi...bson At the recent reunion held in Bucyrus, Ool. S. F. Gray pathetically made allusion to this memorable incident, stating that Oibson's impassioned speech that day, to- gether with the crowning act of swearing the regiment to defend the flag had large influence upon the subsequent career of the Forty-Ninth as soldiers, and upon none had it been more potent in deepening the spirit of patriotic devotion than upon himself. ^^Gteneral Oibson/' remarked Oolonel Gray, ^^was an inspirational speaker. He always made good speeches and he was always, also, a fascinating conversationalist^ but on occasions when he excelled all other men that I ever heard, he seemed to me to be in- spired." In writing concerning the General, Colonel Gray men- tions that he heard General Gibson in Upper Sandusky, at a joint reunion of the Fifty-Fifth and Forty-Ninth, when he flrst used the flgure of "The Temple of Liberty."^ "He was a sweet-spirited man," writes Colonel Gray.
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