The Camp Olden Gazette News from the Camp Olden Civil War Round Table Summer, 2011 President’S Gavel
The Camp Olden Gazette News from the Camp Olden Civil War Round Table Summer, 2011 President’s Gavel. On May 23, 2011 I had the honor to participate is buried here in Mercer Cemetery. in a Memorial Service by the Sons of Union I spoke as Governor Charles Smith Olden (1860- Veterans, Garfield Camp 4 for Sergeant John 1863) I read a poem I felt was extremely Beech in Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, NJ appropriate not only for Sergeant Beech but for all Union soldiers of the Civil War. “When the Boys in Blue Are Gone” When the comrades have departed, When the veterans are no more, When the bugle call is sounded On that everlasting shore. John Beech was born in Stratfordshire, England When life's weary march is ended, on May 1, 1844. He joined Company B; also When campfires slumber long; know as the Potters Company, 4th New Jersey Who will tell the world the story, Infantry Regiment in Trenton, NJ on August 9, When the boys in Blue are gone? 1861 to fight for the Union in the Civil War. He was promoted to Corporal on September 1, 1864, Who will tell about their marching, and was made Sergeant on February 1, 1865. From Atlanta to the Sea? The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse was the Who will halt, and wait, and listen, second ferocious battle in the 1864 campaign When they hear the reveille? Who will join to swell the chorus, launched by General Grant to defeat the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee. After Of some old, Grand Army song? fighting to a bloody draw in the Wilderness, Who will tell the world the story, Grant turned his Army south towards Richmond When the boys in Blue are gone? Sons and daughters of this nation, only to be stopped again by Lee’s men at Spotsylvania Courthouse.
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