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The Fire Zouaves

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
August
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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We hopu that we huve lieardlho ast of euyh organizii'.iiuis au tbe New York Fire Zouuvt's, as lbo reliante oí the republican ariniea in the fiuree cörHest whicb. they will bo obJiged to wuge vvilb u desperate and nfuriated ioè. pite the exaggeratiuna - as grose as they wero hai inlees - in wbiob the returuing iue'mbers iL tbat Zouave regiment indulged u:i iheir mrivu] tem Buil Kun, we have usuurtuined upon aulherity that is indisputable, that eitber the New Vort 7lst, the .VV.isconsm i-I, tbe Minnesota or thu Michigan tvgimerit, were far more serviccable oq the üeld, braver in uttack ..nd moro buiiK.no ia victury thac Ih.ia famoua Zou ave, regiment whosu horoiu d .eds ar"e rucoiiiiied only by the men theréol llifiusi'lvcs. it wifl bo iound it last, ld ut ooi the " rönghs,' the " bruisers,'' tlio bnters" and inou dug iro:u iho slums and b'.ews of the cities, ure tho reliuble fightiiig material of war; but that the iarmera' bpyt, tbe youDg uiechunice and the sons ol tkoii lica who ara well-lo-do in tlio world - {non who say tbeir prayera at oight and and fear God all tlio Jay, are tiie walls upon whicli the goveniment mu.st at ast full back. Tiiis th:n of courage is a matter of conscienee, as wi.ll us physical organizution. FighJog i.s u Bort oí üoü feaiiüg business, and iho legions in the world ibat have done the most of it, ind that oí' the beot qualityj are liui.se in wbiuh Qod-feariug lüëfi abounded. Tho Zouaves, ineapableof discipline, disorderly, pruel ur.d remonscless, went lo t!e fray, as they used to-go to a fire, for theexcitemont, and nolhiug moro. Returuing, they bluw their own horns through tho papers until the popular belief, to whu-h ue may have inuocently uddecT, 8 that each man waa a regiment in biniself. There could bo DO greatcr mist-ke. - Tho Michigan boya wero their superiors in hardihood, steadiness auct endumnoe. The New York Sevonty-first, composed ol ulerks, journeyraen and the like, charged wbere they dure not go; the Massachusetts Filth, ot funni urs' boys and meubaies, shamed them ! 1-y their bravory all day ; but at last, I wben the retreat as ordered, the Zouaves distancjd all tbe rest. These are theiacts hieh are graduaily ceming out. We do not liko to state them; but the good of ti:o service and the honor of other regiments (Iemand that they should be known.

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Old News
Michigan Argus