ROBERT SHACKLETON, JOHN HABBERTON WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, L. E. CHITTENDEN CAPT. HOWARD PATTERSON, U.S.N. GEN. G. A. FORSYTH, U.S.A. AND OTHERS To the younger readers of the twentieth century the great war of 1861-65, fought to maintain the authority of the national government and to preserve the union of the States, may sometimes seem remote and impersonal. The passage of time has healed the bitterness and animosity which an older generation can remember, and if proof were needed of the real union of our country it was shown when South and North marched side by side under the old flag in the war with Spain. It is well that the passions of war should be laid aside, but the examples of heroism…
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