"and hands that offer fruit and flowers,"
There too, was McBride, prince of Captains, and the famous old Detroit, and with such favorable conjunction of boat and captain, our run across the lake was safely and expeditiously accomplished.
A hearty welcome met us at the City of Bricks, and our greeting, on our return to our State, was all that could be desired. We arrived at Madison about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, July 31st, were entertained at the Railroad Depot at the expense of the State, and were welcomed in the park around the Capitol by the Governor, Secretary of State, Adjutant General and the Municipal authorities of Madison. The Regiment was then furloughed for fifteen days with orders to report, at the expiration of that time, at Camp Randall.
And here we will leave them at the point from which they started, welcomed back to a country jubilant and exultant in a peace they themselves had helped to win, rejoicing themselves in the prospect of seeing home and friends once more.
And even as now, when their warfare is accomplished and the victory won, we gladly sheath the sword and lay aside the musket, so if the old Badger State ever again calls on her sons to stand forth in her defence, none will respond more readily than the
THIRTY-SEVENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
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