An amusing sword presentation was made on the 17th by the officers of the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania to their Colonel, Wm. Sirwell. The presentation speech of Captain Gillespie was: “Here we are, and here it is. This is a bully sword, and comes from bully fellows. Take it, and use it in a bully manner. Colonel Sirwell’s reply was: “Captain, that was a bully speech. Let us take a bully drink.”
Cincinnati Daily Press, Cincinnati, OH