In a Decoration-day address Thomas Wentworth Higginson said:
The great French soldier, de Latour d’Auvergne, was the hero
of many battles, but remained by his own choice in the ranks.
Napoleon gave him a sword and the official title “The First
Grenadier of France.” When he was killed, the Emperor ordered
that his heart should be intrusted to the keeping of his
regiment--that his name should be called at every roll-call, and
that his next comrade should make answer, “Dead upon the field
of honor.” In our memories are the names of many heroes; we
treasure all their hearts in this consecrated ground, and when
the name of each is called, we answer in flowers, “Dead upon the
field of honor.”
(1438)