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Page 46
... boys , and cries like these , - " U. S. San . Com . " " That's the cheese ! " " Pass in , Sanitary ! " In such cheer it struggled on Till the battle front was won , Then the car , its journey done , Lo ! was stationary ; And where ...
... boys , and cries like these , - " U. S. San . Com . " " That's the cheese ! " " Pass in , Sanitary ! " In such cheer it struggled on Till the battle front was won , Then the car , its journey done , Lo ! was stationary ; And where ...
Page 48
... boy , -my soldier boy , Of the old Ninth Army Corps ? I warrant he bore him gallantly 66 In the smoke and the battle's roar ! " " I know him not , " said the aged man , " And , as I remarked before , I was with Grant- " " Nay , nay , I ...
... boy , -my soldier boy , Of the old Ninth Army Corps ? I warrant he bore him gallantly 66 In the smoke and the battle's roar ! " " I know him not , " said the aged man , " And , as I remarked before , I was with Grant- " " Nay , nay , I ...
Page 49
... boy disgraced The uniform that he wore ! " " I cannot tell , " said the aged man , " And should have remarked before , That I was with Grant , -in Illinois , — Some three years before the war . " Then the farmer spake him never a word ...
... boy disgraced The uniform that he wore ! " " I cannot tell , " said the aged man , " And should have remarked before , That I was with Grant , -in Illinois , — Some three years before the war . " Then the farmer spake him never a word ...
Page 57
... boys , the old men show them how to wear their accoutrements , they buckle the straps carefully . Outdoors arming , indoors arming , the flash of the musket - barrels , The white tents cluster in camps , the arm'd sentries around , the ...
... boys , the old men show them how to wear their accoutrements , they buckle the straps carefully . Outdoors arming , indoors arming , the flash of the musket - barrels , The white tents cluster in camps , the arm'd sentries around , the ...
Page 67
... boy , reach'd up as you lay on the ground , Then onward I sped in the battle , the even- contested battle , Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way , Found you in death so cold , dear comrade , found ...
... boy , reach'd up as you lay on the ground , Then onward I sped in the battle , the even- contested battle , Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way , Found you in death so cold , dear comrade , found ...
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