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viiyun.i vji 11 iv v, wmav.i w • uia viv ivauvior when to hilt until he bumped against th„ man aheacTof him, or feltthe thump of his gun against his head, or the landing of his pontoon shoes well up on the unprotected calves in front. Perhaps the rear man would bring up 10 suddenly against you as to displace his musket from aj right-shouldered shift to a glancing blow onyour head.piece, giving a dizzy sensation or making you see myriads of stars dotting the Egyptian darkness. No matter how much you wished to relieve your feelings by a little profanity, audibly expressed, you had to repress the desire.After a march of five or six hours, starting and stopp ng, stringing out ar d closing up, which none but an experienced soldier can understand and appreciate, we began to take position in Regimental front, Brigade in mass. The 94th was in frdnt and chosen to lead the Fourth Ilrigade, the First Division and the whiole Second Army Corps in one of the grandest charges•f the war. Not grand because of the Urge numbers and failure, like the famous charge of the Rebel General Picketi at Gettysburg, but grand because of thin'ranVs and unparalleled success.We were in position before it waslicht pnnuah to attact without attract-Ifcan i Dow madlt; such Johanamlt;goodfrien
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1909
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