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clend not having been buried, were lyingscattered over the ground as far as couldbe seen, together with cannon balls andshells. But these scenes have been described by mightier pens than mine. Myblood runs cold at the thought of suclisights, and here, while writing this communication among the busy crowd, thosewordsjof Thomas Jefferson strike uponmy ear, “I tremble for my Country whenI remember that God is just, and God’si again!hard-' the m of therebellthe crof the moutlT h eyshouh fall bcould and dT1ijustice cannot sleep forever.” The nexttwo days we were engaged in buryingthe dead, the greater part of them beingrebelsthe Union men having been buried before. On Monday we were ordered to Harper’s Ferry, where we arrived on the 23d. The town and country round about here is very much desolated, which | shows that war with all its horrors has been rampant here for the last year and a-half. The weather here is verv drynounipractmon !Thes ble fc befallThthat lt;Clellidecidretnoace twith warm days and cold nights, which makes it rather unhealthy. There is aquerntriotigood deal of sickness in camp, althoughthe boys are in fine spirits, and are look-try, iby tilhateLeing forward to the time when this warshall close, and we be permitted to re-.Hglt;himupturn to our homes, deserving no higherhonor than the proud title of having heedbelotlonged to the army of the Potomac.iRespectfully Yours,rin-Corp. W. M. LINDSEY.scrioiminenot tels inwhet to Li the 1
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 18, 1862
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