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The bill we were on sloped down to the '•very water’s edge of tbe river. A little o to tbe right of its baso was Falmouth—a I ; bnmlot of scarcely twenty bouses, that a nearly covered two acres of grouod. On C our left—on the opposite bank and nearly ' it !a quarter cf a milo off—lay the famous p 1 Fredericksburgh height. In fact, tbe out-t 'skirt? of one place were opposite those of: the other. Fredericksburgb, though not! c 1 large, is a noble-looking old place. From j c; where I was I could see nothing of tbe ; tf ravages shot and shell had made in it. j rlt; Nothing but its tall, fine-looking houses, a aod taller steeples, all bathed in tbe after- fl noon sunshine, and looking as cheerful and * s; uhristian as you could wish. Back of it -1! the country rose steadily and gracefully, £1 aod on the long, even top ol the elevation s'•; I could see tbe earth-works stretching : e 1 along—and in one of them a bright reflec- *1^ tion from a brass piece. On a level pi a- r 1 teau. about half way up tho elevation, 1 * ' saw u brigade of Confederates drilling, tbe o 1 sun flashing on their long line of bright g ’ bayonets as their columns wheeled. Toe lines; I [ of opposing pickets followed tbo banks of : r the river—only tho narrow stream—a lit- • a ' tie wider than a caDal—separating them, ’1 and in it splashing about bathing, a party v 1 of rebels—so close I could almost talk to c ' them. Taken all in all, I never saw a finer aIeight—tbe town itself—the broad slope, with its green woods and fields, and crown-e ing all, the rebel camps, and tLo frowning r line of works. cTn ho sure. that self-same irrass owed
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Logansport Democratic Pharos
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Apr 29, 1863
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