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CMnlr of Pritlric (irovp.The f *,Io,xlr tf Iftier fioa- n p eminent officer in the Arm* MJ* »i f itMi'itif4n t a gent earn?* in Onspia •*». mv*-^ ;u, i:d**tev.o.g O' *c»'(dioo of tv Billie » f e*r*»t-n«* 0 n. \** Tm- w i’**r i.i a gent ►mi . of' “I net iuu*grity, (i'i*l i*iilt;iW.4 rtlI f •* ?*ys I* The l *U*.*i15 do I* lt;1,Camp Near Fof.t himt.l D*-«euii*r 111, !•*'*„’. i* ♦ ?f m?tli g ha* Wurred «|i;” wa h\vea H*i i Attic «tlh the nNihiIonics, i.eir Can** ili,4'i rones nlt;rthHi*t of th\«. ti'd in.iv »e a f*.*w i'HUi 'rein an ‘‘nye-witn *»’* n d pirt'cipar.t, won'*'InvrrF* y--u. Bount, lt;i K* *•,. wph some 7 000r.'iiev*-?*, b !f, « 'r ■* ?•** week*, been euom «l fit und . near C*n»-HT1, a-d you know the caui and mis ry «l«ru.VH ii.fi C»d upon tbo people by thee Hessians *Tor vcr ib y v*' P *f Ok purp ne of freeing H»at country of their pms-tice. and gi.'iftg their 71)00 ca** t ar«“s to *’ I'o (er's Field *—of • ending them where'hnuMmlfl lt;f tunr cnrup'Mtinn* in aims have tout?l efore. to the reiUm of ihed—ft, our excellent Gen-*rii Hmdiav , ordered n forward movement on Cane Hill. Wt»made a forc*M inarch, without commissa*1 rilt;*e or *. «nd m*-! ’he brut*39 s.me four roiWe• his side lt;»f Cane ll/ll, on the 0 h lost. Atier^kir* rutshiog with, nt.ri driving him to the top of the mountain, on the Oatie HU rw»d, night having set »«, nur Hrmv, with the exception of some 151)0 cava I ry, drew 1 ft in the ibrrkness to fin* Cove Crtirk roid, Hiiii the morn in? fnun« u« in bin rev* on the FaveU-vlie and Cane Hill mad, by the old Walnut Churth. tV ■ mid** sure wr had that 7000 «»fe,atid were counting j bilar.t y, the rich haul almost in our fi nrers. H.*i you know, there’s many a *Hp ’twlxt the cuj ,ivl the lip ” flu.*h ! whai b Om t Heavy canon* I'iitv/ o ens on »n' rear ami right; br’gtdei «nI lt;Hrb «i j.s chHf ge ir«m gml tm a luted with the bristling •] ii-iv.riets of 1 wvi*lt;* fu fiMeen tmusand Abnlftfntifsti j going to the assistsnc of (fount The b*fle now j -p*ri ‘ furiou l.v. the f^t ofldo'd nd deat 1 heatm.!fifteen thousand brave rtlvdi— •h'souri-i 9. Texi«us•ml Ark«ns«-it»s—brave aaMtcr—pit t*d ngains* at least CO.lill n’wdit-ouisfs, ar.d the «»r and esith, for live ijDM t«i h ok*. i« llllrd #i h every c in* eivahte missile of death. *1 lie roar «f artillery ami umaftwfry beat anyth ng 1 ever heard, and I have bwn in sever 1 oatties. The Fed* chirgiil uv rep-utedly, but the men a»ood ih«re a« firm as the oaks around 'hem, and their shlt;*u»i* of victory drowned the cries or the W»ng. as they beheld the Federal legions break and dv in utrer d*m raUint on b*» ore the steadv ftre of their urerring ifi-s. The First 51i*gfmr| Brigade, f?-. which 1 lielonf,) under command of Gen M u. Pars -ns bad under n steady fire of mu»ke ry «mi artillery for some two hour*. Our br.jve (leueraiPw.dnn^ r oU atfiVW lVif» litiirfl. Olnklrfr hauvi)ftlstilJIr»c
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1863
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