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Letter from Limit. Ktblor, 60th a Ohio VoIb.titfi permitted fa publish tho following interesting e*ir«ott from n private fetter of Lieut. P. Kibler, to hi* sinter, Mrs. Harris, of thin place.— Editor.] M * I |TusHMinfA, Ala., June If. 18f»g. hr.Aft 5I9TRH:—fifne* the HUt nlt. wo havo lind marching *nd plokflting, picketing and marching, to onr heart** content. Our first tlnit. was to the ram parts of that rebel stronghold, f'orfftlh, •'nod in the 21 bonra I was there, I , Tor nurd quit* ti reaper t for the place nn/t position for n math of defrliOt.f 11 riwes Ifko an Egyptian pyramid from j. the sluggish sWamp* that surround ft,}. and which io impeded cnir approach,I » on iifr eminofico tlinf haa hern cleared ] , from tho ' Jack oaks flint worn to : 1 outer the wholocountry, and i* Htrflngtli*. | etied by an Irregular lino oT earthwork* | r! twenty-five miles long, surrounding thetown from the M. A 0. R. Ik on either aide. Tho parapet* wore high and deeply ditched oA the outside, with ombre-t «tifen tor heavy guns, while the glacis , in front was rendered Impnasabfo by . trees felted and thickly innttoJ, i making no attack by “storm** ut-. terly impossible. Rut our works were
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The Highland Weekly News
Hillsboro, Ohio, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1862
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