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eov-*• •andforuestmdsart-3ur-ved►rgehip.ake a atcat-ild-G?slat-M.ster at a. at-asyonmgtonforoftied^n’slastun-Nll\layoic:■—1 [iss1 itli thego,Latin-Moindackmdahatt.nrlGRAND COTEAU,A SONG BALLAD.lt;ThforcougfameNow gentlemen and ladies, come one and allAnd give ear to my story, both great and small.And while 1 am singing imagine the sightOf a regiment of brave boys engaged in a fight.’Tis the 60th Indiana of which I now speak,Our number was small, our ranks were but weak,But brave were the boys as we heretofore said,As they poured on the rebels heavy showers of lead.over‘Twas on the third of November in the year of *63.At Grand Coteau Prairie, as you may all see, The fight It begun at 11 o’clock,But our lines were too weak to stand the great shock.We had orders to fall back and rally again Which we did time and again amid all their rain,Until overpowered amid that dreadful foe We broke in confusion and away we did go.Thebeergoodpersivereto its gero oftec extei has s ail di pecia child speet fonm in gv tai n s Hall.And on came the rebels commanded by Green.And that’s when they commenced taking us in,And they kept on coming and taking us straight,‘Til our number in prisoners was ninety and eight.There were other troops there engaacd in the fight,But the same as we they were all put to flightThey also lost prisoners as many as we,Now this is the truth for I was there to see.Our number killed and wounded was not sogreat,But woe to the prisoners, for sad was their fate,Eight- days did they march us without any bread,With the promise that plenty was baking ahead.TheBe;SignitsFolejlungs dentr and 5They camped us at night time and again With nothing to eat but raw sugar cane; Sometimes they gave us a bit of raw beef,But because it wasn’t larger was the most of our grief.They marched us to Alexandria and there they let us stay Until they paroled us and brought us away; The weather was rainy, muddy and cold And the shed we were under was all full ofholes.The weather was so cold and wood so scarce, The corn bread and beef were getting muchworse.They thought they’d bring us back to Uncle SamFor fear that we’d freeze or starve on their hands.So on Christmas day we got into our lines And then’s when we had our happy times; Our back rations of whisky rigiit there we did get,And the health that we drank I’ll toll it to you.Here’s luck to our banner and long may It wave.Hose’s health to old Berbridge and all of his brave;Here’s bad luck to the rebels that stripped all our dead,Hoping they may yet stop a chunk of cold lead.—Copied by G. W. Steely, Thibodanx, La., Oct. 26th, 1861.Tinbruissores corns tivek It is c factic per bMorrCuiSofSwerS♦!SI tre foaS!C| th'drs
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West Lebanon Gazette
West Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1899
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