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Brigade at Balaclava pab$ into com pa rati vc insignificance; where, perhaps, the fate of the Union anil of the(%•;« b racy was decided; where nearly i r»,(H)o men of the two armies were killed, wounded or lost in the three das* fighting in July, iSbTthe memorable battlefield, now anational cemetery, ill he the s ene of a reunion which has been deemed impossible nn» } now, almost a halflt;*lt; nturv since Appomattox There is mighty Httle ‘wav ng of the bloodyshirt' fhes.• days. Indeed, exceptj Irom suc h anachronisms as Ifey-bui of Idaho, there has been mighty little' of it in years, the lt;* at major of men who partook i?i the actual warfare deprecating the practice and leaving it largelyto camp-followers and demagogues.\But, at that, it’s taken a long timej to heal t he old sores. Timlt;* was -and not so long ago —when thej Northern bo£ in the South had al-I most daily to resent being c alledI blue belly,*' just y« pis Southern compatriot in the North had to f ght or submit to being contetnpu ously termed ' Johnnie Ueb. Thlt; celebration ne:| year, on g ; . y, '! lowe 1 hv the blood of thousands 01
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Record and Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Fri, May 10, 1912
Page 2
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Joe O.
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