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*! Z4UIID *7 LO*QfTBWr*S ATTACK OK SUFFOLK.bt hied nnrrtmt.** ■*“•» w1 —~vO’er tb* forest dark of pine, The frebel firesdimly gleaming „ casing,From our leaf thened picket line!—While like thunder disfhnt boomlag,We hear the deep and sullen aougd,Of the cannons, pn the gunboats,Dow tv upon the Nansens oni,New and then a flash and raitle,And a ballet’s whistle shrill,Show us that the rebel foe men,Are entrenched before us still.But the livelong night we listen To the cannons booraiftg sound.From the gunboats and the rebels Down upon the Nanaemond.There the rebel foe is eager,The Federal rear to gain,Seeming careless if it cost him Thousands of his bravest slain j But there are those opposing,Who will never yield their ground,We have Lawson, Roe and Cushing,Down upon the Nanaemond.At last a chosen phalanx*Of our true and trusty braves,Their course are nobly bending To where the rebel banner waves ;Upon the shore they’ve landed,They stand on hostile ground,And their cheers art ringing wildly,O’er the famous Nanaemond,They spring upon the rebels » Like two tigers on their prey,And their shouts of exultation Let us know they’ve won the‘day.That the rebels flaunting banner Is drooped upon the ground,By the gallant sons of freedom,On the banks of Nansemond.♦On the evening of April 19th, Lieut.-Col. Kngland with the 89th N, Y., and Lieut.-Gol, Ward wjth the 8th Connecticut Volunteers, stormed and took a battery of five guns from the enemy on the west bank of the Nanaemond.— Rebel loss, 130 prisoners one killed and six woonded. Federal loss, three killed and five wounded.
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Trumansburg News
Trumansburg, New York, US
Fri, May 22, 1863
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