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fav (o UjC +'nomonea.inly. . .It ■ticulnrly i arc rt'li-csmse of' 'Jut there s to look a si ; We ople who ) riling Coocl of I lie c reliefs cl', they flection.) true, no ! man i u-- -tu rests Ucr be-nilge the lo less of r tribes with the•ir iri mnaei; innabu-fnee, as nbers, in ^position iilagc. tolerable Dandy, not that irsouage, any . ex-ruerstot;Uni Led :1, hi . itsmember of bis staff'. Ho had offers remarked that if it were his fate to fall in battle, he should be shot through llic temple and die instantly.“The-Spirit of ’73.”The )ad—for he was but a stripling,though he hud seen hard service—lay stretch ed but on the seat. •.;! die car. Another lad of less than twenty summers, with his arm in a sling, came and took a seal, behind him *.vilh mournful infiacsi. J.oolrirg at me, for 1 was accompanying iiie,-iok buy to his home he asked ;Is he a soldier ?“Yes.”“Of what regiment V’ “The I3t!i Illinois cavalry. Are you a soldier ?” ■•Te's, ‘‘Where do you belong ?” “Id the 3.05th regiment of Illinois volunteers.”“The, 105th regiment ! That • sounds well Illinois is doing nobly,” I did belong t o the IIth Illinois infantry.’’“Then how came you in the 105th ?”“I was wounded at the battle of Fort Do nelson, so that I was pronounced unfit for service and discharged. But I recovered from my wound, and-when they commenced raising this regiment in my neighborhood, I again enlisted.”Hitherto ihe sick boy had been perfect!v still. . Now he turned over, looked up with glistening .eyes, stretched forth his hand wilh the slow movement of a sick man to the top of the seat, and without saying a word, easr-erly grasped the haiid ofllhejicw recruit.— The patriotism that giosred its those wan features, and prompted thejse slow, tremulousmiles o Glencoiare saicThe wpassed f lender in the Belle P I t i cos f i prairie! below 1os Li mad iii sect ittlio gem which t: wilh a we cam; th roug h scared,ans. a tic boir liv stump iHow arrived on Thaigatherethig hi,msman, wfc“Yes,” r pointing thev ha'Vbystsuidi the storhad replt;tered.” held by cavalry.movements,'JiUe electricity] ran through every heart. The twice enlistedlyooth, as soon usshould.Hie saw his in ten lions, deligh led at the apnro-question •ith . the of both and the sat is facer hand isfactioneiatiou and ietlecmon of his own spirit, grasped the outstretched band; exclaiming,’ifcdify | for you !”. . .. j. . ., ■ ’ |Words, cannot'.describe the effect upon the j passengers, as they saw those hands clasped ' in token of mutual esteem for love of country’ a mutual pledge that each was ready to giveniples of his life, liis-al!,. for tbat; ccjmniry ; ' they, felt res had that the spirit, of’76 still survived, sssentialCheers.] eitherGesl, Kissxry’s'.. Strategic Views.—-The NeV 'York Times in its obituary uotice ofAfrom VVh tvas asst; Gen. Re: tie of Sa and left stripped and left Union 3:i brought, probabijimh'- of I General Kei-nev. savs ::Lieu. . regiment nehtal atrti-
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1862
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