The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-04-20
The Death Struggle at Buena Vista
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ma, and Monierey,, saw tne ciouos yonpe
down on the last charge on nuenr , Nis'a'
that scene worthy o' .hc unySo' ""sh'
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: die in,lnrionsly seemed IN IN his owe,
ycin, and dlrt n deadly frc from his owe,
AZ that moment be looked like II,
old man. For his brow, hirh and rctren
ing, with the blood-clottcd hair wayi,
back from itsoutlinc, WAS swollen in eve,
vein. as though his soul shone from
: ere she nei forever. I.ips .et. brows k nj
hnuI firrn--n c;rcIa of bis ,,,ap f,bti,