The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-25

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and Ate an" S''P' VIC
What the Early Dawn h'Nea'e" 10 '"'
Tederals.
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heard coIlinahoS s'N.Yi ~ ~, ,'nT,I S'r
they marced on, NY un''' Wv. a,,,l,,,,,
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the stuilis, ana 'ici' 'n' '''' '''e
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10" ul'e' an nv, ',,I.i,,,. TINT ni,,bt
ana ''''i, We " "'. I,r;7b, and almost
q, '''''' ,,,.o ,s Tba Copfederat.
~. ,oro IN r,oin view before us
,'',.,',.n,t.s wbioh we knew were bare of
H.. ,rL.ro yvos a noisy fire from the
C,,,roIorote mcket, in front of us SO un-
- and FRIGHTENED were they that their
t,.,i.,, sa,,,, bi,,b ohove us We cooked and
,d ,noI.d fine time away. This when
- ,,,oIi,..rt enlisted man in the Second
,.,.,.,.5 l.r,o,y tbot NOT many miles away the
.,I,,,,,s ~ the army of northern Virginia
,,-,,,., ,,,orchinp snrion.ly to save Petersburg
a,I picbrnond and the Coufedcracy. We
1.',i ar,,ost coz. those veteran troops-lenn,
s,,,,a,;J HUNGRY md battle torn. with set
80. a,d oryious lookinr eycs-striding
an, ,bro,,oh fine du,t pouring over
- crovJinp through the streets of
- and aver hurryiug on to face us
hnG zoo ,,royy TINT once they got behind the
,,,.h,,,-,,, IL, nnr front we could not drive
-. thy did not surrender cannon
,i i,,.rorcb,,cuts IA disor,lerly gangs Of
.,,,oJ ,e,r,,s They did not understand
I,,, troon. could lose earthworks when
assa;lod hv eoual numbers of soldiers. Still
l,,,l,oj oni ate and sat idlv looking into
l,,, snotber's ewes ouestioningly at first, theI
f,,,,ot;,.ntIv and then augrilv.
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