The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-24
A GALLANT WAR COMPANY.
GRAPHIC STORY AND THE TALE OF
COURAGE AND FIDELITY 1T TELLS.
Organization and History OF the Old
Bluff City Grays, Body ofMemphians
Who Charged and Resisted Charges
on Many Battle Fields.

courage, endurance, fidelity TO cause cs-
pouscd, and then there is one OF death and
human anguish ami of broken hearts-all
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story whlch the readers can shape 'or 'hein-
selves as they ponder over the names of the
living and the dead. The account OF the or
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very many years ago.
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