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| brigade, and should there bo any vir-
tuo IN it, remember it belongs to Y.
}. Popc," who "urged mo on to its
complotion."
1t Is a book to mako ono laugh
and woep-it sweeps tho whole ga
NUT Of umotion, as it carries ono
back to those far away days of battle
and march and camp, and makes tho
Old soldier live over again the scenes
OF long ago. One socs the Veterans
as they sit around the camp fire; he
ilStons to their stories, their Jokes
and songs; ho walks tho dusty high.
ways with them in tho hot July sun,
or tramps through mud and miro
with them while the wintry rains de-
scend and winds blow; he crouches
with them behind the stono wall or
The hasty breastwork of rails, whit
ing the command that shall send
their grey limo shouting to the bat,
tie; ho finds himself in tho midst of
tho confusion and stress Of tho fght
itself, SEQ his comrades fall, hears tho
trluml hant robcl yell as tho FLAG at
last HES ovrr captured earthworks, or
tho sullcn, reluctant. unwilling muir
muir Of dissent us tho line is driven
back. Capt. DicLorps description Of
tho antics of the "arliward mann
whom "his comrades called 'Mucus,
"s someone said that was tho Latin
for 'c"lf." (soe page 1853 tho nc.
count OF tho great SNOWFALL fight,
I.p 2oo" "2o10 the story of tho mag-
hhlcent charge Of tho brigade at
Gettysburg, in which it suffered n
lar creator loss comparatively than
dld PIckctts division in it's lannon's
ch"rSo next day; tho scenes he do.
pets Of the battlefield of Chicka-
m""g" tho day following tho fight
thcso arc examples Of the humor,
tho pathos, tho vividness, the artlcss
art OF tho author in making what he
describes stand out like Il picture be-
ioro tho mental eye Besides these
tho book il full of short but valuablo
biographical sketches Of many of the
officers Of tho brigade, most of
whom have now joined their COM
rades Of long ago on "the other
s'de," and photographs of number
OF them reproduced in half.tone,
which add groatly to the interest and
value of tho volume. In tho Appen.
dix la Il roll, rs complete as is posi-
bic, OF tho officers and mon of tho
brigade.
This book will glve a far better
conception Of tho characteristics Of
tho rank and flo Of the Confederate
army than many moro protcntious
volumes that treat of the war, but
do not bring out tho part played in
the great struggle by tho men in the
ranks. From this point of view tho
contribution Of Capt. Dickort to the
history Of those days may be COM
pared to Green's History Of the En-
glish People in it's relation to other
histories of England. Capt. Dickcrt
has mado a noteworthy contribution
to tho history of the war and the
part taken in it by tho gallant State
OF which tho mon Of Kershaw's Rri
gado were representative. It will be
read with interest by all who love
aud honor tho mon who wore tho
grey. The author we'll says in his
dedication: "This work is i y
not (to be rcgardeD as a testimonial
OF thor worth, nor AZ Il memorial
OF their service, for this is beyond
human pen; but as a slight tribute
to their trials, their endurance, their
loyalty and their courage during the
four years III which the author had
the honor to call them comrado."
Pnplishcd by Elbort II. Aull Com
pany, Newborry, S. G. PIP 5S3.
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