The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-29

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Low tho tho dark Il clouds hung and gloom vas
And q. the I, rebel at hordes in long lines Of
We're i. coming J. bit veterans stooa-"In The
On yieksbnrg's fair heights. where rebels
Ike demons made fight. their freedom to
And saTe would have won, but day after
Old veterans stood like d wali--pln; Inc
When .Donelson's forts belched tlre in red
When thick air was pierced with tn shelly
awful screams; ~ :
When Duclsner faced death to carry the
lie failed. for veterans stood = In tho
way" iyig III stfs u y tx d 7
On Gettysburg's Held where furIas OF he'll
Let loose on our boys and the old rebel
Rang down the long lines of the on-com-
Ing crew. 80 Hatt sls =.
As pointing Sai , they charged on tho brave
When charge after charge met awful de-
feat, rltf :. n ~ 2 - F53t z 7
TIN yell en-, Of delight turned to cries of ere.
TIL beaten they, broke and fed in dlsmny,
Because. the old veterans stood-,an 4he
~ way 10 ~
When. shierman'ei long line cut TREASON; in
And traitors fought back again. and again.
When ''on to the seattle band would mt
Twas veterans Scared who marched7'ln
the, way" va 49,
On W VI road when victory seems
For traitors assured and bayoncts sieam-
soy cd, gFgjs,N 80 y sss ~ .suITlsf fs1,r
Twas sherldan's voice changed the tide
And veterans turned and stood-"ln the
at Lockout" whose top with tho hro was
From guns which heched death through
the hours and tho days, i Gs-,lf
There marched up its sides, fighting COL
Long lines Of tho bluc-"old vets"-"in the
~ n Way IN 20 sf y IS
In Wilderness swamp. tho rebels laid deep
A scheme me- to entrap-to catch Grant
sut firm 'e es roc,. the h,ue met Tho -, J..
Tho line of old veterans stood-'in the
St way
Along the Potomac. whore war was SO red
That Death, took headquarters to gather
,y,ore biood i,or,od a. freo q, ,r..,..
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Where thousands who telln mortal may
s. know; 'is4i 3 Z; Ii. s Z. Z ~
Whore lie was as CHEAP as breath IA n
where na Death was l.. loose nnd ue,, q i.
where or Greek mo. tho Greek, and traitors
Fror, I'm mn "a q, rho h,uo IN ,,,,o, !,
:" track: : -, = t ".
fSf''i'.3t'i'i
o'er and Ger: ' .' vac to - -
het dId nnu noF 'iieif HOMES ereir NE plood3
Where steel clashed on steel and sabcr-
where .t ,,an d usS allow. ,,o,r o,,a, II,
sung; : II ~ :" -
uy,o-o sho, ,,,, M. h,u 80 l
56 shrleked through air.
ANA , iiasned In mo hsht ike meteors'
Where men became dumb and fell 10 the
,o gust ii.o,,c, H., ,,,,. - ~,
thrust; ~ S'''''
wa, ~.
death ''.e ''out VI
For mother. Tor home, with quick, feet
Mid scenes which no tongue can toll. or
,r,,o Ger may,
way" we A' "Ni ~ tt'e
-,
tread. - ''''o'' '"o al tii'es i'ts'
To old Appomattox. where treason lay,
hlon: the whole line ,raInst Tho arm, !,
-, gray :.
~ p, II. Bristow.
1t seems to me that every Grand
Army man. every man who worn Nh.
b,up IN that W.T., ,,r,,-,, a., ~, ~,
tion.s ,,re sbo,,d 600 ~, ~. 49, 49,.
;t,rt;,t ,,r,,,,,,, M - -.
veterans sbonld n.v,r hn hnnor,5 St,.,,s
tbn ch,af n,ace IN orr ren,h,,o
Narrower every ,or ~ !, ,.,.a
every daurbtar Of !, yctrr,n shor,n or
ccrate ,nd ae,,,,,a m. =, !, = ,rhn ;, ~,
to snapr at the Soldiers =, ,ha n,,;an
and onn,rpni,v nr,y NO. ,ha,n 49,.
,,jsb, BIO ,bo,,o,aa nv; = -''s'' :.
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