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own mind that I would ao all J eon to pm it clown and punish these W; had been instrumental in origlr.ati: it.The rebels outnumbered us four one. had selected taeir own groan planted their batt^rii s and cooly wai ed for i!s to march up and fall an ea pio ii.to their hands. Hut this c.dr firnt hat fie and vr did not pan to Consider, if we had unown the gre * d to against us. teach man fought a though the result depended on his ow taihv.dual cxe; tions, aever allowlfi the pc ^lbilit^of defeat for a momento enter intcf5 bis calculations; instftitherefore of overwhelming U3 by num bers the rebels were themselves over whelmed by our impetuosity, whicf dn»\e them back from their first an 8tiongt‘St position, whr® fch©y were turn assailed in the rear by Gen Blunt, who fell upon them like a thun derbolt. Once routed the day was 1 and this splendid army on which rebels had depended for great thinbecame a disorganized mass of fu$tives it was impossible to ever rally.* %.
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Moline Weekly Mail
Moline, Illinois, US
Thu, Sep 28, 1899
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