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To The Memory Of The Dead, Of The Fourth Illinois Regiment

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Day
29
Month
November
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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[We nrp indehted tía friend, says ths St. Louis Eveninq AVirs, for the reproduction fnmi hie icrap book of the following linea. Thev wil] be read with peculiar nml eorrowful interest, since their mi hor ikv.v sleepa the 1 sleoji of le.ith. little ifiotight, wlien vcni-fi neo he panneá tliis tribute :o the mm ory of hie dAd comradea in Mexico, ihat the time wonld como whcii lie would fall in de fcnse o! dis sountry, anl nt. the linnda of those, wlio, then werehii ooontrymen : Whcre rolh the rushing Rio Grande, Here peacefully Ihey slee o: froin theif nativo Northera land, Far fi'om the frii od -vlio weep. No rolling dromt distia-b Iheir rest, Bcneath the sandy Bod - The rnould li 8 luiivy on eoch breast, Tlio spirit, is witli God. Thev lu.ir.1 their oonntry'i cali, and camo To batile f. r her richt; Encli bi som 511 M with martial flame, And kindUn for 1"' fi,?ht. Lilit wa their moasurod footsteps when Tlicv niov'l to seek the foe; Alns thnt hearti so fit-ry. Uien, Shculd 8oon be cold ond low Thoy did not die in e eer Btrife, Upon a veil fought field; Not from tïiered wcund ponred their life, Where cowéring foemet yield Death's rhastlv d was slowly cast Upon f.'ich manly brow; But 'calm and fftrle to the last, They sleep in silence now. Tot sliall a gnUefa] country give Her l-.onors to tbeir name, In kindred hearts their memorias live, An.l history guard their lame; Nor unrme 'bor d do they sicep Upon a fbreign a-rand, Tho near their wnre the wild wavci Thou ruehing Kio Grande. [sweep,

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