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32nd Pennsylvania Infantryman Inscribes a Poem "Th

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Autograph Poem Signed, entitled "The Charge of the Penna. Gallant Reserves at Gettysburg." 1p. folio, "To Gen. Crawford from W.C. Bridges Oct. 1863" with pencil corrections, it reads in part: "...The sun in his glory was skinking to rest,/ The army by legions and carnage o’er prest,/ The columns were flying,/ The wounded were dying;/ But hark! what is swelling? the enemy swerves;/’Tis the old Battle shout of the Gallant Reserves./ Right onward they prest with firm measured tread,/ Unheeding the wounded, trampling over the dead;/ Their banners are streaming,/ O eyes fiercly gleeming;/ With hearts beating proudly, with unshrinking nerves,/I’s poured forth the shout of the gallant Reserves..." More. Fine.

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