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TWO MODl'KX KNIC.IITS i:RRAXT.
IIV <'.IM l< AI. JAMI S I.UWr Wll.XlN.
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IT is curious Ii<>\v impartially Uk- hirth-
placLS of lliL' most illustrious actors iu
the late- civil war. of whom thcrt; arc ouly
two stirvivors. were <listril)utc(l throu.nliout
k
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WILl-lAM ll.-.KKI'.K CrSlMM
the rtiitcfl States. The two i)resi(lents of
that period. I.iucolu auil I)a\is. were ua-
tives of Keutucky ; (iiaul, Sluruiau aud
Stanton of Ohio ; Seward aud Sheridan of
New York : Thomas, Lee, Joseph Iv. J<>liu
vSton and •• Stonewall " Jackson were born
in \'irj{inia : l-"arra,i;ut and I'orrcst iu
Tennessee; Hancock. McClellan aud Acl-
miral Porter in I'eunsyhauia : Andrew-
Johnson in North, and l-reniont in .South,
Carolina ; I,on'4;.street in Alabama ; I5eau-
rcgard in Louisiana ; Cliasein New liami)-
shire, and Adams and Sninncr in Massa-
chusetts, while the Northwest jjave us the
\iiun,t; na\al hero and le bean sabrenr
who are the sidjects of this sketch.
• .\11 history," re-
m a r k s liniersou.
•• resolves itself into
the bioijraphies of a
few stout and ear-
nest persons." The
fust of thesi' two
stout and e.\cee<l-
iuj^ly earnest per-
sons with whom we
ha\e to do iu this
l)apei, William i!ar-
ker Cushin.y. was
born in Jielafield.
Wisconsin, Noveu -
ber 4. 1S42. After a
few \ ears' attend-
ance at the iMcdonia
academv , Chantau-
(pui county. New
\"ork. to which state
the family had re-
moved after his fa-
ther's death, \<'un^
Cushinj^ received in
1S53 the ])osition of
l)a^e in the House
of Representatives,
l-'our \ ears later he
was a])pi)inted a ca-
det at the luiled
States Naval Acad-
em\ at Annapolis.
Oushiuj.;- resij;iied
March Ji. iS(.i , and
in May he \olun-
teered in the navy, was made a master's
mate, aud the ver\ day after his .irrival
at Hampton Roads captured atul bronj;ht
into ]>ort a tobacco schooner, the tlrst ]jri/.e
of the war. He was attached to the North
.\tlautic blockading s(|uadrou. and re-
jieatedly distin}.ruisheil himself b\- suc-
cessful acts of darinj;. Cushinjj was com-
missioned lieutenant in July iS()j, and in
N(i\eml)er he was ordered to the ste.nuer
MUis, to c.iptine Jacksonville, T'lorida, in-
tercei)t the Wilminj^ton, North Carolina,
7f/v) .]/()/ )/:a'.v a\\/<;///.s aa'A'. /a/:
2>)^
mail and (Ustmx tin.' salt woiks al New aiuon^ llu' iiu>st ilariiiL; of tlu- foiii wars'
Iiikl. I If i'a|>liirt(l a lai l;v mail, took two war. was tlii' (kstnu'lioii, on tlu' iii.ii;lit of
C'liiiriili ralf pn/.is, ami sIkIIkI a Coiikil <)i-l()l)ir 2~. iShj, (iftliL' CoiilVikialt- iimi-
ii.itt.' lamp, 1ml was imahlf lo rniss Uu- olad Alht-mark-, wliicii l'"aiiai;iil said to
bar llial iii^lil. and in Uw morninj; tla- tlii' wrilcT he- dL-cnu-d llic most dannlkss
.sUanur was aiJi()iin<l. TIiu
Of* 4
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CI'^UING IlLOWING Ur Tllli ALlllMARLl;.
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SKCTION AM> M.AN nV Till: AMll-.M AK I.I.. SIICIWINC.
AMI I'lllNT Ol' ATTACK.
naval dcvd c-vt-r jitTfoniU!! 1)\' any xounj^f
oHu'cr of {\\u Aniciii-an naN\ . This jiow-
L-i fill \L'SS(.l had siu'ccssfidly (.luoiinUiLd
a stron.u tktl of I'V-diral i^unhoals and
foii^lil llicni for si\(.ral liouis w itlic t siis-
tainiiii;' malarial dania.uL-. Tlurf was
nothing- in llic norllicrn sniiadron ahk- to
cojif with her, as was the rase- with the
Meiriniao, nntil Worden. with the Moni-
tor, ap])eared in Hamilton Roads. Cusli-
injr volunteered to destroy the Alheniarle,
and with a steam launch and asm.ill erew
he ascended the Roanoke ri\er, towin.^ an
armed cutter. 'I'lie river was lined with
]iickets to .miard a.i^ainst just such an at-
tack as this, hut the lieutenant's luck did
not desert him, and he was within a hun-
dred yards of the ironclad ram before he
was disco\ered. Casting ofl'tlie cutter, lie
firdered lur crew to attack a i)icket post
nearliN. while, with a full liead of steam,
he drove the launch strai<;ht
at the lui.ue vessel, whose
crew rushed to (juarters and
at once ojieiied fire, Ciishin};-
re]il\in!L;" elVectivel\" with his
howit/er. A circle of heavy
loj::s, hoonied well out from
her side, with the very pur- -
pose of ]ire\entin,u; the action "
of torjiedoes, was discoxered
by the younj; hero, but the
boat was driven o\er them,
as they had become slimy, and by the time
the launch received her death wound from
the eneni\"s _sruns, Cnshinj.r had cof)lly
vSwuuij the torpedo boom under the .\lbe-
inarle's overhan<j or bottom and exploded
the cliarjje. Ordering his crt;w to look (jiit
Tin; i.iii. iiiioM
for them.selvcs he sprang
into the liver, swam under
water as fir as possible, and
in the darkness escaped
alone, reachiiiii- the ojijiosite
bank half a mile below. As
soon as 1k' recoxeri-d his
strength he iilun^ed into
till' ditise swam]) and, after
Mian\ hours of wcar\ waii-
dei inland wadiu;,^, cauKout
uiioii the shore of a creek,
where with his usual yood
luck he found a small jiicket
boat, and at t!e\en o'clock
the followin.iL;' iii.i;lit, almost
dead from cold, hun^ei and
fati.iLiue, Cushini.;- was carried
oil board the X'alley City, a I'liited vStates
.nuniioat. .\s soon as it was known that
he had returned after destidyiiij;- the Alhc-
inarK- lock-ls were rejoicin<rly thrown up
by e\"; ;, \ issel of tile Heel.
I)e]iri\ed of the jirotection of the .\lbe-
marle, the s(|iia<hdn soon cajjlnred 1'1\ in-
outh and the surroundiiiiL;" coiintr\'. ( »f
the .nallant fellows whc volunteered to risk
their lives with the fearless Cushini;. but
oneescai)ed, all the others beiii.y either
drowned, killed or captured. The lieu-
tenant had little expectation of escajiiuij
death or imprisonment in carryin<.;- out his
dangerous enter])ri.se, in which, as he said
to the writer, the chances were ten to one
•if^ainst him. To his brother oflicers he
Tin; i;scAi'i; ipk (.fsiii.xi;.
remarked as he was settinjj out to destroy
theironclad : " Anotherstripeor acotlnil "
I'ive times he was otTiciallx C()m])limented
by the vSecretar\- of the Navy, and for the
atTair of the .Albemarle he received the
thanks of Conj;;ress — the youn!,rest Amer-
TUV MODICA'X h'XIG/nS F.h'K.LV/.
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crsTi:R wiii;n a (.adkt at wist rmxT
ican c\xr so honored -and was piuinott-d
lu lliu rank of liculfnant i-oiiiiiiaiulcr. It
may he safely assorted lliat the naval his-
tory of Ihf world affords no ollu-r (.xanijtk-
of snch marxxUons coolness and profes
sional skill as that exhibited 1)\ the younji
heroof only Iwenty-lwo in tlu destruetioii
of the Alheniarle.
At l"ort I'isher, under a constant atid
lieav\- lire, C'nshinij;^ buoyed out the chan-
nel in a small skiff, continuing; tlie dan-
j,reronswork forsix hours, until completed.
At the final assault he led a force of sailors
and marines from the Monticello in an
attack on the sea front of the fort, and
amid an unceasing; lire at short ranjic,
which cut down nuuiy of his men, he
crossed kk) yards of sand, rallied his
force ;md aflorded such efficient .service
to the troops that before midnight I"ort
l-'isher was surrendered, .\fter the close
of the war Cushiui;- served in the I'acific
and Atlantic sciuadrous, beinjr in command
of the sleamei' Lancaster in
is'i'i 7 and of the .Mauinci' in
i.S(i.S-(,. ( >n the retiuii of the
latter vessel to the I lliled
Stales he was ad\aniid lo the
}.;rade of Conunaiidir in Jan-
uary \'^~2. beitij.; the \oi;n,iiist
ollicer of that rank in the
Anuiican na\ \ . His iKallh
diinaudin^resl and relief Imni
duly 1h' w.in ailowi-d lea\e of
absence. l)Ul his i-oustitulion
was couipletelx' nndiiniim-d
by exposure and ovir ixir-
tion. and he died of bi.iin
fever in Washiuylon, Disliict
of Cohinil)ia, December 17,
iS7.4,at the earl\ a,i;e of thirty-
two, leavin<f behind him, in
the words of I.ord !'>> ron :
• !-"aiiK' moti' lliaii iniiiiv;h In tr:uk
lii- nuiiini \ . '
A \essel of our tiew navy
has ])ro](eil\ and most ap])ro-
])riately been named the Cush-
in^ in his honor.
( )ur other \ o u n ;.; hero,
fieoriie .\rnistronj; Custei , the
son of an nhio farmer, was
born in Harrison countv, I)e-
cember5, iS.V). He was "graduated at the
I'nited States Military academy in June
I.'^'>l. the lowest but one in his class, owiu^
to his loce of fun and mischief Cnstir
used lan<.jhin<;ly to claim, in later years.
that it re(|uired more skill to },cra<hiate next
to the foot of the class than at the head, as
to keej) within one of jioiu!; out and \ et
escape beins; dropped was a serious ])rol)-
lem. He ])f>ssessed yreat strength and
was a pood as well as fearless rider, taking
the hij,diest lea]) ever made at West Point,
with a sinijle exce])tion, when, in 1S41,
Cadet r. vS. (irant. monnte<l on •• \'ork,''
a jiowerfidly built chestnut sorrel, cleared
a bar rai.sed six feet and five inches, the
highest jumji recorded in the military
records of the old world or the new.*
Custer was so eajrei Ibr active duty that
he declined the usual leave of absence ami
immediately rei)orted at Washing; ton.
('■eneral Scott j^ave him despatches to
carrv to McDowell, tlien in comman<l of
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widdic Cnnil ilnnsi-. L'iisti.-r w.is liit-w-lUd
hi i^adicr-mnrial in Uk- rniU-d Slates
army in Manli 1S115. In a ux-m-ial (HiKr
/Il(> l/i i/'/:A\\ A'\ /'-///> AAA /A/. -"i'l
iiddiv^xd tM In- ■ii\ i-mn. 'l.il"l A|>i"iiii,i! .Ilmi- N'.n'.li.iv. n.\.i ',-.-~i .1 ^mi, in \ . i
tci\ r<.mlli(>ii-r, in April, lu- >.inl : ■■ I nn L.-i ,1 , .,l,,i .ni.l in \ > • 1" < 11 .1. !( .il« ■; .unl
iii'^- tin- li.isl M\ iiKiiitli-. .illlmii-li ill iin-l iiwiwuli i.iinliir,: lli<- num. imh- i ii-.i-i
iii-~l.iin ' ■- ii.nlniiibil 1a -miihi i. >i iiiniil" 1 - nn nl- in 'a liii li \ "ii Ii.im !m,i iic .1 inniiii
\(iii lia\ I r;i|ilii|-.il iHiiii ;1um luiiis in "iM 11 mill I'.ul, in, linliii- l!n'-> nu iium .iMr
li.iUli- 111 pitri's .if |"k1<1 .iilillii) . siNl>- iMttl. -..I'th. ^li. n. 111.1. mIi VMii li.i\<- ..ipt
li\i' l.:iUK ll.i-s ;in.l \i|.u;ii.K .'f !.'..«". nu'l .\>i\ pi... ..f .nlill. 1 \ wlii.li llu
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i'V U.'/ll/.'.-V .■/ .1/" I. KSlt
.r~n 1 - 1 IK -I
,l;l//l s 1 IC.'M \ rl|..l....K Mil
^oo
7 no .\/<>/>/:a'.v a.v/(,///\ aaa'. /.\ /:
Ciistir was ]itisiiil at llic suminUt of
CuiKial I. II'. Ill- is tlms iKsciil)t<l hv a
CoiifickTalt.- laplaiii wlut was with tlu'
tmops iiiaisliallid in line for sihiiikU'I :
" Dciwn ill. it liiuiaiiu* niural CiisUr. Il\
Ills yilluw hair and lM»yish fare he is known
to all of tis. N\ar llu' rinln- of i1k> lini'
111' tiiiiis lo his hand ami onKis it to jdax'
• Dixii'.' As llu- marvellous strains of iIk'
Cotifitkiati' war -ony lloat in liiniid swiil
iK'ss aronnd ns. wc- linak intot\nnnllnoiis
I'littrin};. Ciiiural Cnstcr waves his hat
and a Ihonsand .L;allanl soldiirs in Mnc
(iasli tlRirrajis inlluair. Smh was< Ifn
cral Cnsttr in thf prtscm-i- of a iM.ii<|ncrnl
fof." In IIk- sanii.- tnonlh. April, C'listcr
was ajJpoinU'd Major-^iiaral of XOlnn
Uxrs. I Ic partiripatc-d in all Imt oni- of
tlif important hatlks fon^jht In tin.- Ann\
of tile I'otoniac. ami had clevin hoists
shot niidcr him witlioiit <.v«.r luitiji^ seri-
ously woiindi'd. A fill' till' war ilose'd he
led his fanions di\ ision of ravaliy for the
last time on Mav 2;^. |S'>5. in the uraiKl
review of the two _<;reat armies of the east
andthewest hy the president and his cabi-
net and (leiieral Ciratit, on whieh oeeasion
Ciisler"s hij;"li-si)irite<l th( onj^hliied he-
canie frij^diteiied and ran away with him.
On the second day that veteran army ap-
peareil, whose drnms had heeii heard from
Ohio lo the .sea and hack a,u:ain to the To-
lomac. What mighty cheers from a hun-
dred thousand S])ectators filled the air as
Sherman passed alonj;' i'ennsyhania ave-
nue at the liea<l of those invincible veter-
ans who had marched throujrh eiglit rc-
l)ellioiis states I With what an easy, care-
less, accurate swiii";- the {.jaunt veterans
moved forward I How weatherl)eaten and
bron/.ed, and how din^y. as if tlie smoke
of numberless battlefields had dyed their
well-worn jiarnients and the soil of camps
and battlejifounds had adhered to them I
And the llaj^s tliey carried I Terrible is an
army with banners, if tho.se banners are
riddled and torn by the shot and shell of a
liundred hotly contesteil fields. Iklmonl.
Donelson, Shiloh, \icksbur<j:. Chattanoo-
j;a, Resaca, Atlanta and Hent(mville are
a few of the n;inies that were written in
bullet holes on the tattered and weather-
beaten banners. Hut no other .standards,
however jjorijeous with new Ijeanty, could
be lialf so interestiii};- to the thoujrhtfnl
observer, and it is not surprisinj^ that the
usually calm and impassive cemntenance
of Ciranl ,i;lowed with diip feelinii- as the
historic colofs weicbonu aloii;.; ii\ tlu' men
wjio had followiil his xictorioiis t(iiiise
from Cairo to \ icksbm;.;. and fimii \irks-
biiijx hail marclud with Sherman throU}.;li
the verv ciiitrc of the Confe<krac\ . I'n-
fect liarmon\ ptcvaikil anioui; llie parti-
sans of both ariniis of the l'otoiii,ic and
of Ilk' 'reiiiiessee. The countrx was proud
of them, and tluir n\ iew was the most
ma;.jnilicent militarx' spectacle e\er wit-
nessed on the.Xnierican continent. As the
(juiet dis|iersion of a million of well .sea-
'-'oned soldiers, w ho laid asidi' their swords
to iitiirn to the iiatlis of ])e;ice, it was per-
haps the {.riandest and most sij^Miilicant
eventof the niiieteinth cititurx . Said Mr.
("dadstoue to the- writer: •• If I were an
American there is no pa;.;e in her history
of wliiili I should feel so ]>roiid."
.\fler the re\ii'W < 'uneral Custer w,is sent
toTexas to command .1 division of <;ivalrv
and remained on this dutv till March i.S(/>,
when he was niustereil out of the \-olun-
teer service. He then a]iplii(l to the War
department for permission to accept from
rresident Jiiare/ the jilace of chief of the
Mexican c.ivalr>- in the stru.y,-,tjle a,uainst
Maximilian. I lis application was re-
fused, and Custer joined the Seventh ca\'-
alry at port Rile\' as lieutenant-colonel,
serving;' on the ])lains for three years and
winninj;- the Imlian battle of Wachita. In
1S71 he was .sent with his rei;imeiil to
Kentucky, remaininjr there two years. In
the spriii},^ of 1S7; Cu.ster went to Dakota
and accoini)anied .an expedition to the
Yellowstone, fi^jhtinj; two en<ra{;emeiits
with the SioiiN Indians. Injul\ 1S74 he
led a e'olumn into the JUack Hills, which
resulted in a hitherto nne.x])lored re};iim
beinjr opened to civilization. In May 1S76
he marched ayfainst the Siou.x Indians,
who were discovered enciinii)ed on the
Little Hijr Horn river. Oil the25th of June,
without waiting; for the infantry, as he was
ap])rehensive the enemy would escajie.
an attack was made by a portion of the
rejjiment under ^Nlajor Reno, Avliich w.i.s
repulsed. Still nnccmvinced of his mis-
take, Custer charsjfed on another ])art of the
field, fijjhtinjj aijainst overwhelming' num-
bers of well-armed fex'S and nunnentarily
expectinjj to l)e joined b\' Reno, who was
then in retreat. .\t the end of a fierce but
hopeless flight the heroic le.ider, with his
277 followers, formed a bivouac of the dead.
/no i/i >/>/■: AW h\/(,///s /■AA'.i.v/
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I
Not a siiijilc soldiii isriipid lu ull llu sail W ai who alw.ivs rusr t,. tli<- <
story.* TIk-v \viRiiitirui!ii|»(iii llii l.allii' lie was alua\s tvadv to imdiit
fuM. wliiih ill 1S7., was iiiailc a national <liil\ . 110 nialtcr liow ilisptiati
iiimlnv. A iMoiui-
3"!
K'rasion.
.ikk aiiv
ami lit'
IIRIll lirnrdill;; the
iiaiiH' and tank cilall
who will' slain was
erected 1>\ tin- Iiiiliil
Statis ,l;(>\i innRiit
iin IIk' s])(il w li f I c
Cirster made his last
stand In accKidanre
with his own wish
the VDiin;; hiio was
hnrifil with military
hotiorsat Wist I'oint,
uIkiv a Ilea >i t i fii 1
nionnnaiit marks his
rcstin.LT plaie, mar
those of Winlield
vSoott an<l other illns-
trious soldiers. The
st<)r.\- of his career has
heeti written hy I'led-
erick Whittaker, and
it also a ]i |)ear s in
Custer's xoliime enti-
tled M\ 1,1 fe on the
Plains, as well as in
three pleasant works
written In Mrs. Cns-
ter. To this hrief
tribute to a Liallant
comrade the writer
nmy add. as appliea-
hle to him, the jjoel's
lines •
• Swfit ill inaiiiifrs. fnii
ill liiMii ,
Mild ill triiiiiti, fifiCL' ill
tiKlil.
Warriiir iioMit, i^fiitlci.
bravii.
.\t\( 1 -liiiH liiliold tlH'
lii;ht.-'
Amonj.j the last
letters received by
the author of tliis ar-
ticle from Achniral
David 1), I'orter was
one in which he said:
" I like to talk and
write al)ont the chiv-
alrous Cushinji'. He
was one of t h o s e
brave spirits devel-
oped by tlie Civil
FROM A BCST IN THE POSSKSSION OF MKS. CVSTER.
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/uo .U(>/>/:a'.\' a\7(,///\ /.a'A'. /.\/.
i
m lu nilh' siKVidlnl in liis inUi|iiisis.
iVnlll till fiul lll.ll llU' lUiinV lI|(lMisi(l
tllill no llliill \Miiilil III' loDllliltd . rlloll^^ll
Intiiihurk ill siK li li;i/,anluiis alViiiis. uIkti'
Hrr- sittiufl so Hull' rliaiit'c '/f siiiirss.
A \ir\ iiitinsliii^ voliiiiii.' rn.iM Ik- writ
Icii on llif iiilvinliiivs of the y;illiitil
Liiiilitiiiiil Ciisliiiij^f, fniiii till' litiu In
iiiliH'd till' n;iv\- until liis (K;illi. dm
illy; wliiili .sliml |nrii)(I he pi 1 1ninud
soiiii' riinaikiililr (kids and lift a iipii
lalioii iinparalliliil Tor s>i vomii; an ulli
fir.
•■ In many Mspirts, Ciisliiii.i; and Ciislir
Will'
aliki
lial
liss. l)ia\i' iiiiti. stiatiu'irs tn fiar, ulu)
iiiMi lliniiylil lit" till' niiisii|niiiirs to
lliiinsihrs in aii\ midiilakiii;^, im inaltir
liiiw drspii 111 riif l\vi> nun wiTi' iiul
Kiilv similar in ili.iiai'li i Iml in pirsnii ;
lluir fiatiirts \vi vi- Imld. IIk' i\prcssi<>n
if till' i\ts till' saiiii. and liutli pnsst ssid
litlii- ri;,MiRS wliii'li siiinti] pti«>r aj;ainst
r.itil^iic. Till lliini sidi' 1>> sidi and tin y
wmild lia\i- jiassfd Ini liinllurs. I'liliaps
naliin- fasliiuiis that kind i>( nun alikf
imnlall) ami jilix sii-allx . Cirtaiii it is
llial C'lisliiny- and CiisUrwiii' l\\i> nl
till' most fi'aiU'Ss sjiirils ulm made lluir
iitU'
was 111 tlir iia\\ marks in tlic tuu luaiuliis nf llii' sii\ iii-
till' iitliir was to till army -dasliini;, tvck- dniiny the Ci\il W.ii.
i.itur.il 'I'l iry luvrr 1 .iiiii' iiiiilir :iiiu>iiliiiii liiit lir iliil iml wlinlly iHiapi a U'\ui\ iifMiliiliml and
(liialiluil iritirlsiii in innnriliiiii willi llif I'li^lir aflair in i^
It was iiirv ilalilc lli.it lilanii' fur that
Icrtililc lull inayiiinoi Til lilnmUr ^ilinnM n>t Miiniwluif, and naturally iijMin tlii' nfluir in c..iii
d.
wliii-L- sniiiirdinali
arc Mni))osiil In tarry i
ml liix
inl.
'riial I'nslcv >li.inlil liavi- lillt n inl.i -mli ii
ha|i wiiiild naturally rtlltcl n|>iin li
i])iri(
I'lii- lail-
and I <l(i
i-i- Inn I- ni\
i> lit can^r
■r 111 ill mm rally kiiuwii.
I'll ntral 'I't rr\ '^ t niidnt t
It is )itrniilltd int' to sjitaknr tluin Inday willmnt n -i
in till- inaltt r --ft nis to nw In In' tlif niiliU •-t art in lii- IMV and lIu- limst indi \ nf his iliaratit i . liisUr''
fatal iniiMint nt was in dirt it vinlatinii nf linlli virlial and writltn nrdtr-
Wlitn h
shnt
Hid dis-
iilitditnii' t tidtd ill tlu' Intal dt sirni linn nf his i
inland r,tiiiial 'fi rrv withlnld tlu- fait nf tin- disnlaili-
if nrdt
and siifftrt'd an ini|iiUaliiii linrlfiil tn his military rtpntatinii to rtst njinn liiiiisilf ralhur
than siilijt ft a Inavt- Init indiscrit t -iilMirdinalf to a iharnf of disnlinli
I'mni I'linirat Strinoii, liy
Ihf Kt viiind Iinilnr Tluntlnri' '1'. M\
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