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Fourth Cavalry III
Weave him a mantle of burning shame, Stamp on his forehead that dreadful name, Which deeds like his inscribe in blood,? A traitor to man! a traitor to God! " Plait him a crown of the flower that comes In the ashes that lie o'er burned homes! Let his sceptre be the smoking brand Which his fiat sent throughout the land!" Report of Colonel Pritchard to the Secretary of War, covering the pursuit and capture of Davis: Headquarters 4th Mich. Cav'y Detachment, Washington, D. C, May 25, 1865. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec's of War, Washington, D. C: Sir.?I have the honor to report that in obedience to orders received from Colonel B. H. G. Minty, commanding division, I left Macon, Ga., at 8 o'clock P. M. on the 7th inst., in command of the 4th Michigan Cavalry, with a numerical strength of 419 men and 20 officers,
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