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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
and completely routed them. It has been the fortune of some of them voluntarily and successfully to lead the forlorn hope, regardless of opposing numbers. Their scars and thinned ranks now attest their services to their country. The honor of their Nation and their State has been safe in their hands, and both will cherish and reward them. Monuments to the memory of the brave dead are now erected in the hearts of
the people, and National monuments to their memory will be erected by a grateful country. "
The military operations in the field in 1862 had not been very favorable for the Union cause. In December the Union army in Virginia had failed in its attack on Fredericksburg,
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