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U. S. Civil War
Twenty Seventh Regiment Infantry
Ruins of manly graces,
Strong buds crushed in spring.
Lift up your phantom faces And see the flowers we bring. "
Notes —Major Moody of the 27th, formerly a well known Lake Superior as well as sea captain, while in command of his company at Jackson, Miss., and while in line of battle behind some protection, being desirous of saving his men from the fire of the enemy, repeatedly cautioned them against exposing themselves, and failing to do so sat unsatifactorly losing all patience with them, rushed in front of the company calling aloud at the top of his voice, "Boys, bear a hand and keep down or by Jupiter if you don' t I'll send every mother's son of you aft" (meaning the rear), inferring that he would do their Dart of the fighting himself.
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