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[?ing]. Leaving our very desira
-ble camp, which the boys called "Camp
Thunder & Lightning," we started for Rich
-mond, moving at quick time, when
nearing Richmond, we took the
"nine mile road" (a railroad) leaving R__
to our right. Not to far had we proceeded
upon this road, when we were greeted
by the report of canon and small
arms, and which spoke in tones of
Thunder of a bloody contest, in which
southern blood was once more to
be poured upon the altar of sacri
-fice, a libation to our countrys cause
and with the steady tread, and
defiant slip of men who feared
not. We moved forward to
the bloody field of
"7 Pines"