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then recovered from the woods where the enemy had been posted. Such was the fight at the head of Scott's Run. Artillery against infantry at 300 yards; the infantry in the woods, the artillery in the clearing. War presents many anomalies, but few so curious and strange in its results.’ ‘Take him—and welcome!’ the surgeons said; ‘Little the doctor can help the dead!’ So we took him and brought him where The balm was sweet in the summer air; And we laid him down on a wholesome bed— Utter Lazarus, heel to head! And we watched the war with abated breath— Skeleton boy against skeleton death. Months of torture, how many such! Weary weeks of the stick and crutch; And still a glint of the steel-blue eye Told of a spirit that wouldn't die. And didn't. Nay, more! in death's despite The crippled skeleton learned to write. ‘Dear Mother,’ at first, of course; and then ‘Dear Captain,’ inquiring about the men. Captain's answer: ‘Of eighty-and-five, Giffen and I are left ali