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nder the debris and gave them their breakfast. There were two Confederates, says the letter, buried under the loose ground. They were both in the same hole. I think one was a lieutenant. I was sitting over them, and felt the ground move under me. My colonel ordered me to dig the dirt away. I got them both out, and neither was hurt. We gave them breakfast out of our haversacks. Mr. Lynch, further expressed a desire to hear from these veterans if they were still living. Lieut-Colonel J. S. Watrous, U. S. A., in an article extensively published by the press, touchingly gave the reasons why Captain Tom La Flesch, who had recently died in California, and who fought through the war in the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, (whose first colonel was the late Gov. C. C. Washburne), loved the men in gray, who starving, barefooted and almost naked, accepted the cruel sufferings unmurmeringly, and fought like tigers. At the regular meeting of A. P. Hill Camp, C. V., Nov. 2, 1905, a beautiful