With their backs to the field,
And their feet to the foe.
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true, but whether true or false, it was that conviction that fired his heart and nerved his arm to the last.
He, sirs, was a specimen of our Southern soldiery.
Like him were the men whose deeds of daring and patriotism have rendered immortal the name of this old battalion of artillery.
Like him were Brown, Watson, McCarthy and the men who sank with them in a burial of blood.
Like him were thousands who fell beneath our flag--
Richmond, VA. 1881.
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