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Munificent Gift.

--The Yankee General Sickles seems to be a great favorite in his corps (the third.) They are getting up a grand "testimonial." for him. It includes, first, a false leg, the most perfect and elegant that can be procured, and with which the manufacturer promises that he can walk without any perceptible limp. To this is added the more costly gifts of a magnificent carriage horses; with harness and trappings company is to be so constructed as to afford all the conveniences in itself for a bivouac on the field, with writing desks, and apartments for papers and documents, toilet arrangements, scats constructed so as to be readily extended into a couch, room for baggage and refreshments for a short journey, and every comfort and elegance that can be suggested. The whole testimonial will cost between five and six thousand dollars, which sum is already in the hands of the treasurer appointed for that purpose.

The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 1, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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