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THE STORMING OF MISSION RIDGE.

THE autumn sun rose clear and bright

On mountain-top and town,

And through the hazy morning light

The Rebel horde looked down.

On Lookout's side, in the valley's mist,

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We rose, a loyal band,

From hilly East, from prairie West,

Pride of the Northern land.

We waved our hats in joy and pride,

As morn revealed above,

Against the green of the smooth hillside,

The starry flag we love.

Then Hooker's boys were put in trim

To charge the rocky height,

Where double-shotted cannons grim

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