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THE STORMING OF MISSION RIDGE.

To charge our bold array,

Where brave and ready Sherman's loss

Had wellnigh won the day.

Observing all from Orchard Knoll,

With confidence and trust,

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The master-mind that planned the whole

Then calmly said "We must."

And, charging up the steep ascent,

Brave Sherman led the way;

The pine-trees by the cannons rent

Across his pathway lay.

The storm that raged on Tunnel Hill

Then crept along the right,

The hail that swept from out the dell

Was answered from the height.

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