. Slowly the men of Averill rode up the ruined warm were the cobble stones beneath their tird horses feet;High oer their heads and banners, upward in eddying the blackend buildings the smothering smoke-cloud their right and left lay ruins, the marks of rebel rage,Twas a scene of desolation, a blot on historys were maid and mother, and houseless were son and sheltering roof to shield them, surrounded all by tire;. V. ^ Cn^c &. ez^/^c ^ HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 389 And most harm
. Slowly the men of Averill rode up the ruined warm were the cobble stones beneath their tird horses feet;High oer their heads and banners, upward in eddying the blackend buildings the smothering smoke-cloud their right and left lay ruins, the marks of rebel rage,Twas a scene of desolation, a blot on historys were maid and mother, and houseless were son and sheltering roof to shield them, surrounded all by tire;. V. ^ Cn^c &. ez^/^c ^ HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 389 And most harmonious music to those so helpless made Were the sounds of Union trappings, the clatter of the blade. Loudly they greeted the troopers with joyful shout and cheer, But silentl} sat the soldiers, amid the scene so drear; Warm were the stones beneath their steeds, and warm their welcome, too, And warm with a thirst for vengeance each soldiers heart then grew. And as beneath the shadow of the flag staff in the Square Passed each and evry trooper, with a vow he roused the air: When on the field of battle, let the rebel fiends beware, Let us remember Chambersburg—then strike, and do not spare. On pressd the Union troopers—on, on, to the west they sped, Vowing their direst vengeance on the rebel chieftains head. Theyd been too late to rescue but twas not too late as yet To seek retaliation and full retribution get. And so, in many a contest, on many a hard-fought field, Back from those Union troopers Confederate colum
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