. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . hill to Edmund Davis hotel, corner Laurel and Com-merce, and took a position whicli was soon surrounded bya crowd of men and boys. Idie music which these veteranssent forth roused the crowd, the reveille was beat, and thespirit of 76 held high carnival. Those who looked on cannever forget the appearance and enthusiasm of Lev., Lotand Eddie as they made the welkin ring with YankeeDoodle, Hail Columbia, Red, White and Blue, TheGirl I Left Behind Me, and an Irish jig or two. The first battle of th
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . hill to Edmund Davis hotel, corner Laurel and Com-merce, and took a position whicli was soon surrounded bya crowd of men and boys. Idie music which these veteranssent forth roused the crowd, the reveille was beat, and thespirit of 76 held high carnival. Those who looked on cannever forget the appearance and enthusiasm of Lev., Lotand Eddie as they made the welkin ring with YankeeDoodle, Hail Columbia, Red, White and Blue, TheGirl I Left Behind Me, and an Irish jig or two. The first battle of the Civil War was fought at BullRun. \a., July _[, 1861. General McDowell with 60,000men, led tlie Inion .-irmy to what was expected to be certainvictory, so cer^ain that many members of Congress on horse-back and in carriages followed the army to the scene of con-flict believing that the rebels would run at the first sound ofthe battle. Among the number was Hon. John T. Nixon,then serving his second term in Congress. In company withfriends he took carriage for Bull Run onlv to see the Union (42).
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