. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . rst attempt to work in the enemys lines. Upon thistablet are these words : Stranger, beneath this stone Lies the dust of a A Spy Who perished upon the gibbet; YetThe storied marbles of the great, The shrines of heroes, Entombed not one more worthy of Honor Than him who here Sleeps his last sleep. 55G THE BOY SPY. Nations Bow with reverence beiore the dust Of him who dies A glorious death, Urged
. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . rst attempt to work in the enemys lines. Upon thistablet are these words : Stranger, beneath this stone Lies the dust of a A Spy Who perished upon the gibbet; YetThe storied marbles of the great, The shrines of heroes, Entombed not one more worthy of Honor Than him who here Sleeps his last sleep. 55G THE BOY SPY. Nations Bow with reverence beiore the dust Of him who dies A glorious death, Urged on by the sound of the Trumpet And the shouts of Admiring thousands. But what reverence, what honor. Is not due to one Who for his country encountered Even an infamous death, Soothed by no sympathy. Animated by no praise ! I would, as a last word, again say that my efforts as a Spy dur-ing the Eebellion were prompted solely by a disinterested patriotismand a single desire to do some good for the country. When my time is up, and I am mustered out, I ask of my com-rades, of the Grand Army of the Republic, not a monument, buta simj)le head-stone to a grave, among the unknown at Arlington,marked—. •/in
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