. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. parapet The symbol of their glorious flesh and blood could not avail, This shattered column, rent and torn,Advanced like warriors clad in mail To lead this daring hope forlorn. The wounded Horrf was born away In KephartsJ arms across the plain;Bates,§ Boies|| and YatesH fell in the fray— Near half the rank and file were slain,No more heroic deeds are known; The past no braver men can claim,No monumental shafts of stone Are needed to preserve their fame. In front ot each defenseless breast Still flashed incessant walls o

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. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. parapet The symbol of their glorious flesh and blood could not avail, This shattered column, rent and torn,Advanced like warriors clad in mail To lead this daring hope forlorn. The wounded Horrf was born away In KephartsJ arms across the plain;Bates,§ Boies|| and YatesH fell in the fray— Near half the rank and file were slain,No more heroic deeds are known; The past no braver men can claim,No monumental shafts of stone Are needed to preserve their fame. In front ot each defenseless breast Still flashed incessant walls of fire,And every boom from summits crest Seemed freighted with destruction dire,Till night descending brought surcease: And ere there came another dawnTo light the brief dark reign of peace The First Battalion was withdrawn. *Color Sergeant Brown; fSecond lieutenant Joseph L. Horr;JSergeant James Kephart; §First Lieutenant Dorus E. Bates; ||FirstLieutenant Justus A. Boies; ^Captain Theodore Yates; **Captain Ed-ward C. Washington, the cammanding

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