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BENTONVILLE.
In a note to the compiler, the author of the stirring
battle-field poem "Bentonville," says: "I beg to
offer my poem, written on the field at the close of the
first day's fight. I was serving with the Beaufort
Volunteer Artillery, of Beaufort, South Carolina, the
oldest military organization on the continent, but
one—the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company,
of Boston. I should like the poem to appear in a permanent
publication, as it is prima facie evidence that
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despite the great disparity of numbers.
From that point of view the little poem derives its
importance."
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