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Grenville Dodge: “We fixed bayonets, and as I gave the order the boys cheered and cheered, swinging their hats in every direction.”

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We fixed bayonets, and as I gave the order the boys cheered and cheered, swinging their hats in every direction.
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

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Dodge recounts the morale and enthusiasm of his troops as they prepared to charge into battle.

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