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whose music, though sweet, is
more dangerous than that of mos-
-quitoes." Several were wounded
& Capt Denny, commisary of the
5th who was riding at the head
of the regt, fell dead, as a matter
of course our first consternation
for the moment, possessed the soul
of each, and as we had time, to
collect our nerves, the deep and heavy
[smell?] of muskatry, the long, loud and
terrible crash of the "cannon ball,"
as it came whining by us, told
us we were about to fight our first
fight. That the hopes of meeting
the "enemy" which we had so
often expressed, were about
to be realized in the battle of
"Elthams Landing"

whose music, though sweet, is
more dangerous than that of mos-
-quitoes." Several were wounded
& Capt Denny, commisary of the
5th who was riding at the head
of the regt, fell dead, as a matter
of course our first consternation
for the moment, possessed the soul
of each, and as we had time, to
collect our nerves, the deep and heavy
[smell?] of muskatry, the long, loud and
terrible crash of the "cannon ball,"
as it came whining by us, told
us we were about to fight our first
fight. That the hopes of meeting
the "enemy" which we had so
often expressed, were about
to be realized in the battle of
"Elthams Landing"