Battles
First Manassas (Bull Run), Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Oak Grove, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Salem Heights, Banks' Ford, Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Jerusalem Plank Road, Opequon (Third Winchester), Hatcher's Run (Dabney’s Mill), Petersburg (Final Assault & Fall), Pursuit of Lee, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Court House
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It worked at them, day out, day in,
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Out of the battles of old times.”
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