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IN MEMORY OF
CAPT. SAMUEL J. REED
WHO COMMANDED HIS BATTERY
IN THE UNEQUAL CON??? (Most Likely Contest)
BETWEEN THE ???ERAL (most likely Federal)
AND CONFEDERATE FORCES
AT SECESSIONVILLE S. C.
JUNE 16TH 1862,
AND WHO FELL AT HIS POST
COVERED WITH GLORY,
AND CHEERED BY THE
VICTORIOUS SHOUTS OF HIS
PATRIOTIC COMRADES
CHRISTIAN INDEED PURE IN
HEART AND IN LIFE HE WAS
ENLISTED UNDER A BANNER
THAT WILL NEVER BE FURLED
AND BATTLED FOR A CAUSE
THAT CAN NEVER BE LOST.
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