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nickamauga, Pittsburg and Antietam, a-Ridge and South Mountain gorges,

The Wilderness, Fair Oaks

And Gettysburg—the theme enlarges
Welcome home!

Welcome, welcome! How you cheered! When you heard that Vicksburg's taken! With cannon, roar, and deafening shout, The very ground beneath was shaken. Welcome home!

Welcome, welcome home from Corinth, Where hand to hand, you fought the foe; Stumbling o'er the dead and wounded, Until thousands were laid low.

Welcome home!

Welcome, welcome! what a darkness
Hovered o'er us one and all,

When brave Thomas seemed o'erpowered,
And his strength about to fall!
Welcome home!

When you heard the shout of Logan,
Calling to avenge the blood

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