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The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
f posts range north and south, and at the first on the north was Asa V. Ladd, on his left was George Nichols, next Harvey H. Blackburn, George T. Bunch, Charles W. Minniken and James W. Gates. Ladd and Blackburn sat with perfect calmness, with theiBlackburn sat with perfect calmness, with their eyes fixed on the ground, and did not speak. Nichols gave no sign of emotion at first, but sat with seeming indifference, scraping the ground with his heel. He asked one of the surgeons if there was any hope of a postponement, and being assured bandaged, they bade each other farewell. "Good bye, George, " said one; "Farewell, Nicholas," said another; "Good bye, Blackburn," uttered several; and two or three of them said, "Boys, farewell to you all; the Lord have mercy on our poor souls." the discharge sounding like a single explosion. The aim of every man was true. One or two of the victims groaned, and Blackburn cried out, "Oh, kill me quick!" In five minutes they were all dead, their heads falling to one side, and their bodies s