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The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], Real Merit. (search)
e troops have stood it manfully, and for young men, who are engaged in sedentary pursuits, as most of us are, have borne up surprisingly under the really distressing fatigue of so long and arduous a tramp. There are quite a number of Virginias in our corps, the Missouri Governor's Guard, the color company of the regiment, in which corps your correspondent is one of the color guard. So if there is a fight, I will be in for it; and if I do, though I have no particular wish to be a mark for a Sharp's ride, will do my best to send Montgomery to the same place to which John Brown was ticketed by Gov. Wise. The command consists of eight companies of infantry, two companies of engineer battalion, and one each of artillery and cavalry — in all amounting to 600 men. The match aggress with me splendidly, and my general appearance would astonish some of my Virginia relatives and friends, who think that I am safely perched upon my stool in St, Louis. Shortness of time, and wearin