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��HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY
��offering on the altar of freedom, lay asleep in the cemetery. The next day after Capt. Miller arrived, ('apt. McLaughlin's company came; Capt. Moody was also home soon, and the three-months soldiers the county had sent were again in their homes, and narrating their exploits on the fields of battle. The war had, however, only begun. Their experiences soon
��gave way before those who had seen longer terms of service. The Government, recognizing the magnitude of the conflict, was now enlisting new men for three years instead of three months. Many who had seen the front began to prepare to return. "As long as the country is in danger, so long will we be ready," said they. The opportunity was at hand. They improved it.
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