Excerpt from Imprisonment and Escape of Lieut. Colonel Lincoln We were denied the privilege of burying our dead in the village cemetery; and it was only by the persevering energy _of Miss Gray, that permission was given us to deposit their remains in the long disused graveyard belonging to the Methodist society of the town. In the absence of any better astringent, Allen sent out the nurses to cut down the only wild cherry tree we knew of; and to dig up, and bring in the roots of blackberry bushes, of which to make tea. ...
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Excerpt from Imprisonment and Escape of Lieut. Colonel Lincoln We were denied the privilege of burying our dead in the village cemetery; and it was only by the persevering energy _of Miss Gray, that permission was given us to deposit their remains in the long disused graveyard belonging to the Methodist society of the town. In the absence of any better astringent, Allen sent out the nurses to cut down the only wild cherry tree we knew of; and to dig up, and bring in the roots of blackberry bushes, of which to make tea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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