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...PRESCOTT.WANTED.- A tenor singer for church quartette in Cambridge. Apply to John L. Blake, No 107 Orchard street, West Somerville...
...SECOND FALL. - Members of the course Phil. - will recall one of the illustrations used concerning an apple orchard of heroic times, the keeper of which Adam, fell from grace because of one of the apples. Yesterday on account of the juice of similar apples, another Adam had received another fall. The Cambridge vote of yesterday was the cause of the Schute...
...Rosecrans' order the army now retired into Bhattanooga. Bragg advancing occupied the surrounding heights across the river. These were Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob, and Lookout Mountain. So close upon the town did he press that communication with nashville was about cut off and semi-starvation troubled the troops in the beleagured town. Better times, however, were close at hand. Grant
...spoken of above and he thought them impregnable. So, confident of success, he sent Longstreet away to blockade Burnside at Knoxville. Grant, when all his men were at hand, made preparations for a general attack. Hooker was to keep the enemy busy at Lookout Mountain, Thomas was to take Orchard Knob, while Sherman was to capture the northern end of Missionary Ridge. Sherman encountered at first much resistance, but Hooker and Thomas carried the heights in their front. Bragg then withdrew all his men on to Missionary Ridge, still confident that he could not be dislodged. Another day's events...
...many an orchard, many an emerald lawn...