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THE SOUTHERN ATTACK.
The excitement in the Union army was intense and joyous.

The cheers rolled like volleys among these farmer lads of the West.

Dick, Warner and Pennington stood up and shouted with the rest.
"I should judge that our chances of success have increased at least fifty, yes sixty, per cent," said Warner.

"As we have remarked before, this control of the water is a mighty thing.