Thus was ended the great “Battle

Of the Bridge” across Dix River,

Where the corps of jolly Guardsmen

Captured Stein, the burly Colonel

Of the brave Cornstalk Militia,

Of the dainty Regimentals,

On the fair October midnight,

Eighteen hundred eight and thirty.[3]

[3]W. S. Miller, Jr., was made Captain of the “Mulligan Guards,” a company of Militia, in 1874.

CANTO VIII.
1838-1847.
MEXICAN WAR.