the second night,

Were well on our way to the seat of war, with

Harrisonburg in sight;

And the troopers who met us, riding fast from the

thick of the army hives,

Said: "Sigel has come with an awful force, and

ye'll have to fight fer yer lives."

But we wanted to fight, and the peril of war never

weakened our young desires,

And the third day out we camped at dusk in sight