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286 5. The Army of Tennessee—

General Marcus J. Wright.

6. The Dead—

Governor Holliday.

7. The Women of the South—

Private R. B. Berkeley.

At the request of a number who heard it, as well as in accordance with our own wishes, we give in full Hon. A. M. Keiley's splendid word-portrait of the "Model Infantryman."

After a facetious hit at the cavalry, and bringing down the house by saying that he had never been able to determine exactly which was the more pleasant duty, to charge the artillery of the enemy, or support your own, and that he had rather support a wife and twelve children than to do either, Mr. Keiley said: