Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1862 — Page 1

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SIEGE or FORT UO.VEI.SbN—RETAILS OF TH E ENGAGE.’.IENTS. The following relative to the siege of Fort Donelson is taken from the correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.— On account of limited space, we omit that portion of the letter relative to the investment of the lort, and also the skirmishing incident to Thursday’s tenonnoissanc-s, and commence with the storming, of the enemy’s works on the right In the alternoon Gen. MoClernand determined t > make a formidable assault of a redoubt of the enemy fronting about the center of his right wing. I’he redoubt .'.a- about the only one which Could be distinctly seen bv us, owing to the timber and undergrowth. At this point the ground was for the most part void of large timber, the barren extending even beyond the road on the ridge over which our troops passed. The batteries of this redoubt had gos a very per lect rang" here, nnd gave our troops con sideratde tinea-on. ss, bv blaz ng hw.iv at 'them when Mer tl-.ey passed over the brow of the hill. I'hree regiments were detailed for lh<‘ work--the ForlV-eigl'.t Seventeenth and Forty ninrti Illinois ■ L’iiej advanced in line oi batile order the For.y-mnth, Colon-1 Morrison, on thei rigbl, toe Seventeenth, under comm .nd ot M j .>r Smith, (both Culoml and Lit nt t?oloiio| I, ii g absent,) in the center, and li.e Forty-eight, Gol Hainev. on the left Col Morrison, ns senior Colonel, led the . attack The advance was a most beanti . lul oi.r. V itli skii nnslir ts advanced in , irohl, the three r- yim.-n'.s swept down llie hid, over a Itiudl, down a ravine, and up the High hill, on which the r. doubt was vi'u i;i d, some 25'.) or 3 : 0 ft et in ' higlit. co> .-i>d with brush rind slumps, •ii die time rtcxiving a galling fire o> gt ip. , ( .s:>. 11 ami musketry, wi'fi a pre .si hi wi.i jli wimhl imve ilonti them credit on t! p-irado gronml. The br-a.l .ii.- w. .;> in-ririv reached, wh>n Cid. | Mpii isson, v. •:> i. i, g il'an 'r Iva-’ing on 1 : his iio-n, wi- ■ truck by a rnU-k.et Imil. 10. tsp a i n-tliecdn) n i.i. right lais, fell, ;i d 111? L e-r I >-I.* Il tell iulo ■same call u~i..>n; hut tinapp .'h-d, the Sevin <nth st: I gall-.ntly i.i.-ssed forward •ml P -ta-ir i'l l! . ven to tile vert fo;>t ol 11. Walks. But it was not in the power ■»i :,.dii to a- -de (lie attains before th* m. Bim-ii piled upon brush, with sharp 11-'I 1 -' s fiitring lliirri evervwhere, met hi ’-i w1...n ver they turned; and so, a'ter i few inn rehanges ol musketry with the sw-irming tcgialkuts which had bu n cot - cen rate.l bere, the ord. r for retiring was given F. was ,| no in good order, by lill.ng <lf ’ri :l.e |.-it and obliquing into ; the woods bi 10-v; bat. uiany a aeddier was lie b< him! u d rnea h the intr.mchtni n'.s they had vainly sought to mount. They wer - oof, how. v< r, destined io die univeng'd. Scarcely had our leliring columns got out of range, ere Taylor’s Chi- 1 cago Buiery bnem d on the swarming’ rebel masses with shell and shnrpnel with leal lul eth e'. Every gun was aimed by 'he Captain himself, and every one ot ihim did honor to his marksmanship, A bout lie - me time that these stirring •C’ lies w, fu b* ing enacted on our right wing tie en.mv .uade a lorni'dalde sortie ' '.'l' U'ir ielt. The Twenty fi'lh Indiana, •one of d e regiments o f G<-n. Smiili'.s division, l aving at one time during the day got iii'o an exposed position, the en imt promptly availed tlicmsely.s of the ' opportunity nf.'irded (hem. and made n' formidable soi e from their entrench-! m-nts. Although taken at a disadvan- , lage, the Twenty fi't'n met. th ) advancing ■ forces bravely, and although suffering re- 1 verMy. with the aid of other regiments,, which promptly proceeded to their assistance, drove them hack to their hi ding places. The lesson seemed to be most salutary. No further sorties were made in this direction - During the day much uneasiness was Mt as to the whereabouts of the gunboat fleet It was, therefore, with no little gratification that information was at last received about noon on Thursday, that the avani courrier of the fleet, the Carondoiet, Lieut. Walker, had arrived below' the fort In the afternoon report of her guns was received with cheer upon 1 cheer by the troops eucirci'ng the beleaguered fort. Lieut. Walker’s operations this afternoon although partaking more o* the nature of a reconnoissance, were considered' by the rebel officers, as I have since as certained, as one of llie most formidable attacks they had to encounter. Hidden behind n jutting promontory vs the river bank the Cimndolet itself secure from the heavier shots of the colnmhiads of the i fort, bulled shell upon slud! into the water batteries of the fortiticions. The commander of these batlern s has recently informed me that the five of the Caron- : deflet did more actual damage to his guns than the heavy bombardment following the succedingday. I must admit, that ri'ling along our line on Friday again, and witnessing the

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ormidhble field works of the enemy (between five and six miles in extent,) which reared themselves everywhere to ; the front of us, I feared that the task of reducing them would be nt the best a matter ol considerable time. But, cold and hungry, and with garments stiff with frost, the soldiers w«re still hopeful and firm. I did not find a single discouraged man, or one. if he were so, who would admit it. The universal sentiment w-is as bluff Colonel Oglesby’ expressed it, •■We cone here tn take that tort, nnd we will take it,” and it. is this .self-same spirit of dogged deterrain'atitirT,' and Stea,Tv , long enduring courage, peculiar to the Anglo-Saxuh of the North, that at last outwore the perhaps more impel uotis.bravery of the opposing force, Nothing of es, vcial note transpired along the lines on Friday. Thu sharpshooters, notwithstanding the cold, ensconced themselves in their old positions on the hills’des, and were as great a terror as ev. r to the gunners of the bat'eries iliovh them. Cavender, Taylor, Wo ids (of McAlister's flattery,) Dresser an <wartz would occasionally exchange a valentine, as they were playfully called, , hut there were no such bloody affairs as had characterized the operaii.ms of the lav provides. The batteries, too, had got the range of one another’s positions so accurnielv. that I imagine both parties had preferred, in absence of any positive orders t» tfift contrary, to huger In side the e imn fire just out of range of the other’s guns, than to indulge in idle bad- ' inago. Tl>« long expected gunheat fliei together Wl h the le-enlorc-nienta, trad. 1 however, c.nnie to Han i, and it was . xp-.c- --' ted that the I utnr could be brimglil up, so as to j-.in with the other forces in a ■r. n.'-ral assault in the rear, while the gun- ‘ b nits attacked in front. The distance from 'he river to the left, of our tight wing W is, however, so great that but tew i-”o;men's arrived . vt-n before daik.— G n Grant’s j'ldgm r.i. ther-foie. much again I his will, I d him to adjourn th ■issatih un il he had -ill his avail .id- lorce in m-r,.. r po-ii ion. The bomh'irdm*nt of the gunboat 11-et begun about hall past two and Comma. •! 1 two hours Four o' the iron-cl.ui and two of the wood, n boats p.r ieipated in •he fight, which was of e teniJul ni'.nrs Ex i.-cting the assault on th.' r. ar of tinI. i'i, 1 vis not prr»’l)’. to wiipi-ss the n i val attack, ami shall rot attenipt, tlmrc- ■ li re, to give any detailed ayi-oiini. ol it.— 1 i«, however, described by the officers engaged in it, as altogellp-r exceeding in n-rceness the bombardment of Fort Henry At all events the effect, upon the boats was much more severe, and subsequent inviisliga'iiins have led me to believe that tin- injury indicted on tk.’ reb els was not so great either as al the for(ide,atjen. This bitter is, probably, owing Co llie fact that the t v elve guns of the fort commanding the river were at a considerable elevation, and it therefore was much more difficult for the naval gunners to get , their ex id range, or once obtained to keep it, while the boats were steadily advancing. The rebel officers commanding the riv er butteries, also assure me, that the i practice of our gunners in the Excitement . ol the bombardment was much inferior t( 1 i that displayed ill the reconnoissance— l when matters were conducted with more deliberation. But be this as it may, it was gallantly conducted, and gallantly • fought, and earned for flag officer Foote and his gallant corps of officers addition al laurels. It was not until four ot his ; boats, under the terrific force of the ene- : my’s shots, were faitly at the mercy of tlie current, that the signal for retirement ' was given, ami that it was reluctantly ordered, and still more reluctantly obeyed, who can doubt? In the way ol a test of the resisting powers of the iron-clad , boats, the affair was, however, a great i triumph Although under a perfect shower of iron-pellets, from the mammoth 128-pound to the rifled 32 pound shot, ami each boat hit irem 20 to 50 times, the mortality was comparatively slight.' It is probable, tod, that the boats might undeigo >a score ol as severe ordeals withI out being incapacitated to the- extent they were. The balls which deuitdisii.-d pilothouses and cut rudder-chains, can *mlv be regutded as chance shots, which in a : dozen or more ooutesls, would never happen to fall in the particui ir place wluc?. in tnis instance proved so disastrous. 1 Saturday, which was destined to witnt ss the grand denouement ot the tragedies which had a scene about Donelson, was Colti, damp and cheerless. Our troops, however, had but little time to cogitate upon the weather, or any other subject, ere they were called upon to at: lend to more serious matters. The enemy, during the night, had transferred several ot their batteries to portions ot their works within a few hundred feet i.t which our extreme right wti g was rest- ' ing. Upon the first coining of dawn, ■these batteries suddenly opened on the 1 Ninth, Eighteenth, Twenty-ninth. Thirtieth and Thirty■ first regiments, compri-

- sing Oglesby’s Brigade, and who bail the ) advance. Simultaneously with the op*m- » mg of the batteries, a force of about 12, f. 000 infantry and a regiment of cavalry, ‘ was burled against the Brigade with a I vigor which made against less steady i and well disciplined troops, must surely I have resulted in their entire demolition. I Sudden and unexpected as was the I sally en the part of the enemy, it did not ; find the gallant Illinoisians unprepared . tQ meet them. The attack was made in 1 columns of regiments which poured in ■• upon the little band from no less than , 'bree tlitf. renl directions Every regi- • m* nt of tin* brigade found itself opposed t to three, and. in many cases to no less than four different regiments. Undismayed, however, by the greatly superior ■ force of the enemy, and unsupported bv ad- quate artillery, the brigade not only • , fie ld their own, but upon two occasions ' ■ actually drove the rebels fairly into their in reiic’.mients, but only it be pressed i biek again into their forrqe.r position,.un o til at last, having expended every round iof their ammunition, they were obliged i; to retire and give wav to the advancing regiments of Col. W. 11. L WaJlace’s ■ . brigadi- of the Eleventh, Twentieth, fieventeenili, Forty-fifth, Forty■ eighth Illi noir, an.! Forty-ninth Indiana regiments, i; Here again was the battle continued • with redoubled vigor, now one side and ■ now another giving ’away. Our troops ' fi light with the coolness of veterans am! the desperation of devils. I wnufij not ulimmish tin - gallantry of our own troops by saying tbai the em-mv did not fight 1 bravely and well. Tliev di I both. An * X i.-’t s'alemeiit of ilie varying fortunes o) llie. fi Id for the three or lour hours following t!i« first attack, it is impossible at present to di finitely present. Suffice it to say, our troops fought, and not only feiught, am! fought courageously, but, fought coolly and scientifically, In the ll it kest ot the sigh", where officers had to rt move the dead ho lies of their mt n out of the way of tlm b '.t-kw-u'd wheels, regiments co.illy performed mant livers which' S 'cit in Ids tae'ies pronounces impossible to b ma !r on tin- batdefi- Li. The battle, fortlie most part, was ''ought in a i: rest, with a thick undergrowjli t>. ”, oh., tmd regiment', acted tnostlv on the principle of hitting a head wlo reVer it cottld be found. Swarming ■ n all si fe< of them, they were not ala 10-s to fiml I;, m. One regiment was on- ' ly driven from befime them when another sprung up to take i s place, an i there is hardly a rtgini’iit of the force engaged ' but what wnsopposed to triple its numbers Thus went (he tide nf battle for five- 1 ■ hours—now gaining a little, but upon ‘ the whole obliged to retire. Offic* rs ami men dropped upon ail sides. Field offi ci rs were borne killed and wounded from ike field, nnd their neX' in command coolly took th*-ir pl’ic*‘ and continu-d the fight. L'eut -Col White of the Thirtyfirst, Lieut-Cd- Smith of the Fortyeighth 1 , Lietit. Col Irwin of the Twentieth, and Major Post of the Eighth Hli- ' nois, and scores of company officers ’ were all killed, gallantly leading on their f men. Cols. Logan, Lawler arid Ransom were wounded, but yet firm in their determination nev* r to vield. ' And still with unyielding courage the ''gallant Illino sians and Imiianians would 'not acknowledge themselves vanquished. When the car.ridge hid been expended, and orders were giv* n to retire, for other regiments to take their place, soldiers, grim with smoke and powder, would angrily inquire tor what, am! b-g to be allowed to use the bayonet. Bi't it was not in the power of mortal men, occupying the position ours did, and exposed to such a raking artillery fire ns the enemy subjected them to, to maintain their ground against the overwhelming force which tiie rebels continued to push against them. Oglesby's, W. H. L. Wallno’s, and McArt ur’s brigades were successively obliged to retire, a portion ol Swartz's 'and MeAllis'.er’s butteries b.id be n last anti gamed, and lost, again, a.id it was not until tne advancing enemy ba.l reached Graft's brigade, and Tayior’e and Willard's batteries could be brought into action, that we were able to stem the tide. These two batteries outdid the nselves, Grape, canisUr and sharpiMl, and an uninterrupted muskei-rv tire Irom the hirst Nebraska, Forty-eighth and Fifty-eighth Ohio, proved too much for the so far victorious foe. and they at last were ob liged to retire. By this lints is was noon. Gen. Grant had just ratnrned from the landing, where he had a conference with Commodore Foote. That ofti <r had informed the General that it was impossible tor him to put his gunboats in a condition to make another attack, tor several days at least. Notwithstanding this upon being inlorn ed of the Severe repulse our troops had met with in the moruing, he saw that some immediate action on our part was necessary to retrieve tr,*» day. , | He immediately gaveorderto his Generals ol divisions to prepare for an itnine-

jldiate and general attack flong the entire ■ tines. The reginfenta which had suffered inns' severely in the morning were with- , drawn. Gen. Lew- Wallace was given a i division composed of two.regiments of his ■ own brigade, (the Eighth Missouri an 1 • Eleventh Indiana,) and several other regiments whoso loss in the action of the > i morning bad been but slight, nnd was t given tile job of clearing the ground we ; nad lost in the morning, while G«-n«ral t Smith, commanding the left, receiving > order" to storm the works under which i his division was lying. ■ G m fi.nith is emphatically n fighting mtn and as may be im igined, tlm ev.nts ot i th*- morning had tended to decrease in no ■ I measure bis pugnacity When he re ' ceived liis long desired orders or '.n as ■ sault liis eves glistened vit'i ti.*- fire ■ which it was evident he could not r* straiii, i and which Lad it been Seen bv hi» ma- • ligners, would b.ave left Ihem lb tm doubt ol his private feelings in regard to the present contest. Ail tile arrangein'tits were completed by three o’clock, and Ins c*)lumn was put id inniit n soon after.— , The force under I.is comm-md was a.» follow-: Col Cook’s Brig'i'le — Seventh Ijlinois, Fifteen!b do., Tw lit! low i. Twenty fi ih ' [n.liuvi, Tiiirt* enth M'ssouri,, Ffiy second Indium. ■ Col. Latiman’-; Brigade — S-ccm I lowa. Seventh |.,wi. F-m ■ 'efiii h I )w m, Twea ty - 1 I till h [mli ilia, Fol', six h <!■>. Under cov.-r ol Capi, S'one’s Missouri 1

batterv, tlii.s lyce began file assault. It was a fortnid able uadi rfaktng. which, under a I: ss bi’ivx ml skid 'til comma-uhr than G'-n. Smith r. at have proved a-dis-iisfriHis failure. Tiie If I- i>t this paint are nmon ' the most jireeipi’oas »» th we upon which the i’ti'mt were p s'*'!, IS Iwting ths Second and .Sev-n .I, biwa an 1 tin- i-'i’iv sec ond Imll'ina for the s'l.rmins? pntv, G-n Smi hdt fl.-eted the main por t.m of hi-di-vision to tile ’icbt, atid having ‘.'tcee.d.ii in engaging the .atCetilbm of the emuriv ’it '.this point, himself. Ire a led the sictmirg party and advanced npcn the works from ' his eX'rente left. I «as a nio-l mamifii-i-in'. sig'n.. litr-pr .led b\ l' - p i -vl storm of bullets vl.it'i i im d about him, the General on Irnrseh >•!<, "nd with bis I at on tile point of his sw-ird, pr. e.ili-d his troop-, and inspired the n v.u.i a furore then- was no withstanding. Sandy and in itnbri ki n line, the gallin’ Hawk, vis mid Indianans advanced, fin- enemy’s grape ami cani.ish r came plowing through their ranks, hut nut a shot was tired in tet.uin. (.dosing ;t.p llieir ranks as m e alter another id the i brave fellows dropped to the earth, and animated by the fearless example of their undaunted leader, lhev pressed steadily on. The works gained om tremendous volley was poured into the astonished enemv, and, with fix-d bayonets, a charge was made in’o their ranks which there was no withstanding. ['hey fl.’J in confusion over the lulls, and al last we bal peiv'lraled the rebel Sebxsiapol, and the misfortunes of the morning were r. trieved Capt. Stone’s battery, which, in the meantime, bad been doing tremendous execution in the rebel rauk-, was prernp*ly advanced to the position gained, and iitslan'ly supported by the remainder ol ills division, the point was secured against any force the anemy could b r ir.g to bear against it. In the mean time Gen L’’w. Wallace had completed his preparations for an attack on the enemy who occti’ i ing the position he had wreeled from us in the morn* ' ing ;me two miles and a half to the right. : Just us his column was being put in m<>- ' tirtn, a messenger arrived with the joyful' intelligence th it Smith was ini-ide of th*, irilri-nchments. With a cheer that resmin led far and i near, the irresistible Eigth Missouri and , 'Eleven'll Ind! ,n"., wliv-h «.<mupitd the front, advanced on the douhl- opt' k into the encounter they had rn long t>e-n ki.ig. These two regiments'front tlisir superiority in drill and tighfii.g captivities, hive Lien ennsnb r.-d It *‘e>”"'k <~r ps.” '■.nd most nobly did they uphold to the letter their enviable repaU'ion They did not tarn long to bother with powd< r and ball, but vi'li a shorn ul i'S'-ll terrific enough to .".pgal their f<>< «, gave them cold steel with a will lerg to be r< - membered. Shell an I round shot, grape and cannister were hurled at them in vain. Sill onward they pre.-sed, uni regiment a ter regiment 11- d before them. Valiantly, supported by the First Nebraska, Fhirteenth Missouri, and other r. ginivfits of , Col Thayer’s and Craft’s brigades, a’ steady advance was made, until bv dusk . the gioun.l which had b<-< n so I.oily contested in the morning was ours again, and once mom the rebel- werh ccmpefitd to seek the protecting shadow of the earthworks. The eff- ct ”f these successes upon the army was eli-e r cal — six hours before. , with gunboats disabled, and th* enemy in i possession of a portion of our ground, the I position of allaii s was gloomy indeed — i But now all was changed. Elated w ith victory, and the knowledge that at last

th*-v had obtain* d a foothold in the enemy’s fortification, and savage at the thought of (he privations they had encountered, an ! at being so long balked in the possession of (heir prev, officer* and tnen alike clamored 10l an immediate assault that right. G n Grant, however, miudful of the risks att. nning surh an operation, even with troops exhibiling inch veteran characters i< s as these under his comiiian ! had display* d, wisely postponed the fin .1 ci>u/> de main till the coming of the morrow's light. Wlmt tlie morrow bron.’l t forth, ami j'"W the t-b* is, worn mu am! <iispirite*i bv tlie prt lracted b* leaguermenl concluded to give up their stronghold ami lay down tbe'r arms, is already well known. Th" mor** d-'ailed particulars of the stiri■ n '•■ r "I 1 ■'•! D"b* Ison, arid I s cordon o r fi. Id uoiks, ti,. to parting mail allow s me no line t.i speak of. G. \V. B. Cause of the War. Io the Almlition nonsense, a tlmusand limes n-tuted. that, "slavery” is the cause of this W’ir, w*i have seen nothing more pointed than the following irom the St. Louis Republican'. ■ But tor slavery we should have liad no civil w*r I hen destroy slavery.”— Tribune. i.i -■ kind oi conipcit,lions reasoning ’ills to do justice to the subject. It is not ' It gri hi-nsive * nmigh. The mis-

chief and tl.e remedy e-n be formulated in ■’ much more thorough manner, thus: But fur the Union, we should have had no civil war. Then destroy the Union. It there had been no Unioti, I here wo’ld be no civil wi.r to dissolve it. And if th. m had been no si ivery, demagogues •• tl.e Smith and Abolitionists at the Ninth Soul I not between them, Lave got up a war about it. Tile Somlvm system of labor is the occasion wild tlo« pritext, and «dl likely enough bi made the rictiui of the war set on loot by i .cs.* 11.--11 ’ential agitators in but:i s<-ctions. But that it is in any sense the .!)■,<, this .. r, is untrue. It is ! much ni-in r the truil-, to say that the ’ i’.-A.'.v i- the cause' of the war; no ir.tlu'■t' 1 I' •!' •'■■■> Jth his contributed more dH ic' ly lo it. ..Aunt: A i’pi.’c ——(he biggest apnle in i-. is said l.y the Siockton (Cal ) A roils, to have grown near Vancouver, i .ark ■■,,ia' v, (V a-’ungfonfc irllor y, It .v-i-o! i| e ,ria Mi.ndi” species, mensnr. 'l nineteen and s hall inches in cii cum freuce, and weighed fortv-five and a half "in-Cea, or 'wo pounds thirtei n and a b..|i '.unoes, S x een of there apple* wou! i make 'he standard weight of a busiiel-forty-five pounds —and not more than ' twelve of them would really go within . bushel measure at once. This is one > 1 the most i xt. ici-'l.nary fmit-growtbs y discovered on the western coast, win : the turnips singly (111 a peck measure, » ,| the pumkins need to be cut in two before they can bn put into a cart. The ( uiini Seutuueut Sitrcns in Tonin - see—t liiik- vitlc—Assembling ol the Tennessee Legishi'uae. Sr. Louts, Febru irv 21. — Specials f> -n 1 Cairo to the II publican and Deme ra'_. or, lh.it on i’uesdav, two rebel regin - iiom Cl uksville, came lo Foil Dum .-> ■ ami gave themselves up saying they v . .- tired ol fighting '.he old flag. It is declared that strong otje< . i wili be raised by the Tennesseeans a. .the Bawling Gieen force offering ftl Nashville. The Provost Marshall at Clark -.' ge has sent word to Gen Grant to con> up and occupy the town ot one*. Ibe officers of the gunboats now .i? there repiesent the Union element . . strong. The people state they had bi«n h-d to beleieve tl’.e Union array wa entirely composed v( Germans end tie/i. tor u'u;i;i •• purposes, but now that A -i (• i; i- n il so, il.'-v ar* willing and ■ oils t.i return lo tueir allegiance. Pr .u---in. lit citizens there say similar h wiii pervade the whole Slate in a i Guv. Harris has exiled a meeting of the Legislature for next Monday, t. r t’,« purpose, it is affirmed, of having ail un- ■' •r.sli'titional tu .s passed hr them i ..mediately annulled, and Tenuessue, as o h • leers and citizens declare, will »oon bo back. in the Union. G-nerals Bucktur and Johnson ary st- I. at Di nelson. Gen. Cullum has sent s’ltty nut sis and ten surgeons la alien ! the wonr led it Mou.tid City. Ttie Louisville Journal says, there !•» OU.- Uspvt' ol the aesse Bright est , that is, that such rcovL as Sum. ■ .-..i Wade should vote the rebel Brig. o;' their company; and that too. after Biigi t'w efforts Co aid them in the last Presidential eleelion. T .s is an ungrateful i —■ ! Never mind, Jesse, Sumn< r ar. I 'A . .. time will come. They feel safe r.cnp, did Jesse two years ago.

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