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           ‘AU’squietalongthePotomactonight,wherethesoldiersliepeacefullydreaming;theirtentsintheraysoftheclearautumnmoon,orthelightofthewatchfire,aregleaming.Remember,remember...‘AUquietalongthePotomactonight;nosoundsavetherushoftheriver;whilesoftfallsthedewonthefaceofthedead—thepicket’soffdutyforever!’...Afterthesurrender,Mr.Lincoln,ontheWhiteHousebalconyaskedthebandtoplay,‘Lookaway,lookaway,lookaway,Dixieland.’...AndthentherewastheBostonladywhoonenightwroteasongwilllastathousandyears:‘MineeyeshaveseenthegloryofthecomingoftheLord;Heistramplingoutthevintagewherethegrapesofwratharestored.LatenightsIfeelmymouthmovesingingbackinanothertime.‘YeCavaliersofDixie!WhoguardtheSouthernshores...’‘Whentheboyscomehomeintriumph,brother,withthelaurelstheyshallgain...’Somanysongs,sungonbothsides,blowingnorth,blowingsouthonthenightwinds.‘Wearecoming,FatherAbraham,threehundredthousandmore...’‘Tentingtonight,tentingtonight,tentingontheoldcampground.’‘Hurrah,hurrah,webringtheJubilee,hurrah,hurrah,theflagthatmakesusfree..."

           Theoldman’svoicefaded.

           Theboyssatforalongwhilewithoutmoving.ThenCharlieturnedandlookedatDouglasandsaid,"Well,isheorisn’the?"Douglasbreathedtwiceandsaid,"Hesureis."

           Thecolonelopenedhiseyes.

           "Isureamwhat?"heasked.

           "ATimeMachine,"murmuredDouglas.