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Updated: May 13, 2025

But there was none to give, the canteens were-empty. "Boys," exclaimed Nathan Cunningham, a lad of eighteen, the color-bearer for his regiment, "I can't stand this any more. They want water, and water they must have. So let me have a few canteens and I'll go for some."

Frances Jenkins Olcott - Good Stories for Holidays