Mobile Advertiser & Register
June 9, 1861
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AN OMEN.—The Giles volunteers, on their march to this city, witnessed
an incident which, with one accord, they interpreted into an augury of Southern
victories and glorious success in our struggle for independence. A large hawk, sweeping down to the earth,
caught a large black snake and soaring up with his prey, writhing in agony and
struggling for deliverance. Gradually
the snake released his efforts, when the hawk, having cleared the tops of the
surrounding hills, struck a course due South. As soon as the incident was observed, the
whole company agreed in calling the snake