. Four years with five armies: Army of the frontier, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Missouri, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Shenandoah . to be shot at any time werode the line, and the post Lanterman refusedto go to was the first point of attack, owingto being on the road that led through the lineof works. The other boys said that was thereason he would not go there. We had pickedhim up on the Wilson raid and hauled him ina carriage, and there was not a man in thecompany who believed there was anything thematter with him but fear. The next time we went on picket we occu-pied a different posi
. Four years with five armies: Army of the frontier, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Missouri, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Shenandoah . to be shot at any time werode the line, and the post Lanterman refusedto go to was the first point of attack, owingto being on the road that led through the lineof works. The other boys said that was thereason he would not go there. We had pickedhim up on the Wilson raid and hauled him ina carriage, and there was not a man in thecompany who believed there was anything thematter with him but fear. The next time we went on picket we occu-pied a different position in the same linefarther to the left. The reserve camped in thewoods with open pasture beside them about amile wide, and sloping gradually up to aboutthe center, with lanes running each waythrough it. It was level from that place tothe timber along the edge, at which theenemys line was posted. Our advance linewas stationed along the fence that ran at theterminus of the slope. The posts lay about twohundred yards apart. I was in charge of onerelief, as usual, and our orders were to with-draw at the first sign of an advance of the. Warner Xewton Captain Co. K, Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalr> FACING ,02 Reorganizing and Hustling 303 enemy, and to reform in the edge of the tim-ber. A thick brush was along the edge of thetimber in which the enemy was posted, and wecould not see them often, as they appeared totry to conceal their whereabouts. Everything went all right until the thirdday. One of our men, Wakefield, caught sightof one of them, and the following conversationensued: Ho, there, you Johnnie! What do youbelong to? Kershaws brigade. What command doyouns belong to? The Second Ohio Cavalry. I thought youns were in Tennessee. We were, but we are up here now. Are youns followin wens round? Yes, we are the only ones can hold youdown. They recognized by this talk that tradingcould be done, as had been done with us be-fore. Another one to the left of where I was stand-ing spok
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