. Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel; the true story. e went away, out ofmy sight forever. I know I shall never seehim again; but may God forget me if I everforget his kind words or my promise. This was the end of the story of Evans,who got his discharge, and went home atthe close of the year. I heard from Scottoccasionally afterward. He was gaininga wonderful reputation as an athlete. Hewas the strongest man in the regiment. Theregiment was engaged in two or three re-connoissances in force, in which he per-formed the most exposed service with sin- 40 Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel gular bra
. Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel; the true story. e went away, out ofmy sight forever. I know I shall never seehim again; but may God forget me if I everforget his kind words or my promise. This was the end of the story of Evans,who got his discharge, and went home atthe close of the year. I heard from Scottoccasionally afterward. He was gaininga wonderful reputation as an athlete. Hewas the strongest man in the regiment. Theregiment was engaged in two or three re-connoissances in force, in which he per-formed the most exposed service with sin- 40 Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel gular bravery* If any man was in trouble,Scott was his good Samaritan; if anysoldier was sick, Scott was his nurse* Hewas ready to volunteer for any extra ser-vice or labor—he had done some difficultand useful scouting* He still refused pro-motion, saying that he had done nothingworthy of it. The final result was that hewas the general favorite of all his comrades,the most popular man in the regiment, andmodest, unassuming, and unspoiled by hissuccess* IV. HE next scene in this drama openson the Peninsula, between theYork and the James rivers, inMarch, 1862. The sluggish War-wick River runs from its source,near Yorktown, across the Peninsula toits discharge* It formed at that time aline of defence, which had been forti-fied by General Magruder, and was heldby him with a force of some twelve thou-sand Confederates* Yorktown was an im-portant position to the Confederates* On April 15th the division of GeneralSmith was ordered to stop the enemyswork on the intrenchments at Lees Mills, the strongest position on the Warwick 42 Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel River* His force consisted of the Vermontbrigade of five regiments and three bat-teries of artillery* After a lively skirmish,which occupied the greater part of the fore-noon, this order was executed, and shouldhave ended the movement* Bat about noon General McClellan withhis staff, including the French princes, cameupon the scene, a
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