. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . ral Davies, the left toGeneral Custer; and placing himself, with GeneralPleasanton, in the centre, advanced with terrible de-termination to the contest. Approaching to within afew yards of the enemys lines, he ordered the band tostrike up a national air, to whose stirring strains wasadded the blast of scores of bugles ringing out the charge. Brave hearts became braver, and weak oneswaxed strong, until ^ pride of country had touchedthis raging sea of thought, and emotion kindled anunconquerable principle th
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . ral Davies, the left toGeneral Custer; and placing himself, with GeneralPleasanton, in the centre, advanced with terrible de-termination to the contest. Approaching to within afew yards of the enemys lines, he ordered the band tostrike up a national air, to whose stirring strains wasadded the blast of scores of bugles ringing out the charge. Brave hearts became braver, and weak oneswaxed strong, until ^ pride of country had touchedthis raging sea of thought, and emotion kindled anunconquerable principle that affirmed every man ahero until death. The troops filled the air witlitheir battle-cry, and hurled themselves on their un-equal foe. So swiftly swept forward this tide ofanimated power that the Confederates broke and fled,and Kilpatrick thus escaped a disaster which hadseemed inevitable. No one —we quote from Soldiers of the Saddle,—who looked upon that wonderful panorama, canever forget it. On the great field were riderlesshorses and dying men; clouds of dirt from solid shot r. GLAZIER THANKED BY HIS GENERAL. 157 and bursting shells, broken caissons, and overturnedambulances; and long lines of dragoons dashing into thecharge, with their drawn and firmly grasped sabresglistening in the light of the declining sun; while farbeyond the scene of tumult were the dark green forestsskirting the distant Rappahannock. In this action Glazier, who occupied the post ofvolunteer aide to General Davies, had his horse shotunder him, received a sabre-stroke on the shoulder,two bullets in his hat, and had his scabbard split by ashot or shell. His conduct was such as to obtain forhrm the thanks of his general and a promise of earlypromotion. This was the fourth battle of Brandy Sta-tion in which the Harris Light Cavalry had beenengaged. The first occurred on August the twentieth, 1862, the second on June ninth, the third on Septem-ber twelfth, and this last action on October eleventh, 1863
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