. The long roll : being a journal of the civil war, as set down during the years 1861-1863 . The Burning of Winton. Earthwork; Built by Sir Waiter Raleiglis Colony, Roanoke Island PLATE XXIX THE LONG ROLL but of that I am not sure. Somehow or other, it entered mymind that I was of no more use and that I would be safer lyingdown than standing, and accordingly down I went, for I believeI told you before, that I have no particular liking for gettingkilled, even when it is necessary, and much less when it is the Regiment was pushing on, my thoughts happenedto stumble on the idea that if
. The long roll : being a journal of the civil war, as set down during the years 1861-1863 . The Burning of Winton. Earthwork; Built by Sir Waiter Raleiglis Colony, Roanoke Island PLATE XXIX THE LONG ROLL but of that I am not sure. Somehow or other, it entered mymind that I was of no more use and that I would be safer lyingdown than standing, and accordingly down I went, for I believeI told you before, that I have no particular liking for gettingkilled, even when it is necessary, and much less when it is the Regiment was pushing on, my thoughts happenedto stumble on the idea that if I had a revolver, I might makeanother attempt at getting killed, but as I had nothing thatI could use with my left hand, I commenced to think aboutleaving the field, as I had a right to do. But the bullets hadby no means ceased to sing over our heads, and I did hate thenotion of a bullet in the back. That it might hurt, never enteredmy mind as it does now. It was only the mortification I wouldfeel in showing the doctor such a wound, that bothered mymuddled brain. But by this time, I found out where the bulleth
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