. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , having had my horse injured by his fallingthrough a bridge across the Etowah, near Kingston, the planking of whichhad been loosened, I was compelled to go on foot through the brush withthe skirmishers, and had my boots sadly torn by the briers. Unable to getanother pair, I had to resort to the expedient of getting one of the soldiers todraw a pair of shoes for me on his own account. These government shoes, or gunboats, as the boys calle
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , having had my horse injured by his fallingthrough a bridge across the Etowah, near Kingston, the planking of whichhad been loosened, I was compelled to go on foot through the brush withthe skirmishers, and had my boots sadly torn by the briers. Unable to getanother pair, I had to resort to the expedient of getting one of the soldiers todraw a pair of shoes for me on his own account. These government shoes, or gunboats, as the boys called them, were so largethat I could barely get mytoes in the stirrups, and themen laughed at me as I rodeby. Shortly after this whenon the division skirmish line,driving the enemy, I sawone of the men of my regi-ment, a soldier named EdMalone, out of his place inthe line and close beside to him I asked. Ed,why are you not in line?What do you want withme? Malone responded:Colonel, I want permissionto remain wid ye for if ye arekilt yees cannot fall downwid them gunboats on. Dr. Fred W. Byers, myold surgeon, is sitting byme as I write and asks:. The Subject of Malones Anxiety. General, why dont you tell them the sharp answer you gave me to aquestion I asked you one day when we were riding together? Now themajor-surgeon is a character known in all commanderies of the Loyal Legionand the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic for his genial stories andhis humorous recitations, and while he cannot write as good a song as When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea, which is from the pen ofAdjutant Byers, yet our Doctor Byers can sing a better song, and,like the adjutant, his namesake, he was always up with the fact, he would disobey my orders, fail to retire to tlie Held hospital. AMERICAN HEROISM. 263 and would follow up the line of battle. But we will let him tell his own story. Riding with you one day, general, as we were passing a sutlers tent,your horse kicked an o
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