. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 . d dodge shell, was a brave man. Nowour line moved forward a dozen yards, when theorder came: Halt! Unsling knapsacks! Fix bay-onets ! Then I knew that we were to fight theenemy with cold steel. Before we had time to exe-cute the order to unsling knapsacks, one man in mycompany was divested of his by a movement notfound in any book of military tactics. A piece ofshell struck his blanket which was closely rolled andstrapped on the top of his knapsack, just behind theback of his neck, and the momentum of the missilewas such t
. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 . d dodge shell, was a brave man. Nowour line moved forward a dozen yards, when theorder came: Halt! Unsling knapsacks! Fix bay-onets ! Then I knew that we were to fight theenemy with cold steel. Before we had time to exe-cute the order to unsling knapsacks, one man in mycompany was divested of his by a movement notfound in any book of military tactics. A piece ofshell struck his blanket which was closely rolled andstrapped on the top of his knapsack, just behind theback of his neck, and the momentum of the missilewas such that for a moment man and knapsuck re-volved around each other and then they parted com-pany. Again came the order — Forward! The bul-lets now began to sing angrily about our ears, andour men began to fall. The one with whom I touch-ed elbows on my left was among the first ball entered his leg with a sickening thud whichI shall never forget, and he fell to the ground witha cry of I m shot! The company to which I THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRAE ASTO&, LFNoX. LIEUT. COLONEL AND BREVET COLONEL.
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