. "Boots and saddles." A history of the first volunteer cavalry of the war, known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre regiment. Its organization, campaigns and battles . leion; bnl .)r ri,)uu-las^of his i-egiment was with us. Our tr(.)o[.- were still t(jl>e seen on the otluu sid> of the river. trN-iiiLi to cro>s ;but thiy Were tiually dri\Hn lhroii_di tlie uaiIV the ailil-lery of the enemy, losing heavily in killed and w(Mindcd. ^\e re-olved tn a--cend tlie blutf and charjrc tlieenemy^ -harp-shooters in llank, and if possilij,. diivethem far enough away
. "Boots and saddles." A history of the first volunteer cavalry of the war, known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre regiment. Its organization, campaigns and battles . leion; bnl .)r ri,)uu-las^of his i-egiment was with us. Our tr(.)o[.- were still t(jl>e seen on the otluu sid> of the river. trN-iiiLi to cro>s ;but thiy Were tiually dri\Hn lhroii_di tlie uaiIV the ailil-lery of the enemy, losing heavily in killed and w(Mindcd. ^\e re-olved tn a--cend tlie blutf and charjrc tlieenemy^ -harp-shooters in llank, and if possilij,. diivethem far enough away, so as to re they Iocdtl get into pii-it ion :,u-ain. (.^nickus thought we spurred np the steep, rccj^-ed path, and ina few moments were on top of the lluif )? n[i till- ri\rr. \idle v,-rg:i\- rhem e\ery .-let in theloek>i-. and nearly l>urst our lungs yelling, to add wiui--^to their iliudit. CI ?•?f .villiI ^*t;:^iii. i^ ?^? o ..^^ . ... .--7 *a//i.! .:7Ca».: ii1/ .- a- J Ijlijrtjxii, IlusT Nkw Ydiiiv (Lincoln) (. -JDo ?wlictlrd ainl iiiaili lor ila- river. At t!i:it in-stant of the ••Johnnies. who remained concealedin the liushes. openid on ns. killin-- the horse of Ser-i;-eant Oliver wonndinu Ia-lly the h(jrse ant ( J. Iitman. who was carrying niv com-pany o-nidon. and kiiiin- Ilngh McLanghlin. Itwas no time to Swaii Jack Knives then, so we ke[.ton at ^[)vvli()ro. \\ e had got to the middle o! the stream wlien we heaidthe Well known ••whiz/. (jf a rille ladlet. followed in anionii. nt IV the shnrp erack of the rille on the liank inour rear, riieii. whi/.z. whizz, wliizz. came the IldU-ty,cutting tlie wn^er all around ns. and making it mightyuni)Iea>a,nt. \\ V pres-fd onrhi>rses onward, our e\-os fixed (.n thelilutf occU[iied liy the enemy, so
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