. Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade . nveniently locatedjust behind him could be seen a lump of opium asbig as a cannonball. Beginning at the head of theline he would say to the first one: Well, sir, what isthe matter with you? I dont know, doctor; Ivegot a pain in my back, a hurting in my stomach, or amisery in my head, or I had a chill last night. Let me see your tongue. Hows your bowels? He would then turn around and vigorously attackthe lump of opium with his knife, and roll out fromtwo to four pills to the man, remarking to each ofhis waiting patie
. Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade . nveniently locatedjust behind him could be seen a lump of opium asbig as a cannonball. Beginning at the head of theline he would say to the first one: Well, sir, what isthe matter with you? I dont know, doctor; Ivegot a pain in my back, a hurting in my stomach, or amisery in my head, or I had a chill last night. Let me see your tongue. Hows your bowels? He would then turn around and vigorously attackthe lump of opium with his knife, and roll out fromtwo to four pills to the man, remarking to each ofhis waiting patients: There, take one of theseevery two hours. Thus he would go, down the lineto the end, and in it all there was little variation—none to speak of except in the answers of the in-dividuals, the number of pills, or the manner oftaking. And what else could he do? He had toldme frankly that he had nothing in his tent that woulddo me any good, but these men had to have medicine. For water at Tupelo we dug wells, each companya well, using a sweep to draw it. In this hilly por-. Frank M. Taylor First Captain of Company C, Third Texas Cavalry FACING IOO BATTLE OF IUKA 101 tion of the State good water could be obtained bydigging from twenty to twenty-five feet. From the time of the reorganization at Corinthup to the middle of July Company C had lost a num-ber of men. Some, as McDugald and Dillard, werecommissioned officers, and did not re-enlist; some weredischarged on applications, and others under theconscription law then in force, a law exempting allmen under eighteen and over forty-five years of those discharged I remember the two Ackers,Croft, I. K. Frazer, Tom Hogg, Tom Johnson, Newton, William Pennington, and R. G. Thomp-son, all of whom returned to Texas except WilliamPennington, who remained with us a considerabletime, notwithstanding his discharge. In the regimen-tal officers several changes had been made. Afterthe death of Major Barker, Captain Jiles S. Bog-
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