. Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel; the true story. upon his cot in a hospitaltent near Columbia College, in Washington, after the retreat of the army from the 45 Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel Peninsula* He was shot all to pieces,said private H. We carried him back,oat of the line of fire, and laid him on thegrass to die* His body was shot throughand through, and the blood was pouringfrom his many wounds* But his strengthwas great, and such a powerful man washard to kill* The surgeons checked theflow of blood—they said he had rallied fromthe shock; we laid him on a cot in a hospitaltent,
. Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel; the true story. upon his cot in a hospitaltent near Columbia College, in Washington, after the retreat of the army from the 45 Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel Peninsula* He was shot all to pieces,said private H. We carried him back,oat of the line of fire, and laid him on thegrass to die* His body was shot throughand through, and the blood was pouringfrom his many wounds* But his strengthwas great, and such a powerful man washard to kill* The surgeons checked theflow of blood—they said he had rallied fromthe shock; we laid him on a cot in a hospitaltent, and the boys crowded around him,until the doctors said they must leave if hewas to have any chance at all. We all knewhe must die* We dropped onto the groundwherever we could, and fell into a brokenslumber—wounded and well side by at daylight the word was passed thatScott wanted to see us all. We went intohis tent and stood around his cot. His facewas bright and his voice cheerful. Boys/he said, * I shall never see another battle. 46. LINCOLN IN 1865From a photograph by Rice Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel I supposed this would be my last* I haventmuch to say* You all know what you cantell them at home about me. I have triedto do the right thing! I am almost certainyou will all say thai/ Then while hisstrength was failing, his life ebbing away,and we looked to see his voice sink into awhisper, his face lighted up and his voicecame out natural and clear as he said: * Ifany of you ever have the chance, I wish youwould tell President Lincoln that I havenever forgotten the kind words he said tome at the Chain Bridge; that I have triedto be a good soldier and true to the flag;that I should have paid my whole debt tohim if I had lived; and that now, when Iknow that I am dying, I think of his kindface and thank him again, because he gaveme the chance to fall like a soldier in battle,and not like a coward by the hands of my comrades/ 47 Lincoln and the Slewing Sentinel
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