. . out,divide it by wings, give thecommand, M Take a bat-tery! and then, with alook of joyful pride in hisflashing eye, watch the re-sult. Dashing off at doublequick, with a wild shoutof enthusiasm, we wouldcharge madly through thebrush and up the hill, thewings meeting at the top,covered with glory and per-spiration. We never failedto get the battery. K\ ing over an inu perceptible line of rifle-pits, routing the enemy with awful slaugh-ter, while the officers brandished on high their reeking swordsand waded around through seas of
. . out,divide it by wings, give thecommand, M Take a bat-tery! and then, with alook of joyful pride in hisflashing eye, watch the re-sult. Dashing off at doublequick, with a wild shoutof enthusiasm, we wouldcharge madly through thebrush and up the hill, thewings meeting at the top,covered with glory and per-spiration. We never failedto get the battery. K\ ing over an inu perceptible line of rifle-pits, routing the enemy with awful slaugh-ter, while the officers brandished on high their reeking swordsand waded around through seas of imaginary gore. Like the. JOHN BODY, : Y-FIFTH. ij? tain (>: iiths \\ [May, schoolings in the rhyme who charged upon the flock of get :ii, we scouted Had the rebels heard of our exploits it would be little wonderthat they evacuated Corinth. Captain Orlow Smith, of Compau\ -;ty-fifth, is occa- sionally mentioned in these pages. This is because he uncon-sciously furnished us so much amusement. He had a fine headof hair, swelling into a beautiful roll at the bottom, of which hewas very proud. One day while we were taking a batten,charging like mad through a dense thicket of brambles, CaptainSmiths hat flew off and a bii lied from his head- It landedon the ground several yards away. His head wasbare and smooth as a door-knob, and glistened in the sun like thegilded ball on I) rum-major Critehnelds staff. There wasnt asign of hair except a little cheval-de-frisi around the back of hisneck. How the boys screamed with delight as they saw himscratching to recover his wig ! I doubt if a man in the regimentkne
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