. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . en down artilleryand stragglers. The latterpassed along the edge ofthe woods to keep out of thedust of the road, and a guardwas stationed on each flank to drive them back to the road, sothat they would not disturb the men who were asleep. Thiskept the guards busy; a lieutenant colonel was among thosehalted and ordered out to the road. He at once asserted hisauthority of rank and tried to push forward. Bucky, whohad kept awake, witnessed the occurrence, and thundered
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . en down artilleryand stragglers. The latterpassed along the edge ofthe woods to keep out of thedust of the road, and a guardwas stationed on each flank to drive them back to the road, sothat they would not disturb the men who were asleep. Thiskept the guards busy; a lieutenant colonel was among thosehalted and ordered out to the road. He at once asserted hisauthority of rank and tried to push forward. Bucky, whohad kept awake, witnessed the occurrence, and thundered outin a quick succession of sentences : Who are you ? where isyour regiment, sir? What are you doing here? Sentry, puthim out on the road ! And as the sentry jabbed at thelieutenant colonels horse, the latter suddenly backed outinto the road. Colonel Neill then ordered the sentry to callthe corporal of the guard. The corporal reported to the colo-nel, but soon came back with orders to take off the guards andgive the sentries a chance to sleep. Such was the considerationof dear old Bucky Neill for the welfare of his WM. W. MILFORD,Co. H. At Malvern Hill just before the last charge of the John-nies, Charles W. Hess, drummer of H Company, Twenty-thirdPennsylvania, assisted one of the wounded of the regimentfrom the field to the hospital, and on the way back to the PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 187 lines with a comrade from another regiment, it became so darkthat they could not locate their respective regiments. Finally,they laid down among the dead and wounded, and at daylightwere awakened by one of the cavalry going through the deadmen. When he discovered they were alive, he informedthem that the army had pulledout for Harrisons Landing,and that the Rebs skirmisherswere even then coming out ofthe woods—a quarter of a mileaway. Hess companion wasso completely played out andbroken in spirit when he foundthe army had departed, that noamount of coaxing could in-duce him
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