. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . entrenchments, so that we might not lose the groundwe had secured at such an immense amount of humansuffering. The ball from which I received my wound struck thebone of my right arm, about six inches above the elbow,taking off a splinter, and then gl
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . entrenchments, so that we might not lose the groundwe had secured at such an immense amount of humansuffering. The ball from which I received my wound struck thebone of my right arm, about six inches above the elbow,taking off a splinter, and then glancing away andinstantly killing a poor fellow who stood by my side.^ That was a terrible battle at Cold Harbor. Onebleeding .sufferer, lyingon the field, was nearlycrazed with pain, fever,and thirst, and calling tome for assistance, hegasped, Bring me water,captain. I would if I had it,I answered. Water, for Godssake, water! he cried. Ill give you a thousanddollars in gold for one drink of water. If he had offered me all the gold ever dug I could nothave granted his dying Avish. During those dreadful hours there was hurrying toand fro in order to save our army from utter defeat, andto care for the thousands who were wounded and dis-abled. General Grant estimated our entire loss during thethree days fight at 7500 removi:n-g the wounded. CHAPTER XXYII. A STARTLING EPISODE, In wonders, fiction drops its fact bears off the palm.
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