. Minty and the cavalry [electronic resource]: a history of cavalry campaigns in the western armies. ery ani-mated entity, continue his burrowing progress until theman or animal succumbed to his attack. The wounds heinflicted were grievous, and his destruction of morals inthe army great. Having not eyes, he saw, and havingnot ears, he heard; and without fear of consequences,moved in desperate assault upon the army, perishing inthe last ditch of his own digging. This is his formidableportrait. A still more dreaded ambush waslaid in the briers and thick under-growth of the more open country into
. Minty and the cavalry [electronic resource]: a history of cavalry campaigns in the western armies. ery ani-mated entity, continue his burrowing progress until theman or animal succumbed to his attack. The wounds heinflicted were grievous, and his destruction of morals inthe army great. Having not eyes, he saw, and havingnot ears, he heard; and without fear of consequences,moved in desperate assault upon the army, perishing inthe last ditch of his own digging. This is his formidableportrait. A still more dreaded ambush waslaid in the briers and thick under-growth of the more open country intowhich the unsuscepting Yank, ifavoiding, in wise though saddenedexperience, the deserted camp, thedeceitful shelter and the umbrageous forest, sought safetyin the tangled brush or grassy hillside ; for there in serriedmillions lurked the invisible jigger; the least, but not theless of all the aids to the rebellion. The jigger was anoriginal secessionist, bitter, determined, and unrelentingin his attacks upon the Union—army He must certainlyhave belonged to the secret service branch of the Con-. 192 Miidy and tin- Cavalry. federacy : lying in wait in unsuspected places, and withfiendish malignity sought rather to torture than to kill hisenemy His favorite mode of warfare was to get upon hisenemy when unable to resist, and burrowing under theepidermis, raise the skin in great flakes from the flesh,thus flaying his victim alive. He delighted more in skin-ning a Yankee than ever did the lordly slaveholder in wolloping a nigger. Oh, you jigger! You jigger!You were the least, but still the worst of all the bad pro-ductions of rebeldom. Your hated memory is enough andso your portrait is omitted.
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