. Genealogical notes of the Carpenter family, including the autobiography, and personal reminiscences of Dr. Seymour D. Carpenter, lieutenant colonel in the war for the union. With genealogical and biographical appendix .. . was up; our men werecrowding ilitc)- the ravine on both sides, like a mob, all rushingtowards Bull Run; they said the enemy were behind us, inoverwhelming numbers, and if we did not get across, we shouldsoon be captured. Believing that discretion is the better partof valor, we joined the wild and on-rushing throng, and madeas good time in the retreat as possible. On reachi
. Genealogical notes of the Carpenter family, including the autobiography, and personal reminiscences of Dr. Seymour D. Carpenter, lieutenant colonel in the war for the union. With genealogical and biographical appendix .. . was up; our men werecrowding ilitc)- the ravine on both sides, like a mob, all rushingtowards Bull Run; they said the enemy were behind us, inoverwhelming numbers, and if we did not get across, we shouldsoon be captured. Believing that discretion is the better partof valor, we joined the wild and on-rushing throng, and madeas good time in the retreat as possible. On reaching the stream,in which the water was waist deep, we plunged through, clamb-ered up the opposite bank, and only stopped when we reacheda hill, about a quarter of a mile distant. The incessant roar,continued, but we were either out of range, or they were firingin a different direction. On the brow of the hill, and upon theadjacent plateau, there were some cleared fields where a mobof tAvo or three thousand soldiers was congregated, with two orthree hundred wagons, and ambulances; many of the soldiershad thrown away their guns, and the utmost confusion pre-vailed. Officers were rushing frantically about, trying to bring. Dr. SEYMOUR D. CARPENTER, Lieutenant-Colonel,in the War for the Union, Medical Director of theDepartment of Missouri, 1865. SEYMOUR D. CARPENTER. 137 order out of chaos. Being a non-combatant, I gradually workedmy way to the rear. All my effects had been left in the tent,with my hand bag; only a linen duster had supplied its place,and in the retreat I had lost my cap. In crossing the Eun,I had got thoroughly soaked, and on the whole, felt and was, ina most dilapidated condition. Presently a great shout went up,and still greater confusion stiiTed the mob; the cry went upthe enemys cavalry is coming, then ensued another stam-pede, the whole mass of men and teams, began crowding, andjDushing along a road, over the brow of the hill, leading towardsCentreville, about t
Size: 1492px × 1675px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidgenealogicalnote1907carp
