. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . their haversacks and pro-visions, and with desperate exertions kept from falling daylight Colonel Dumont was heard shouting, Closeup, boys! Close up ! If the enemy were to fire now, theycould nt hit one of you! The order was well-timed ; — theboys closed up and cheered up. As they approached Philippi, they could perceive no evi-dences of the arrival of Kelleys detachment on the other sideof the town. The infantry was ordered to halt, the artilleryto advance and get the guns into position. Scarcely had this* Colonel Lander was Aid to
. The soldier of Indiana in the war for the union . their haversacks and pro-visions, and with desperate exertions kept from falling daylight Colonel Dumont was heard shouting, Closeup, boys! Close up ! If the enemy were to fire now, theycould nt hit one of you! The order was well-timed ; — theboys closed up and cheered up. As they approached Philippi, they could perceive no evi-dences of the arrival of Kelleys detachment on the other sideof the town. The infantry was ordered to halt, the artilleryto advance and get the guns into position. Scarcely had this* Colonel Lander was Aid to General McClellan. THE SOLDIER OF INDIANA. disposition been made when the pickets of the enemy com-menced a brisk fire from the heights immediately above the road. Colonel Lander opened fire. The pickets now obstructed the way. The troops waited a mo-ment for orders; and as they waited, perhaps there was not aman whose eye did not glance with admiration upon the rarebeauty of the scene spread below, — a green valley, encircled. by forest-crowned cliffs and watered by a winding river, alittle scattered village, and a snow-drift of tents on the darksward. The pause was but momentary. With a wild, ring-ing cheer, the infantry, the Seventh in advance, rushed downthe hill, through a narrow bridge, three or four hundred feetin length, which spans the river, dashing aside a barricadeof boards as if it were of wicker, and poured on towards SAUVE QUI PEUT! 33 the Rebel camp. Unable to withstand the fascination of theshout and the race, the spirited, though moody. Lander leftthe artillery and urged his gallant gray down the rockyheights in front, with a temerity rivalling that of the oldPutnam of Revolutionary times. At this moment an answering shout was heard, and Colo-nels Kelley and Milroy were seen on the brow of the hillsoutheast of the town. In spite of a twenty-five mile march,the last few hours through mud and rain and darkness, downdashed the new-comers strai
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