. "Boots and saddles." A history of the first volunteer cavalry of the war, known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre regiment. Its organization, campaigns and battles . and alv-aiicid to tlie edge of the woods tomeet him. Theie was a laige cleared s[iaee ttj cross, andllidilen jiassed over it at a brisk trot. \\!ien withinthree hundred fe;t of the euimy he received a ^?olleyfrom their mu-^kets. wliich killed the horses .of Cori)oralLewis and [Uivate llngli McSourley. but they dashed ondisiiiuunied. AVIieu the enemy lired, 1 i iildru turned to hismen and said : * X^w
. "Boots and saddles." A history of the first volunteer cavalry of the war, known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre regiment. Its organization, campaigns and battles . and alv-aiicid to tlie edge of the woods tomeet him. Theie was a laige cleared s[iaee ttj cross, andllidilen jiassed over it at a brisk trot. \\!ien withinthree hundred fe;t of the euimy he received a ^?olleyfrom their mu-^kets. wliich killed the horses .of Cori)oralLewis and [Uivate llngli McSourley. but they dashed ondisiiiuunied. AVIieu the enemy lired, 1 i iildru turned to hismen and said : * X^w b(^)y>, -;purs and sabres ! Charge Iand tlie next in->tant Lniou sabres and Coufedeiate bay-onets Were clashing iu dadly conllirt. Idio enemy hadno time to re-load until jiu^hed lo a fence, whichther succeeded in cros>ing. some of tlieiii riceivingSevere subre in the attfm[)t. but this gave thema chance to Some of tiie put tlieir hordesat tlu: fence an^l eU^areil it nicely ; but tlie !)or<e Lieu-tenant w;i-, lii- owii Ie-iiu .-iflc. halked attilt; leap, and he turned to try it again. As he did so he -K ^•?liiviiv;^^ <r. 2 V Jr ?.•; ^^ <r| ?J ? iHiii ?^/t*^ First Xew York (Linxoln) Cavalry. 81 sjiied the OoiiftMloiiito otlicers, and -• ni:i(le for them with u[)lifted sabre, when he n-us struck with a ritle ballill tlie left shoulder, and fell from his horse mort:dl\wounded. Some of the men dismounted and made a 2;ap in thefence, and tlie ti<j;ht was renewed, hand to hand; Cor[)ora!Lewis, mounted upon nidtin-guishing- himself o-reatly. The encm} coidd not resistthe onset of the l)ohl troopers when the fenco Avas forced,so the}- Itroke throupli tlie woods in cy the little band of lnusenien. who succeededin capturinii- thirteen iu-is(jners, besides placing se\eralof the enemy Ikj/\ewisand private Iluuh MeSomley killi 1 three of the enemyand captured fne pi-i-oncrs, while pri\aic
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