. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . o ribs on a stump were indi-cated as rny share, and I broiled them on thecoals and made the first substantial meal I hadeaten for forty-eight hours. This was inter-rupted by artillery fire from beyond the river,and as I was taking my place in line, my colonel ordered me to the ambulanceto recruit. Here I got a dose of Fowlers solution, in lieu of quinine, and atthe wagon-camp that day I fared better than for a long time before. Mean-while they
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . o ribs on a stump were indi-cated as rny share, and I broiled them on thecoals and made the first substantial meal I hadeaten for forty-eight hours. This was inter-rupted by artillery fire from beyond the river,and as I was taking my place in line, my colonel ordered me to the ambulanceto recruit. Here I got a dose of Fowlers solution, in lieu of quinine, and atthe wagon-camp that day I fared better than for a long time before. Mean-while they were having a hot time down at Waterloo Bridge, which theenemys engineers were trying to burn, while some companies of sharp-shooters under Lieutenant Robert Healy of ours—whose rank was nomeasure of his services or merit—were disputing the attempt, A con-centrated fire from the Federal batteries failed to dislodge the pluckyriflemen, while our guns were now brought up, and some hard pound-ing ensued. But at sunset the bridge still stood, and I spread downfor the night, under the pole of a wagon, fully expecting a serious fight onthe JACKSON S FOOT-CAVALRYAT THE SECOND BULL RUN.
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