. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . hospital. ^^e had gone along the road a mile or more whenthe am1)nlance stopped, the cnrtains parted, and the faceof my old friend. Colonel Randlett appeared. The Col-onel was in command of the ])ro\-ost-guard upon the staff of General DavidI*). I)irney. It waslint necessary forhim to ask any(juestions. a n d turning his com-mand over to asubordinate offi-cer, he rode backwith me, uponhis horse, to thefield hospital up-on the banks ofthe James this ColonelRandlett showedthe same kindnessand devotion thatlie had shownthrough our
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . hospital. ^^e had gone along the road a mile or more whenthe am1)nlance stopped, the cnrtains parted, and the faceof my old friend. Colonel Randlett appeared. The Col-onel was in command of the ])ro\-ost-guard upon the staff of General DavidI*). I)irney. It waslint necessary forhim to ask any(juestions. a n d turning his com-mand over to asubordinate offi-cer, he rode backwith me, uponhis horse, to thefield hospital up-on the banks ofthe James this ColonelRandlett showedthe same kindnessand devotion thatlie had shownthrough our wholeservice together,under all circum-stances, true to the pledges that he had made my peopleupon my enlistment under his command at the outbreakof the war. It was marked in this instance from the factthat in leaving his command he took the chances of dis-obeying the orders of his commander indirectly, by leav-ing- his command in the field. But Colonel Randlett w^as too well established in theconfidence of General Birney for him to suffer from the 465. GEN DAVID B. BIRNEY. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION consequences of this act. His one thought was for mycare, and to get me into the hands of his friends and myfriends, if possible, at the hospital. Arriving back near the river, they placed me tempo-rarily in a small tent, until Colonel Randlett could findthe surgeon in charge, who as it happened was a personalfriend—Dr. Dearborn—a cousin of the late Dr. SamuelDearborn of Nashua. While lying upon the ground in thetent I heard voices outside discussing my case. The gen-
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