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CHAPTER XXVI. Y regiment left New York by night in a flare of torch and 2M ,3 rocket. The streets were lined a; 1,4 . ,_ 7. wzth crowds now hardened to the sound of fife and drum and the pomp or military preparation. I had a very high and mighty feeling in me that wore away in the discomfort of travel. For hours after the train start- ed we sang and told stories and ate peanuts and pulled and hauled at each other in a cloud of tobacco smoke. The rain was sidetracked here and there and dragged along at a slow pace. Young men with no appreciation, as it wemed to me, or the sad business we were 01! upon went roistetlnz no and down the aisles, drinking out of bottles Ind chasing around the train as it haltâ€" ed. These revelers grew quiet as the mat wore on. The boys began to close their eyes and lie back for; rest. Some laylnthealsle,thelrheadsuponthelr knapsack; m him to pui himself in proper fettle again. This finished, he ran away hur- tiediy. with his carpeting, and I miss- ed the opportunity I wanted for n brief hi]: with him. A number or us followed him down- stairs, and a young man went up the Bowery for 1 new shirt. When it came the printer took of! the soiled garment, flinging it 'pto a corner, and I helped “I’d breastpln mm It I knew who he was!” said the editor. I300 “mam mum. It m £1598.ng Rested near m mam. swiagiag ma ms and m lite a am learning new In the m e! e esee imaemm m m we a big yellow 89‘ mm mm on Mead: ems-um Womwwm «I male. mm at. it. “dummy the mama»; neweemum In uncommon ta mum be dated “the drooling idiot“ ta declare “meek. In a moment he opened his waistcoat and surveyed the damage. “You’ll have to get another shirt,” laid the pressman. who Itood near. ”You can’t go to Washington with such t breastpin." “Look at that 3" he went on complain- .fly. “Ugh! The making, filthy, flab baring idiot! I‘d rather be slain with the jawbone or an ass.” "363' m m. 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And the people were tired of delay. The cry of “Ste’ boy!” was ringing all over the north. They wanted to cut as loose and be through with dallying. ‘ Late in May, after Virginia had se- eeded, some 30,000 or us were sent over to the south side of the Potomac, where for weeks we tore the flowery fields lining the shore with long lntrench- ments. Meantime I wrote three letters to Mr. Greeley and had the satisfaction of see- ing them in the Tribune. I took much nterest in the camp drill, and before we crossed the river I had been raised to the rank of first lieutenant Every day we were looking for the big army or Beauregard, camping below Center- ville, some thirty miles south. Almost every night a nervous picket set the camp in uproar by challenging a phan- tom of his imagination. ' We were all impatient as hounds in leash. Since they would not come up and give us battle, we wanted to be oi! and have it “EBEN HOLDEN.” I wrote immediately to Uncle Eb and told him of the letters I had sent to Hope and of my effort to see her. ”Dear sir." it said (he always wrote me in this formal manner). “I take my pen in hand to lett you know that we are all wel. also that we was sorry you could not come ham. They took on terribul. Hope she wrote a letter. Said she had not herd from you. also that somebody wrote to her you was goin’ to be married. You oughter write her a letter, Bill. Looks to me so you halnt used her right. Shes a comm horn in July. Sovved corn to day in the gardin. David is 01! byin eatul. I hope God will take care uv you. boy, so good by from yours truly We went late ems there en the lane»â€" l; flats et east Humane tee a any er We. as we managed. but really tee glue We weeks». ln me lens delay t renewed my way “avenged llle dead levels 9! neutlne, When seam- em empathy had eeased tn wreak lls wrath neon the neurones «bent mm: mere we walked en te Minnzenl new I an! letters from Uncle an and Elisabeth 11mm: The fame? I have new ln my box at tmam'en. n tern and Mad remnant at that. dnrâ€"R period: ed. A man shot a musket Voice in at the car door. It was loaded with the «any ”names of "Annaponn .hmc-l mm.“ We Wefi‘ Smith; out of my tum shortly to 51mm for mm: m the depot yard; 89 t began the life at a undies, and law it ahead with we may have Head is been» books than this. but my new of it Is here. and my have. 7 an Ibdut me seemed to be sIeeplng. Some of them were talking In their dreams. As it grew light oneafter an- other rose and stretched himself, rous- ing his seat companion. The train halt- e! me to days and nights at nelemn mull. The teen: 1 had. with m lever e! reilllem to w at hoe made the volunteer the mint: Ieldlev he he: ever M 1 Rh "- alnee NICE!!! and Ker-tee fleet. The real in the neat mum. and with a lent quarrel It wlll were: it: sword to the enemy. however he may be trained to throat and perry. In my nor-lace there won but one motioned honed 1 ehould not be herrihly cut with e sword or o heyov net. I had written a Ion: letter to Hope. who was yet at Leipaie. I won- dered it she would care what became otme. lgotaoenseotcomtortthink- in: I would show her that I was no coward with all my llttleneee. I had not been able to write to Uncle Eb or to my father or mother in any oerlone tone of my reeling in this enterprise. I had treated lt no a kind of hnlldny. from which I ehonld return shortly to vlelt them. "mm In now «am . and noon I «mm but mom norm: n I mm m and the mm: of m In tho mm manual. x elem! D! W m! mm «mm Noon A ”Mum had in a hold of am I “may man up my "to to! my ”new. I was only cam away new a 13‘“ am a arm to! N u on- flblc II a Need 0! m enemies. on and when would N be taken! 1 ma land. was tau had mum: goat} ou‘ ref away until gnu-mom x: “We shall all be killed!" a man shout- ed. “Where is the colonel?” . “Dead,” said another. 3 “Better retreat.” said a third. ; “Charge!” I shouted as loudly as an: I could. Jumping to my feet and wav- ing my saber as I rushed tonnrd. “Charge? ‘ Itwfi’fi-mm nu oimemanywhbhadmmamm was only a ragged remnant near me. We fired a dozen volleys lying there. The man at my elbow-rolled upon me, writhing am: a worm {tithe fire. _ the riders yelling as they waved their swords. Fortunately we had not time to rise. A man near me tried to get up. “Stay down!" I shouted. In a moment I learned something new about horses. They went over us like adash. Idonotthinkamnnwm. trampled. Our own wall-y kept them busy gs soon as they had passed. A squadron of Black Horse cavalry came rushing out of the woods at us. “Forward!" was the order. and we were our. cheering as we ran. Oh. it was a grand sightâ€"our colors flying. our whole front moving like a blue wave on a green. immeasurable seal And it had a voice like that or many waters. Out of the woods ahead at us came a lightning flash.’ A ring or smoke reeled upward. Then came a deafening crash of thunders, one upon another. and the scream of shells over- head. Something stabbed into our col- umn right beside me. Many went headlong, crying out as they fell. Sud- denly the colors seemed to bait and sway likeatreetop in thewind. then down they went, squad and colors, and we spread to pass them. At the order wehaited and laid down and tired vol- ley after volley at the gray coats in the edge of the thicket. A bullet struck in the grass ahead of me. throwing a bit of dirt into my eyes. Another brushed my hat on, and I heard a walling death yell behind me. The colo- nel rode up, waving a sword. “Get up an’ charge!" he shouted. Oh we went, cheering loudly. firing as we ran. Bullets went by me, hissing in my ears. and I kept trying to dodge them. We dropped again flat on om races. Atdewnwepsseedsbrldgesnd halted some three minutes for s bite. After e. little much we left the turn- pike. with Hunter's column bearing westward on a creamed that led us into thick woods. Al the sunlight sank in the high treetopetbe first great but- tle of the war hem. Away to the left of as s cannon shook the esrtb. hurling Its boom into the still air. The sound mebed over us. rattling in the timber like a tail of rocks. Something went quivering in me. It seemed as if my Vitals had gone into a bi; lump or Jelly that trembled every step I took. We quickened our pace; we fretted ; we com- plained. The weariness went out of our legs; eome wanted to rum Berg m we as men msnamieno - iy. 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"‘1‘in mended. w. wont weep with one bootl on. but nothing happened, _ wuthemth otJnly. Wheat-swig ember-3e maroon-Io thatleonld miles of the blue column before hehmqultelteorryforthemletek- en south. 0n the evening or the 18th our campfires on either side at the pike at Centenme glowed like the ME or I city. We knew the enemy was near and began to feel a tightening of the nerves. I wrote a letter to the folk. at home for postmortem delivery and put It into my trousers pocket. A friend in my company” called me nude after “Feel of that.” he laid. mm NI hand on a full breast. “You've been shot, young man,” he said. pointing to my left hand. my: trick; some lay as if listening ea- sterly. an ear close to the ground: some uke s sleeper, thelr heads upon their arms; one aluieked loudly. gesturing with blood: hands, “Lord God Ai- mighty. have mercy on me!" Thad come suddenly to a new world. where the lives of men were cheaper than blind puppies. I was a new sort of creature and reckless of what came, careless or all I saw and heard. Amflomcersteppeduptomeuwa iolned the main body. Some were crumpled like a rag, as if the paln of death had withered them ln their clothes; some swollen to the girth of horses; some bent backward with arms outstmtchlng like one trying an whet the: meant i thought it a tribe ale to my wrestling. Men in thick there back at the mere-none deed. flame éaiiina faintly to: help. We red puddle: about them were covered with men ant- were crawling over their faces. I felt a kind at lichnea and turned away; What was left or In: regiment formed in tour: to join the advancing column. Hones were cai- loping rider-lea. rein and stirrup flying. oome horribly wounded. One hobbled near me. a trout leg gone at the knee. 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I worked to a sitting posture somehow. The eflort nearly smothered me. Ammofcaulrywasbeerlng down upon me. They were coming so thick I saw they would tremple me into je_ny. I took 11117 but and covet-er) W”- --.-- up not the water heat no new com". The thunder e! no new teat um mt moueloudeldunhwomlt A aquadm e! ennui m mohlal b: and broke lnto the am men. He“! homo. out me from mun-q. came nel- loolnl otter them. um! aylng om foamy flanks. Two rldeu elm to the hick at each. lashing wlth whip and rein. The ruck at wagon- eeme after them. wheell rattling. hone- running. voice. uhrllllng tn 1 wild hoot o: terror. It make- me tremble even now. u I think of lt. though it ll mulled under the cover of nearly forty years! I new they would go over me. Reeling u l: drunk. I ran to save myself. Zlgzagglng over the field. I came upon a gray bearded soldier lying in the grass and tell headlong. I struggled mndly.hntconldnotrlnetomyteet. Ilny.mytaceupontheground. weep- ingllkenwoman. 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