The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
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 Many humorous inc dents occurred on bzstiehelds. A confederate col-nel ran ahead of his regiment at Malvern Hill, and discovering that the men were 10, following him as closely as he wished, he uttered fierce oath, and exclaimed
 Come on Ds you sant to live for ever =
 The appeal vas irresistible, and many a FOOT fellow who had laughed a, the colonefs queer exhorta;ion laid down his lite soon aiier.
 A shell struck the wheel of a federal feid-Piece toward the close of the en- gagement at Fair Oaks. and, shiverins the spokes. dismantl d the cannon. Well, isn't 1t lucky that 1t didn't hap- pen before se used up all our ammuni tlon,. remarked one of the artilleris,s as he crawled from beneath ihe gun. When CeDeral Pope vas falling back before Lees advance in the Virginia valley his osn soldiers thought his oul- .etiEs nd orders somewha. strained in their rhetoric. Al one of the numerous running engagements that marked tha, disastrous eampa'gn, private in one os the western regiments was mortall, wounded oy shell. Seeing the mans condition, chaplain kneit beside him. and opening his bible at random, read out Sampson slaughter of the Phiiistines with the law-bone of an ass He had not quite nnished when, as the story runs the poor fellow interrupted the reading by saying
 Hold on, chaplain. Don't deceive tSn hA ~( Pope signed 10 ,hai!'
 A column of troops was pushing for ward over the long and winding road ID Thoroughfare Gap to head of Lee after hls retreat across the Potomac at the close of me Getty sbrrg campaign. Suddenly the sign al otIl~er who accompanied the genera. in command discovered tha, some Of his men, posted on a high hill in :he rear, were reporting he presence of considerable booy of confederate troops on the top of the bluffs CT the right. 4 halt was at once souu 3ei ard the lead. Ing brigade ordered forward to uncover inc enemys position. The regiments were soon seramoling up the steep iI- cine, cfflcers and men galian,ly racing 10 see who could reach the crest first. A young lieutenant and some half d. zen men gainsd the aevaIce, bu. a, ihe end cf what they deemed peIiioLs climb. they were thrown into convuisions of laughter a. discovering ,ha, what the sssnai men .oek tor confederate troops were only a toier ably large flock of sheep. As ,he leaders ID th,s foriorn hope rolled on the grass In p roxy sm o: merr;menl, ihey laughed ali inc louder at seeing the pale but de ernined faces Of their com. ! r iees. who, of course. came up fully i expecting a desperate hsnd-;o-haad i struggle.
 Il Is perhaps needless to Say the bri- sade suPPed on mutton that evening.
 As the army yas crossing South moan- tain the day before the battle cf Anti : lam. General Mcclellan ro6e along the ,ide of the n.oving column Oveitakine ! a iavorite zouave regiment, he exclaimed ! with his natural bonhomie: |
 Well, and how IS he cd Fifth this ! svening:'
 F'rs:-ra,e, general" replied one Of he zouaves. Bu. we'd be better of if | se weren', living SC much CT suppositicn. ,"
 SnPposition said ,he general, in a buried tone Wha, do yoa mean by ih.::~
 Its easily explained. sir. You see Ne expected to get our rations yesterday. oul as we didn't, we're living on he sup position that we did
 Ah, understand you shall have 'our Ta'lons. zou-zous, to-nish;.' replied he general. putting spurs 10 his horse 10 escape the cheers of h:s regiment. .Aad ,e kept his promise.
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