This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...of the men; endured hardships cheerfully, encountered dangers without flinching and met the responsibilities I had assumed promptly and with constancy. I served as lieutenant for three or four months, and then, on the recommendation of our colonel and the regimental officers, I was appointed chaplain. My regiment, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...of the men; endured hardships cheerfully, encountered dangers without flinching and met the responsibilities I had assumed promptly and with constancy. I served as lieutenant for three or four months, and then, on the recommendation of our colonel and the regimental officers, I was appointed chaplain. My regiment, after a march of one hundred and twenty miles from Staunton arrived at Beverly, the county seat of Randolph County, the evening before the battles of Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain. On reporting by courier to General Garnett, in command at Laurel Hill, our colonel was ordered to remain in camp during the night and to proceed cautiously the next morning to join him. In the morning a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer and a dozen privates were called for as volunteers for an advance guard, as the enemy were all around Laurel Hill. I volunteered and the men were soon in line. We marched off, I with sword in hand and the men with loaded muskets. This was our first experience of real war in the enemy's country. Spies and informers were all about us. So we proceeded cautiously, keeping a sharp lookout on each side of the wooded road. We had not advanced more than two or three miles, however, before we were ordered through a courier to return, Col. Scott having been directed to hold a road about a mile to the left of Beverly, looking west and nearer to Rich Mountain, by which it was apprehended that the enemy would attempt to flank our forces. On our return we found the regiment in line and about to move to its allotted position. We could hear the booming of cannon and the rattling of rifles at both points of our front, but there we were all day with no enemy in sight. It was an anxious time, and we desirous of doing our part in the fight, b...
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