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. 1878 Excerpt: ...off by a cannon ball. During the night of Thursday he was in the enemy's hands; but they had so many of their own wounded to care for that they could pay no attention to the Union wounded. Through the contest of Friday he lay there upon the ground, exposed to the terrible storm of shot and shell. On Saturday afternoon ...
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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. 1878 Excerpt: ...off by a cannon ball. During the night of Thursday he was in the enemy's hands; but they had so many of their own wounded to care for that they could pay no attention to the Union wounded. Through the contest of Friday he lay there upon the ground, exposed to the terrible storm of shot and shell. On Saturday afternoon he was exposed to a thunder-shower. The rain poured in torrents. Ho soon found himself in a pool. The water ran till it covered his body, and he could only keep from drowning by propping up his head with his knapsack. The water assuaged the terrible fever that had set in from his wound, and quite likely saved his life, as mortification ere long must have set in. Upon the retreat of the enemy, Saturday night, he was taken up by the ambulance corps, having lain where he fell from Thursday afternoon, with nothing to eat but the few crackers in his knapsack. He was taken to the hospital at Brattleborough, Vt., where he remained till his wound was healed. He was impatient to join his regiment. He applied to be sent back, but the surgeon would not give him permission, thinking he was not well enough. One day he was found missing, and "deserter" was written against his name. The return was sent to the colonel of the regiment; but before it reached there, Burbank was doing his duty in the ranks as picket, having voluntarily returned. His colonel ordered him into his presence, and condemned him to have an additional stripe sewed upon his right arm, advancing him to the rank of sergeant. Nothing but an impediment of speech debarred him from receiving a commission. He was in all of the battles of the "Wilderness campaign in which the 2d X. H. took part. On the lGth of May, 1S04, the regiment was engaged with the enemy in front of Richmond, ...
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