Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... Adjutant Henery and some men were firing from behind the roller using it and the tree as cover, when that bullet struck close to his head, he kneeling and taking aim. This was a circumstance to make him look around and notice who was shooting in that direction. Nobody was then visible except men in scarlet, none of whom could have fired that shot, and eight or nine Q. 0. men, who said their company had retired to the Te erves but that they had remained. This incident is only named as a marking place of memory. Major Skinner who commanded the three companies in front is equally clear that men in scarlet uniforms were the sole occupants of thoso premises and of the concession road adjoining, as of the orchard across concession road, when he advanced and hel 1 possession of it. From the nature of the ground which undulated, and from frequency of wooded thickets, and orchards interrupting the view, the Q. 0. companies which went earliest to the front, especially those on the extreme right, became concealed to those behind. And the 13t'i. when they soon after advanced still further to the front, were in like manner indistinctly seen by the Q. 0. who fell back. When the right wing of the 13th had advanced in even skirmish line about 400 yards, from garrison road, the left wing under Mjor Cattley advancing compactly, as supports, at an interval of 150 or 200 yards, the coolness, caution, precision of eye and soldier-like watchfulness of the officers were happily exemplified. Major Skinner having passe' along the skirmish line to confer with the adjutant and observe what was in the front, and on the right flank noticed objects which some of the 13'h were about to fire at. These objects from their apparently stealthy motions in the bush...
