| Show grant and hancock at a night alarm when hancocks headquarters were reached the party remained with him for bamo bomo time awaiting the arrival of the head of warrens troops hancocks wound received at gettysburg had not thoroughly andee buffered such inconvenience from it when in the sad die that he had applied 1 for permission to ride in a spring ambulance while on the march and when his troops were not in action he was reclining upon one of the seats of tho ambulance conversing with general grant who had dismounted and was sitting on the ground with his back against a tree whittling a stick when the sound of firing broke forth directly in front hancock sprang up seized his sword which was lying near him buckled it around his waist and cried my horse my horse ia the scene was intensely dramatic and recalled vividly to the bystanders the cry fieldor bosworth a moment without changing his position or ceasing his whittling and then remarked they are not fighting the firing is all on one side ib takes two sides to start a fichtl in a few minutes died away anda it was found that the enemy was not advancing the incident f airey airly illus the contrast in tho temperaments ofa thea etwo distinguished soldiers eol diers general horace i Porter in century |
