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Show .. REMARK HIS LAST r.er; ca..;: Assertion That It Was His Tme Made a Few Moments LK Before His Death. , fc: " boys, talk about your expe-bo expe-bo -CE. I had a hair-raiser," said a recently. "Our regiment was j ss'. - tne Seventh Corps of the Army -,iv ? Potomac at the time. It was ruary 5, 18G5. I remember the "'1, and the night, too, for that ! It was a beautiful moonlight itsi- ; and we had just put up tempo-at tempo-at 'orlts. This was necessary, as Pols' my were in the timber across n It y. Every once in a while the or;t - wuld fire, and we would get adP ;"hole and pop back at the flash. . sts-' as a man stationed in front .'; comPany, and at certain hours s :,raen were relieved. At one -.ft- Miller, one of the favorites jf ;; company, jokingly made a re-ltur-. : hout it being his time, and he of . -m. to relieve his man. Just je; ; reached the spot he was shot pa: -t ou Dever saw any thing BQ quick in all your life. The sergeant immediately turned to us and said, "Boys, we got to get him in. I want six volunteers.' I was one of them. We darted right to the scene, lifted the boy up and ran right back. Not one of us was hit. The chaplain red a service and we dug a grave three feet deep and buried him inside of an hour. I believe I could go right to the spot now." |
