| Show stuck to ni his root we soldiers tram fram the extreme Et reme son south th delighted in military names for oar organizations this is why the battery batters with which I 1 served fi from om the vh e first firs firotto tto to the last of the civil wai ar avas T knoer as the donaldson can mailers nc in hi honor ot 1 the town across the river from new X ei brI orleans brigans cans where w we e were recruited sim brov brown ii t de longed iii to our 0 f battery biswas a man about SO 30 full fu carded steadly built reticent the pro proverbial cl clam amana and as devoid deia of nerves as an oysten is san ata spoke but little possibly because he had g id 16 vay ay though am aware that ilaf is not an evidence ev i of labas if h chehad e had any secrets he kept them the ra to himself he hd had no warm friends and ino BO en enemies enerle emle except ali the e men in blue he did what jowas jia told nevermore hearer he vet less an and he vinever aks never elated by success nor depressed ty by disaster if he was ever factually frightened as some of the rest re s t of us were at times sim brown kept the secret of his weal weakness mess tucked tip op in iii hiso his own vrn ii heart beart and took it with him to the grave i at cold cola harbor about ten tei licud az fore ral steward was killed irilla not engaged en aged we wre were ander trying q fire aam overshoots over shots A g gereral ge erat aeral ofil officer e hill I 1 iii think t fer Y r we to kmim near i our I 1 na battery eteri there ans ws with him afifie a ane spare re beorse ati fe orse e from which I 1 inferred ered baat oh of hia staff stafe had bad been U dismounted calling sim brown who hw ha been under a tree the general pointed to the horse in ques question tion a and U d eaid id C I 1 here iny myman man hold t this horse ditc here for or the present m yes sity respa responded SHE I 1 ks as the e tool took the horse b by th the e bridle ione handland hand and saluted balutel with the other we nay need him dont move madve 1 cwm he hoe el arsta acs sir and aad sim rizk too a more blore secure hold of the bridle the TheeS live Teral ersil and his staff galloped away 4 ty and d a few minu minutes after we i were ebere compelled liy by jhc thc changing ii lines nes as well s as by an order froni from T aes ues tea chief of artillery gan gendral ral r alexander al exan dei I 1 think thi filk to move further to ia the tw Ws we forgot sim brown browh in the h hurry and excitement and it w asli 1 iiii tillye tad had an back that I 1 aj him hi jac he had icil literally lite construed asis orders to suj stay where hp he was and there he stood ander the tre free e with the bridle over his irm L and smoking his corn com corncob cob pipe as placidly as if there wib were not 20 DOO md mebin in ade a death i ath grapple alf alt about him birn 1 that parl of the field ivas soon air adept pt by a tornado of shots biot aa uie tl limbs of the trees ab above ove situ sita mot brojir ir came czas cz craning as ing down evidently without disturbing hinl him we shouted and moti motioned imbed to him ta join us but tiit ische I 1 beard he alid riot not heed hedd us A after er boa a as 4 hour he could alii be g seen s sitting hig lown down asre s ve supposed to rest with i his hi 6 baal aa against ainest a atre tree tre it was near suir sundown down when we were ordered 9 aila to our former position thena we discovered that sim brovan WB was deada ilis brown face as alaci as of old mad aad tie h still 11 I 1 e bridle of the uninjured borse borset E eni en i gene terry terr r in yew jy r york advertiser i I 1 I 1 I 1 |
