Show I Nearly a Miss General Hickenlooper tells a good one on General Corse It was at Alatoona that a rifle ball took Corse alongside the head General Sherman received word from General Corse that his ear and a portion of his cheekbone were gone but that he was still able to hold his position and fight it out As soon as possible Sherman got over to see him full of anxiety for him He found Corse with his head swathed in bandages and in his anxiety to know the nature of the injuries impatiently ordered the surgeon to remove the cloths This was done slowly and with great formality and there was revealed a slight scratch of the cheek and a hole in the ear Sherman looked intently at it and calmly remarked re-marked Why Corse they came dd near missing you didnt they |