Who Goes There?

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o'clock on the mo

On the 18th the armed reconnaissance on Bull Run had brought more than our generals had counted on;

spent in trying to get rations; at twelve o'clock

regiment turned south, in

Beauregard's left; but nobody to

some lay down--in the road--by the side of the roa

he road before our column, and we

ter occasionally, but in general the men were silent, going forward with rapid strides, or standi

n a jump. Everybody was nervous; even the

ad was clear; the sun wa

dust. In ten minutes the sweat was rolling. No halt--no pau

d; ... fields; ... thickets; ... hills--not so much dust now, but the

ning ... Close

rizon smokes and booms. Hear it? Th

ford--we cross at double-quick; ... a bridge--we cross at doubl

n up on the hill? Smo

er--and that other, how the r

hill? They are dying up on t

e! ah

he foot of the hill; the co

ces--to the front--MARCH! B

colonel also salutes the f

rrow of my bones; my comrade

ion--fix-

-guide cen

ll; the line sways in cu

g beyond us. I raise my head; right-oblique is a battery; ... it is hidden in smoke

ur front ... rises ... falls ... ris

in the air? Thop! Johnson is hit; he runs to t

but the smoke rises and I see a long line of men come out of the far-off woods and burst u

he centre, dismounted,--the men march on; quick time, right-shoulder-shift; the fleeing cannoneers find safety behind the regiment always marching on. The rebels at the battery are not in line; some try

swallows e

the regiment in disorder. A fresh rebel line comes from the woods and rushes for the battery with the sound of many voices. Our men give way ... they run--the officers are frantic; all run

ther regiment has gone in; the roar of battle grows; crowds of wounded go b

-ion--AT

us; the Eleventh,

ard--M

ranks are thinning; elbows touch no longer ... our pace quickens ... a horrid impatience seizes me ... through the smoke