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Title: At the front
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897 Shute, A. B. ill Lee and Shepard. pbl C.J. Peters & Son. prt Berwick & Smith. prt Norwood Press. prt
Subjects: Youth Conduct of life Voyages and travels Adventure stories Armed Forces Soldiers Battles Guerrilla warfare Cavalry Rifles Youth and death
Publisher: Boston : Lee and Shepard
Contributing Library: Brandeis University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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sorry that I cannot leave you to findthe remains of your regiment, for I should be gladto do anything for you within the line of my duty. I understand the matter perfectly. You havedone all that one friend could do for another.I find no fault, and I ask no favors. Put mewith the rest of our fellows. My head is still alittle shaky, and I need only rest and quiet. Iam ready to go with you, replied the prisoner,as he regarded himself. He rose from the ground where he had beenlying all the time; but he was unsteady in hismovement, owing to his dizziness, and Deck sup-ported him. One of the led horses was broughtup, and the major assisted him to mount. Theymoved very slowly up the declivity. The woundedoi^cer had lost his sabre, and he handed two re-volvers to Deck, who took them as a matter ofduty. I dont understand how I happened to fall,for I am only slightly wounded, said MajorMonroe. It seemed to me just as though athunderbolt had struck me on the head; andthat is all I know about it.
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n> 5.,3?hafe ^ He rose fkom the Ground Page 136 THE WOUNDED CONFEDERATE MAJOR 137 I know more than that, added Deck. Itwas I who gave you the fall you had. I wasfilled with admiration at your brave conduct; butmy path in the charge led me to you. I knewI could bring you down; but upon my honor Ihated to do it, or rather to make my horse doit, for he had been trained to do just what hedid at my order. You did your duty like a soldier! exclaimedMajor Monroe. I feared we should lose the fight if I did notdo it. Deck explained the conduct of Ceph, and con-tinued to express his regret at being obliged todeprive the regiment of its major. They rodeto the place where the colonel stood. 138 AT THE FRONT CHAPTER X PKEPAEING FOR THE INVASION Colonel Lyon was quite surprised to see hisson ride up to him with an officer in Confederateuniform with his head tied up in a handkerchief.It was plain that he had been wounded in theaction; and he wondered that he had not fledwith

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