In Defense of the Flag, A True War Story

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Excerpt from In Defense of the Flag, A True War Story: A Pen Picture of Scenes and Incidents During the Great Rebellion, Thrilling Experiences During Escape From Southern Prisons, EtcI had gone over the ground in the direction of Bull Run. And very close to the run, studded with trees, sat the skeleton of one of our Indiana men against a large elm tree. Just as he had died one year before. I called the attention of the officers to this Spectacle. The skeleton was in a sitting posture, the ¿esh having entirely disappeared, and on the ground lay his blue clothes. On the arms of the clothes were the emblems showing the sergeant's stripes and the number of his company and regiment. One of the officers just touched his sabre under the chin of this skeleton and it fell all to pieces. I thought this a wonderful sight.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.