id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 31991 Foote, Allen Ripley Some of My War Stories A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal legion .txt text/plain 4230 250 80 war was on the morning of the second day's march, when we came upon some Blackburn's Ford, three days before the first battle of Bull Run. On the next day we were ordered to establish a picket line between On the day of the first battle of Bull Run, having been on guard duty all night, I was left in camp when my regiment was ordered out. As soon as our regiment got together we were ordered to go into camp on Michigan Second regiment and called out--"What regiment is this?" Col. Poe, a regular army officer, immediately saluted the General and said--"The Michigan Second Infantry, Col. Poe commanding." General Kearny that I went up that road with my right shoulder next to Gen. Kearny's left its farewell shot; the Confederate rear guard was on its way to Richmond. Ask him now how he values his memory of that day when, with his regiment, ./cache/31991.txt ./txt/31991.txt