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ENLISTMENT. Early morning brought sobriety, with a headache, a burning thirst, and deep reflection. I had enlisted as a private dragoon: I, the heir to a baronetcy; but it was a baronetcy that would n
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ENLISTMENT. Early morning brought sobriety, with a headache, a burning thirst, and deep reflection. I had enlisted as a private dragoon: I, the heir to a baronetcy; but it was a baronetcy that would n
JACQUELINE. Had this man a charmed life? was he a vampire, a devil, or what? thought I, as we surveyed each other, and …
AN EPISODE. As the column of light cavalry wheeled off by sections to return to the camp and bivouac, a staff officer w…
THE SACK OF ST. SOLIDORE. Like all who are so subordinate in rank, we fell in and formed, in total ignorance of where w…
HALT AT ST. SERVAND. During the 7th of June the whole force (save one regiment, which was left at Cancalle to cover our…
THE VIDETTE. To a young soldier few duties or situations are more trying than the post of advanced sentinel by night, i…
THE LANDING AT CANCALLE. It was very singular that though our armament had been visible off the coasts of Normandy and …
SAIL FOR FRANCE. By the last day of May, all the troops destined for the hostile expedition were embarked on board of t…
THE RED LION AT GUILDFORD. As I rode on, anger, pride, a keen sense of the foul injustice with which my family had trea…
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