and the Confederates speedily got between him and his men.
Immediately, with the cry of "Rally, boys, to save the Major,"
back surged the regiment, and a volley at arm's length again
destroyed all the foremost of their pursuers; so they rescued
both their commander and the flag, which was carried off by
Corporal Ring.

Hyde then formed the regiment on the colors, sixty-eight men all
told, out of two hundred and forty who had begun the charge, and
they slowly marched back toward their place in the Union line,
while the New Yorkers and Vermonters rose from the ground
cheering and waving their hats. Next day, when the Confederates
had retired a little from the field, the color corporal,
Campbell, was found in the orchard, dead, propped up against a
tree, with his half-smoked pipe beside him.



THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON

Like a servant of the Lord, with his bible and his sword,
Our general rode along us, to form us for the fight.
--Macaulay.


THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON

The Civil War has left, as all wars of brother against brother
must leave, terrible and heartrending memories; but there remains
as an offset the glory which has accrued to the nation by the