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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion 1 1 Browse Search
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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Corporal Pike, scout and ranger. (search)
eager interest. I felt that I was playing a delicate game, with my neck in a halter. If they had only known my true character, they would but too gladly have hanged me to the nearest tree. They asked me my name, which I told them; next my regiment, and with a swaggering air, I said: The Fourth Ohio Cavalry. What is your colonel's name? said one. Colonel John Kennett, I answered, slowly, and with a dubious look. What is your captain's name? inquired another. Captain O. P. Robie, I told him. Where is your command? asked one who appeared to be a man of consequence. At Shelbyville. Well, he continued, if your command is there, what are you doing here by yourself? Why, sir, I responded, if you want to know, I came to demand the surrender of this town. Well, well, said the man; that is too good. One man to take a town like this, and they enjoyed the joke hugely. They now began to look exceedingly wise; and I heard the whisper pass fro