...halted at a distance from them of about 200 yards. Among my riflemen, one had been pointed out to me as the best shot, who was a Prussian by birth, but who had lived for many years on the prairies of Texas . He was the first to fire. Raising his rifle, he said to me with a certain pride, a smile lighting up his brown weatherbeaten features, Now, Major, you shall see what an old Prussian can do. A...