Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major Rice” in chapter 28 of Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865:
...int for those who have been driven off the field.
The Nineteenth is ordered to rise and fire a volley, which temporarily checks the enemy.
They are instantly told to face about and march back.
Major Rice and about 70 of the men are left behind as skirmishers to protect the left of the line.
As Col. Devereux remarked afterward, I never felt more solemnly a demand for duty which must be obeyed at no ...
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