... a large stump, some four of five feet in height, a soldier, whose blue coat bound with orange-colored braid, and pantaloons with stripes of the same color on the outer seams, indicated that he was a United States Cavalryman. He seemed to be what the Scots term a braw lad, and, although not engaged in a political campaign, had taken the stump, doubtless that he might get a better view of the Confederate troo...