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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 4: Five Forks. (search)
fires, and that these men were likely to cut their way through us. Rushing into the ranks of my left battalion I shouted the order, Prepare to fire by the rear rank! My men faced about at once, disregarding the enemy in front; but at this juncture our portentous visitors threw down their muskets, and with hands and faces up cried out, We surrender, running right in upon us and almost over us. I was very glad of it, though more astonished, for they outnumbered us largely. These were Colonel Hutter of the 11th Virginia Infantry of Mayo's Brigade and part of the 3d Virginia Cavalry dismounted which Munford had sent to reinforce Ransom. I was a little afraid of them, too, lest they might find occasion to take arms again and revoke the consent of the governed. They were pretty solid commodities, but I was very willing to exchange them for paper token of indebtedness in the form of a provost-marshal's receipt. So getting my own line into shape again, I took these well-mannered men, w