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nd make it a desperate day's work, but they were restrained by the officers. As it was, several took off their red shirts, and fought under them as sanguinary representatives of the battle-flag. Great surprise was manifested by the prisoners at the number of boys and small men in our army, and one of them remarked that, "for little fellers, they fought like the d--1." Somebody asked him what he thought of the battle generally. "Well," said he, "if you'd stuck to us three hours more Abe Lincoln might have called his roll in h--11, and he wouldn't have found one of us missing." Speaking of boys, it is not less true than remarkable that a large proportion of the army is composed of such material. And they make the best soldiers. They fight with vim and daring, and, what is better still, never know when they are whipped. One young Kentucky lad of fifteen, whom I remember, fought all day in advance of his regiment, and never retreated. Taking his position behind and creepi