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The Daily Dispatch: October 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway — reward. (search)
he 23d of October. The sentinels were doubled and the most strict orders given, for the Prussian and Austrian spies were plenty and troublesome. At midnight, Pierre Sancoin was stationed at one of the outposts. He was a stout, bold, shrewd man, and a good soldier. The colonel of the regiment was with the sergeant on this'bout, "Never fear, sir," was Pierre's answer, as he brought his firelock to his shoulder and moved back a pace. After this they moved on to the next post, and Pierre Sancoin was left alone. Pierre's post was one of the most important in the camp, or rather around it, and he had been placed there for that reason. The ground over the cover for a spy to enter the camp, and the spy would have got in, too, but for the sportive order of the colonel, and the willfully faithful obedience of Pierre Sancoin. On the next day Pierre was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and the Emperor said to him, as he bestowed the boon: "If you only make as faithful an offi