henry hunt continued. yet, there was one easy way by which most of the evils could have been avoided. immediately after the battle of generalksburg, i asked burnside to see president lincoln and asked him to confer recommended for the peninsula campaign and to me forthe officers to duty according to their brevet rank, that this was asked for gratification of these officers but because the good of the public service that it would enable me to provide the artillery with its chiefs of competent rank for their duties. gave abrevet rank, you gaye commissioned officer a higher result of meritorious conduct but without receiving of real rank. so you wear the insignia but getting the pay, and it's temporary. so hunt continued, general burnside informed me on his return to the army that he had done so, that the president acquiesced at once, saying that when at antietam he had promised that he wouldlan do this and requested that when saw theburnside secretary of war, he would asked him to have the commissions made m

henry repeating rifles into the command. two moon said, we mowed the soldiers down. it was like a buffalo hunt. we came up behind the soldiers. we slipped our bow strings over the soldiers' heads and jerked them off their horses, pounded them with clubs and took their guns. and we counted -- which means to touch an enemy with a stick. you're not brave. why are you here? you did not bring enough soldiers. you better go back and get more. 40 men will die in this race with death through a gauntlet of hell. they get to the river crossing. horses plunge off the bank, crash into the stream. flounder, and men drowned. warriors on top of the ridges rain bullets into the crossing. ladies and gentlemen, the river was red with blood. this was war. it wasn't cowboys and indians. it wasn't john wayne. it was war. reno scratches and thrashes across the river, climbs out on to the bank. gets on top of the high ground five miles to the south of us. this road will take you right to it. he is a fractured commander and his battalion is whipped and demoralized. about 10 minutes later, captain benteen approaches re

henry repeating rifles into the command. two moon said, we mowed the soldiers down. it was like a buffalo hunt. we came up behind the soldiers. we slipped our bow strings over the soldiers' heads and jerked them off their horses, pounded them with clubs and took their guns. and we counted -- which means to touch an enemy with a stick. you're not brave. why are you here? you did not bring enough soldiers. you better go back and get more. 40 men will die in this race with death through a gauntlet of hell. they get to the river crossing. horses plunge off the bank, crash into the stream. flounder, and men drowned. warriors on top of the ridges rain bullets into the crossing. ladies and gentlemen, the river was red with blood. his was war. it wasn't cowboys and indians. it wasn't john wayne. it was war. reno scratches and thrashes across the river, climbs out on to the bank. gets on top of the high ground five miles to the south of us. this road will take you right to it. he is a fractured commander and his battalion is whipped and demoralized. about 10 minutes later, captain benteen approaches ren