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Captain Llewellen was a large, heavy man, who 

 had a grown-up son in the ranks. On the march he 

 had frequently carried the load of some man who 

 weakened, and he was not feeling well on the morn- 

 ing of the fight. Nevertheless, he kept at the head 

 of his troop all day. In the charging and rushing, 

 he not only became very much exhausted, but finally 

 fell, wrenching himself terribly, and though he re- 

 mained with us all night, he was so sick by morning 

 that we had to take him behind the hill into an im- 

 provised hospital. Lieutenant Day, after handling 

 his troop with equal gallantry and efficiency, was 

 shot, on the summit of Kettle Hill. He was hit in 

 the arm and was forced to go to the rear, but he 

 would not return to the States, and rejoined us at the 

 front long before his wound was healed. Lieutenant 

 Leahy was also wounded, not far from him. Thir- 

 teen of the men were wounded and yet kept on 

 fighting until the end of the day, and in some cases 

 never went to the rear at all, even to have their 

 wounds dressed. They were Corporals Waller and 

 Fortescue and Trooper McKinley of Troop E ; Cor- 

 poral Roades of Troop D ; Troopers Albertson, Win- 

 ter, McGregor, and Ray Clark of Troop F ; Troop- 

 ers Bugbee, Jackson, and Waller of Troop A; 

 Trumpeter McDonald of Troop L ; Sergeant Hughes 

 of Troop B ; and Trooper Gievers of Troop G. One 

 of the Wallers was a cow-puncher from New Mexi- 



