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nearest the enemy, were the Pawnee, Pollock, Simp- 

 son of Texas, and Dudley Dean. Jenkins was made 

 major, Woodbury Kane, Day, and Frantz, captains, 

 and Greenway and Goodrich first lieutenants, for 

 gallantry in action, and for the efficiency with which 

 the first had handled his squadron, and the other five 

 their troops for each of them, owing to some ac- 

 cident to his superior, found himself in command of 

 his troop. 



Dr. Church had worked quite as hard as any man 

 at the front in caring for the wounded ; as had Chap- 

 lain Brown. Lieutenant Keyes, who acted as ad- 

 jutant, did so well that he was given the position 

 permanently. Lieutenant Coleman similarly won 

 the position of quartermaster. 



We finished digging the trench soon after mid- 

 night, and then the wornout men lay down in rows 

 on their rifles and dropped heavily to sleep. About 

 one in ten of them had blankets taken from the Span- 

 iards. Henry Bardshar, my orderly, had procured 

 one for me. He, Goodrich, and I slept together. 

 If the men without blankets had not been so tired 

 that they fell asleep anyhow, they would have been 

 very cold, for, of course, we were all drenched with 

 sweat, and above the waist had on nothing but our 

 flannel shirts, while the night was cool, with a heavy 

 dew. 



Before any one had time to wake from the cold, 



