Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 148: what you’re looking at

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THE “LOYAL TIGERS.” | 141 Under a rock, beyond the crash of battle, Cable Chetwood placed his young friend. The crash of battle was ringing in his ears, and he was anxious to enter the conflict, and street a blow for the Union, where, against odds, Wright’s veterans were struggling desperately. ‘“When the fight is over I will return. Don’t leave this spot. Good-by, Andy, and may God protect the right.’ Then Captain Chetwood turned and rushed away to the left, and toward the seething vortex of bloody conflict. Before the young Unionist had gone far, his steps were held by the loud clatter of hoofs and clang of accoutrements, A magnificent body of Union cavalry was dashing | forward to enter the fight on the left, where the shot and shell of the enemy were doing their terrible work. The solitary man in blue, armed with sword and revolver, attracted the attention of the commander of the Union cavalry, and when within a few rods, the command to halt rang along the line, Captain Chetwood uttered a glad cry, and sprang forward, soon gaining the side of the captain who led the magnificent company, now numbering six-score horsemen. The small, pale-faced man, with sombre hair and eyes, who sat upon his.steed like a centaur, was not unknown to the Union captain. ‘( <T oyal Mose!’ ’’ was the captain’s glad cry, as he reached the side of the cavalry commander, and erasped the thin white hand extended to meet his. For a moment neither spoke. There was an outflow of gladness that was too full for words. Captain Chetwood was the first to break the silence. The crash of the conflict warned him that it was comilcbooks.co