Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 186: what you’re looking at

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THE BATTLE RESUMED. 179 And before Captain Chetwood could question the handsome youth further, he clapped spurs to his horse and galloped rapidly away. ee es CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BATTLE RESUMED. Preparations for a move all along the Union line were completed by half-past three in the afternoon. At this time Captain Royal Chetwood had failed to find his command. , ““My soul!’’ ejaculated the captain. ‘“‘It must be that the —the regiment was captured in the fight this morning. ’’ Meeting some members of the regiment, his worst fears were confirmed, and as there was no time for a prolonged search, the Pennsylvania captain resolved to enter the ranks and participate in the coming struggle; not as an officer, but as a private. In one of the companies in the front line, the cap- tain found a place, where, musket in hand, he felt himself ready to strike as a common soldier for the Union and the flag. At length came the order fora general advance— the drums rolled along the line, the bugles pealed | out, and heralded by the deep-mouthed cannon, the steady battalions moved forward.e It was a magnificent sight, the solid advance of that, but just now, fugitive host. : Emerging from the woods that had concealed it, the Union Army swung boldly out into the open field, and moved swiftly forward toward the Confederate po- sition. In the front line marched Captain Chetwood, mus- ket in hand, as anxious as any one of that host to wipe out the woeful disgrace of the morning. cS Gcomicboo reo}