9781594629860

Rough Riders

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Book Excerpt: from Virginia, Maryland, and the Northeastern States, at Washington. Before allowing them to be sworn in, I gathered them together and explained that if they went in they must be prepared not merely to fight, but to perform the weary, monotonous labor incident to the ordinary routine of a soldier's life; that they must be ready to face fever exactly as they were to face bullets; that they were to obey unquestioningly, and to do their duty as readily if called upon to garrison a fort as if sent to the front. I warned them that work that was merely irksome and disagreeable must be faced as readily as work that was dangerous, and that no complaint of any kind must be made; and I told them that they were entirely at liberty not to go, but that after they had once signed there could then be no backing out.Not a man of them backed out; not one of them failed to do his whole duty.These men formed but a small fraction of the whole. They went down to San Antonio, where the regiment was to gather and wRead More

ISBN-13

9781594629860

ISBN-10

1594629862

Weight

0.85 Pounds

Dimensions

7.25 x 0.50 x 9.25 In

List Price

$10.45

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

216 pages

Publisher

Book Jungle

Published On

2007-01-01



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