 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 694 pages
...said to Col. Marston, " Your men have got a good position." "Yes; my boys are great on intrenchments," replied the Colonel. "Do you think you will be attacked...Colonel's words, had there been occasion to display it. The position of the Second was unassailed, and the regiment witnessed- one of the most magnificent... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 698 pages
...said to Col. Marston, " Your men have got a good position." "Yes; my boys are great on intrenchments," replied the Colonel. "Do you think you will be attacked...Colonel's words, had there been occasion to display it. The position of the Second was unassailed, and the regiment witnessed- one of the most magnificent... | |
 | Martin Alonzo Haynes - New Hampshire - 1896 - 522 pages
...you think you will be attacked?" " Well, we may be — they 're at it pretty brisk on the left." " How many men would it take to drive you out of here?" "Well," said the colonel, as if making a mental calculation, " six thousand might, but five thousand... | |
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Yes; my boys are great on intrenchments," replied the Colonel. "Do you think you will be attacked ? " " Well, we may be ; they are at it pretty brisk on the right." " How many men would it take to drive you out of here?" "How many? Well, six thousand... 