Excerpt from Maryland and the Glorious Old Third in the War for the Union: Reminiciences in the Life of Her Militant, Chaplain and Major Samuel KramerOver four hours had now been consumed in attemptingto force the passage of the city, when thirty minutes was the usual time. Still onward the beleagered troops pressed their way, attempting a double quick. Not desiring to force on open hostilities upon the people, they mercifully withheld their fire, as windows and doors, and every available Space was alive with human beings. The rabble continued to yell and jeer at the troops and pelt them with whatever they could lay hands on, besides occasional pistol shots. One young soldier here had his gun wrested from his grasp.and was ih stantly shot down with it. This, the already irritated sol diers could stand no longer, and several of them discharged their pieces, some into the. Air as a warning, while others aimed at the ring leaders, who fell, This only for an instant stayed the torrent. Through all this our her01c Chaplain fought his way fearlessly beside the beleagered troops, eu couraging and aiding them to clear their way through the mob.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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