A Deeper Sense of Loyalty
“He was hardly aware of the soldiers who stopped and stared as he passed by leading a horse that carried a dead body. Not that it would have had a lasting effect since most of the men in camp were fresh from the terrible slaughter just across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. The army was in a somber mood and James would have no trouble fitting in.
Locating the commanding officer’s hut, he tied up the horses and went inside. The man in charge was General Edwin Sumner, whose Right Grand Div...ision had suffered the heaviest losses before the impregnable stone wall on Marye’s Heights. Sumner, however, who was mistrusted for his rashness, had consequently been left out of the fight and kept behind at Falmouth.
James stepped in front of the general’s desk and stood at attention. He raised a salute and said, “Lieutenant James Langdon reporting for duty, sir.”
Bull Head Sumner, as he was known, returned the salute and said, “Yes, Lieutenant, I received a communication from Washington.MoreLess
Locating the commanding officer’s hut, he tied up the horses and went inside. The man in charge was General Edwin Sumner, whose Right Grand Div...ision had suffered the heaviest losses before the impregnable stone wall on Marye’s Heights. Sumner, however, who was mistrusted for his rashness, had consequently been left out of the fight and kept behind at Falmouth.
James stepped in front of the general’s desk and stood at attention. He raised a salute and said, “Lieutenant James Langdon reporting for duty, sir.”
Bull Head Sumner, as he was known, returned the salute and said, “Yes, Lieutenant, I received a communication from Washington.MoreLess
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