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54 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
breastworks in front of Vicksburg and surrendered.
This man was named Wiley Roberts.
Captain Hale, of Company D, was rather roughhewn,
but a brave, patriotic old man, having not the
least patience with a thief, a coward, or a braggart.
While he had some of the bravest men in his company
that any army could boast of, he had one or
two, at least, that were not among these, as the two
stalwart bullies who were exceedingly boastful of
their prowess, of the ease with which Southern men
could whip Northerners, five to one being about as
little odds as they cared to meet. This type of braggart
was no novelty, for every soldier had heard
that kind of talk at the beginning of the war. While
we were moving out in the morning when Sigel's
battery was firing and Captain Hale was coolly
riding along at the head of his company, these two
men came riding rapidly up, one hand holding their
reins while the other was pressed across the stomach,
as if they were in great misery, saying, when they
sighted their commander: Captain Hale, where
must we go? we are sick." Captain Hale looked
around without uttering a word for a moment, his
countenance speaking more indignation than language
could express. At last he said, in his characteristic,
emphatic manner: " Go to h
I, you
d
d cowards! You were the only two fighting
men I had until now we are in a battle, and you're
both sick. I don't care when you go." Other incidents
could be given where men in the regiment were
tried and found wanting, but the great majority
were brave and gallant men who never shirked duty
or flinched from danger.
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/61/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.