Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge should commence, for which the enemy were undoubtedly preparing.
John BigelowAbout author
- Author's profession: Lawyer
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 25, 1817
- Died: December 19, 1911
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