We heard today
various things to make us proud of Massachusetts men. A man who saw the fight
at Balls Bluff says that whenever one of their number fell, he was instantly
brought within the lines by some of his comrades who rushed out to get him. The
men fought all the way to the line and retired in excellent order. Alice Forbes
writes to Mollie: “Wendell Holmes was knocked over, but, jumping up, he waved
his sword and was cheering his men on when he received another wound which
disabled him. Tell his friends of his gallantry.”
SOURCE: William
Rhinelander Stewart, The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell,
p. 21
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