Chancellorsville (The Civil War Battle Series, Book #4)
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- Synopsis
- [FROM THE BACK COVER] SEVERAL Yankees burst out of the shelter of the trees and ran toward him. Will fired coolly into their midst, dropping a couple of them. A bullet kicked up dust at his feet as the remaining Union soldiers tried to draw a bead on him. Then, with a Rebel yell, Darcy Bennett bolted past him, followed by several more soldiers of the company. The Yankees abandoned their position and turned to run back into the woods. Darcy and the others piled in after them. Will turned to see the rest of the company entering the woods as well. He stalked on toward the trees, reloading his pistol as he went. He reached the edge of the woods and stepped into the shadows. What sunlight reached the ground was filtered through the new leaves that clustered thickly on the branches of the trees, giving everything a greenish cast as if the men were doing battle underwater. And as if they were underwater, everything seemed to slow down for Will. He found a target, fired, twisted, fired again, heard a muffled shout and wheeled to his left to see one of the Yankees lunging at him, rifle upraised so that he could drive his bayonet down into Will's body. Will lifted his saber and the Yankee ran into it, spitting himself on the blade. Momentum carried him forward, though, and the tip of his bayonet raked across Will's left hip. Will shoved the dying man aside and ripped his blade from the Yankee's body. He stumbled a little from the pain that burned in his hip from the bayonet gash, but he was able to keep his feet and shoot another blue-clad attacker. The tide of battle swept on past Will, surging deeper into the woods. He leaned against one of the trees and holstered his pistol, then shoved the saber back in its sheath. He could feel blood trickling warmly down his leg now. He pulled his shirt loose from his trousers, ripped a piece off the bottom of it, and folded the cloth into a compress. He took off his belt, snugged it lower around his hips so that it would hold the compress in place against the wound, then limped forward.
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 407 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781581821307
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/03/08
- Copyrighted By:
- James Reasoner
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jim Baugh
- Proofread By:
- book lover
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Reviews
5 out of 5
By Joseph Hodge on Jan 11, 2009
I enjoyed this book for the battle discriptions, and of course the Brannon family. Titus joins the army in this book, and you start to feel bad for him.
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