Colonel William H Kinsman

Author : Grenville Mellen Dodge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267716333
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Colonel William H. Kinsman (Classic Reprint) written by Grenville Mellen Dodge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Colonel William H. Kinsman Short time I heard that they had it full, and when I returned to the Bluffs the company was ready to be mustered in. Kins man was mustered with his company (b) as second lieutenant, but soon rose to become its captain, the first lieutenant, P. A. Wheeler having been made regimental quartermaster, and Captain S. H. Craig, on account Of physical disability, hav ing been compelled to resign. Kinsman was promoted to the captaincy October 10, 1861, at Rolla, Missouri. He was a very efficient Officer, very sanguine, and rather restive under strict discipline. He thought if a soldier could shoulder a musket and shoot it, that was about all that should be re quired of him. He had not then learned what was necessary to prepare a man for battle, and he felt that my severe drill* ing and disciplining of the regiment was uncalled for, as did most of the regiment; but none Of the men ever protested openly. Kinsman, who probably was as near or nearer to me than any other man in the regiment, Often talked to me about it, and always arrived at the conclusion that I must be right, but still he could not understand the necessity. He moved along in the campaign from Rolla to Pea Ridge, doing his full duty, and always anxious to aid me. Icould call upon him for any work, whether it was that of a soldier, clerk or correspondent, and I think he watched me more carefully and took more interest in me than I did in myself. He could not well stand the slow movements of Fremont, or the great delay in Obtaining the proper equipment, clothing, etc., for the regiment. He wanted to take the short road to every thing, which, Of course, would have been the long one. In the preliminary fights on our march south, up to the great bat tle of Pea Ridge, I noticed that he was very active, very anxious to get to the front, and that the sound of a cannon or a gun stirred him immediately. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.