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36 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
to-morrow morning and turn them loose on the gentlemen
you speak of."
Any way, whatever the interview was, we had
barely stretched out our weary limbs and folded
our arms to sleep when the sergeant-major, that fellow
that so often brings bad news, came tripping
along through the encampment, hurrying from one
company's headquarters to another, saying: "Captain,
it's General McCulloch's order that you have
your men cook up three days' rations, distribute all
the ammunition they can get and be in their saddles,
ready to march on the enemy, at eleven o'clock tonight."
Sleep? Oh, no! Where's the man who said he
was sleepy? Cook three days' rations? Oh, my!
And not a cooking vessel in the regiment! But
never mind about that, it's a soldier's duty to obey
orders without asking questions. I drew and distributed
the flour and meat, and left the men to do
the cooking while I looked after the ammunition.
Here the men learned to roll out biscuit dough about
the size and shape of a snake, coil it around a ramrod
or a small wooden stick, and bake it before the
fire.
This Sunday afternoon and night, August 4, was
a busy time in our camp. Some were cooking the
rations, some writing letters, some one thing, and
some another; all were busy until orders came to
saddle up. We were camped on the main Springfield
road, and General Lyon, with his army, was
at Dug Springs, a few miles farther up the same
road. We were to march at eleven o'clock and attack
him at daylight Monday morning. There al-
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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/m1/42/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.