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The hero of the hour was this boy. Did the nation owe him anything? THE HERO OF THE HOUR WAS THIS BOY DID THE NATION OWE HIM ANYTHING
 front by the enemy and in the back by my own men? That is no place for an officer. The place for the officer in actual battle is behind the line. How often, as a staff officer, I rode down the line, when our men were suddenly called to the line of battle, and the Rebel yells were coming out of the woods, and shouted: “Officers to the rear! Officers to the rear!” Then every officer gets behind the line of private soldiers, and the higher the officer’s rank the farther behind he goes. Not because he is any the less brave, but because the laws of war require that. And yet he shouted, “I, with my shining sword--” In that house there sat the company of my soldiers who had carried that boy across the Carolina rivers that he might not wet his feet. Some of them had gone far out to get a pig or a chicken. Some of them had gone to death under the shell-swept pines in the mountains of Tennessee, yet in the good man’s speech they were scarcely known. He did refer to them, but only incidentally.  IN FRONT OF MY MEN TO BE SHOT IN FRONT BY THE ENEMY AND IN THE BACK BY MY OWN MEN THAT IS NO PLACE FOR AN OFFICER THE PLACE FOR THE OFFICER IN ACTUAL BATTLE IS BEHIND THE LINE HOW OFTEN AS A STAFF OFFICER I RODE DOWN THE LINE WHEN OUR MEN WERE SUDDENLY CALLED TO THE LINE OF BATTLE AND THE REBEL YELLS WERE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS AND SHOUTED OFFICERS THE REAR OFFICERS TO THE REAR THEN EVERY OFFICER GETS BEHIND THE LINE OF PRIVATE SOLDIERS AND THE HIGHER THE OFFICER'S RANK THE FARTHER BEHIND HE GOES NOT BECAUSE HE IS ANY THE LESS BRAVE BUT BECAUSE THE LAWS OF WAR REQUIRE THAT AND YET HE SHOUTED I WITH MY SHINING SWORD IN THAT HOUSE THERE SAT THE COMPANY OF MY SOLDIERS WHO HAD CARRIED THAT BOY ACROSS THE CAROLINA RIVERS THAT HE MIGHT NOT WET HIS FEET SOME OF THEM HAD GONE FAR OUT TO GET A PIG OR A CHICKEN SOME OF THEM HAD GONE TO DEATH UNDER THE SHELL SWEPT PINES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE YET IN THE GOOD MAN'S SPEECH THEY WERE SCARCELY KNOWN HE DID REFER TO THEM BUT ONLY INCIDENTALLY 
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