Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 254
e field of battle, but to live for it throughlong years of imprisonment in order that theymight bring it back whole to the State thatgave it into their hands to honor and defend. In battle, there is no position more danger-ous than that of color bearer, and at the sametime there is none that is… … COLOR BEARERS AND COLOR GUARD, U. S. CORPS OF CADETS. 775 776 HONORS TO THE FLAG. of Tientsin, China, the color sergeant was shotthrough the thigh and seriously wounded.When he fell, General Liscum, who was incommand of the American forces in China atthat time, snatched the colors from the…
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