True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 246
s two miles back from the fighting line.Most boys would have thought that a good place to stay, butthe boy sergeant did not think so. He thought only of thepoor fellows in the ranks, fighting all day under the burningsun. How parched and hungry they must be! What wouldthey not give for a cup of hot… … he filled two wagons with steam-ing cans of hot coffee and withfood, and drove off with his muleteams for the line of battle. Oneof the wagons broke down, butthe other kept on. He wasordered back, but nothing couldstop him, and on to the lines hewent at full speed. One of the officers says:It was…
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