They established guards around their squads, and helped beat off the Raiders when their own territory was invaded, but this was all they would do.
The rest of us formed similar guards.

In the southwest corner of the Stockade--where I was--we formed ourselves into a company of fifty active boys--mostly belonging to my own battalion and to other Illinois regiments--of which I was elected Captain.

My First Lieutenant was a tall, taciturn, long-armed member of the One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois, whom we called "Egypt," as he came from that section of the State.

He was wonderfully handy with his fists.

I think he could knock a fellow down so that he would fall-harder, and lie longer than any person I ever saw.