52/82 They would ignite the tape of bomb shells, and throw them over in our lines, but, if the shell did not immediately explode, they were thrown back. They had a little shell called _hand grenade_, but they would either stop short of us, or go over our heads, and were harmless. General Joseph E.Johnston sent us a couple of _chevaux-de-frise_. When they came, a detail of three men had to roll them over the works. |