It had been painful from the first; but the degree of fortitude with which a wounded person in battle endures suffering amounting to agony is almost incredible.

So many had been killed, and so many had lost legs and arms on both sides, that it seemed weak and pusillanimous to complain, or even mention what he regarded as only a slight wound.
"This is the executive officer of the Bellevite, Dr.Davidson," said Captain Rombold when the surgeon appeared, not three minutes after he had been sent for.

"But he is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and the bravest of the brave.

It was he who defeated my scheme; but I admire and respect him.

Attend to him at once, doctor." "If he saved the day for the Yankees, it is a pity that his wound had not killed him," added the surgeon, with a pleasant smile on his handsome face.