1 The flash of the guns startled the youth at first.
2 But, by dad, th first thing that feller knowed he was dead.
3 "It's my first and last battle, old boy," continued the loud soldier.
4 Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.
5 A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first.
6 "It's my first and last battle, old boy," said the latter, with intense gloom.
7 A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree.
8 As another officer sped his horse after the first messenger, the general beamed upon the earth like a sun.
9 The youth felt instant panic at this question, although at first its full import was not borne in upon him.
10 The lieutenant of the youth's company had encountered a soldier who had fled screaming at the first volley of his comrades.
11 He now rejoiced in the possession of a small weapon with which he could prostrate his comrade at the first signs of a cross-examination.
12 He felt vaguely that death must make a first choice of the men who were nearest; the initial morsels for the dragons would be then those who were following him.
13 The youth started up with a little cry when his eyes first swept over this motionless mass of men, thick-spread upon the ground, pallid, and in strange postures.
14 Before he was ready to begin--before he had announced to himself that he was about to fight--he threw the obedient well-balanced rifle into position and fired a first wild shot.
15 Of course they ain't never been under fire yet, and it ain't likely they'll lick the hull rebel army all-to-oncet the first time; but I think they'll fight better than some, if worse than others.
16 One gray dawn, however, he was kicked in the leg by the tall soldier, and then, before he was entirely awake, he found himself running down a wood road in the midst of men who were panting from the first effects of speed.
17 Lately, he had assured himself that the altered comrade would not tantalize him with a persistent curiosity, but he felt certain that during the first period of leisure his friend would ask him to relate his adventures of the previous day.
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