"Joe! Joe! ... "I am Joe Oswald, corporal Fourth Iowa Cavalry, Major Stone Commander." "Oswald, I am Private Brown, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. ... The boots are his now." I fell in line with the other shoeless members of my company and left the battlefield at Brice's Crossroads. ... "Oswald, Joe, corporal, fourth Iowa." "Oswald, remove your cap, shirt, and drop your trousers. ...

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