[221] bugler, and approaching him, said: “In the midst of battle you disobeyed my order. You are unworthy to be a member of the Guard. I dismiss you.” The bugler showed his bugle to his indignant commander-the mouth-piece of the instrument was shot away. He said: “The mouth was shoot off. I could not bugle viz mon bugle, and so I bugle viz mon pistol and sabre.” It is unnecessary to add, the brave Frenchman was not dismissed. I must not forget to mention Sergeant Hunter, of the Kentucky company. His soldierly figure never failed to attract the eye in the ranks of the Guard. He had served in the regular cavalry, and the Body-Guard had profited greatly from his skill as a drill master. He lost three horses in the fight. As soon as one was killed, he caught another from the rebels: the third horse taken by him in this way he rode into St. Louis. The sergeant slew five men. “I wont speak of those I shot,” said he-“another may have hit them; but those I touched with my sabre I am sure of, because 1 felt them.” At the beginning of the charge, he came to the extreme right, and took position next to Zagonyi, whom he followed closely through the battle. The major seeing him, said:
Why are you here, Sergeant Hunter? Your place is with your company on the left.“I kind oa wanted to be in the front,” was the answer. “What could I say to such a man?” exclaimed, Zagonyi, speaking of the matter afterward. There was hardly a horn? or rider among the survivors
