Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1915 — Dared Them to Shoot Him. [ARTICLE]

Dared Them to Shoot Him.

In 1864 Colonel Daniels of the Seventh Rhode Island became unpopular with some of his command, and a rumor spread that he would be shot at the next engagement. He heard of it. It was customary when guns had been loaded for some time to have them discharged into some convenient bank, and Colonel Daniels took advantage of this. Marching his regiment out with loaded rifles, he faced them toward a suitable elevation, and, taking pos’tlon on the top of it and in front of them as at dress parade, he gave the commands “Ready!” “Aim!” "FiTj!” and the pieces were discharged. Needless to say, any man could have shot him with little danger of discovery and needless to say also, none of them did. There were no more threats of that kind in his regiment.— “Recollections of a Varied Career.”