We had muzzle-loading Whitney rifles and bayonets.
It is as well to have bayonets fixed in case of the sudden appearance of a pike.
"The Bolsheviki," said Trupp, "will be conquered by moral force, and not by bayonets....."
"On Christmas day in Seventy-six, Our gallant troops with bayonets fixed, To Trenton marched away."
It was a raw, chill day. In front of the State Bank some soldiers with fixed bayonets were standing at the closed gates.
There was a reply that the intent fighters did not care for what happened rearward saving that no hostile bayonets appeared there.
The camp was defended by a rampart and by a double ditch, but on went the assaulting soldiers over all the obstacles, pushing their way with their bayonets, and carrying all before them.
He saw from the crest of a hill great numbers of Confederate troops on the other side of the river, the August sun glittering over thousands of bayonets and rifle barrels, and along the somber batteries of great guns.
Keenan himself fell, pierced by bayonets, and the charge was repulsed at once; but a few priceless moments had been saved, and Pleasanton had been given time to post twenty-two guns, loaded with double canister, where they would bear upon the enemy.
A Committee of five soldiers was elected to serve as General Staff, and in the small hours of the morning the regiments left their barracks in full battle array.... Going home I saw them pass, swinging along with the regular tread of veterans, bayonets in perfect alignment, through the deserted streets of the conquered city....