Editing Battle of Cool Spring (section)

==Literature==
[[File:Sickers Gap.jpg|thumb|right|[[Snicker's Gap]], where [[Whittaker Chambers]]' grandfather escaped a Confederate bullet]]
In his 1952 memoir ''Witness'', [[Whittaker Chambers]] relates an anecdote about his maternal grandfather, Charles Whittaker (1840–1899) of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], son of a Scottish immigrant.  As a teenager, Whittaker had run away from home to join the Union Army.  Due to his age, only a "[[convict regiment]]" stationed in [[Harper's Ferry]] would accept him.  During the engagement at Snicker's Gap, Whittaker's regiment had to cross the enemy line under fire:  <blockquote>One man became so nervous that he jumped from behind my grandfather, whose body was protecting him, in front of my grandfather and was instantly shot dead.  That was in my mind when I used to say sometimes to nervous friends during the [[Alger Hiss|Hiss]] Case, "Let's not jump out of line."<ref name=Witness>
  {{Cite book
  | first = Whittaker
  | last = Chambers
  | authorlink = Whittaker Chambers
  | title = Witness
  | publisher = Random House
  | location = New York
  | url = https://archive.org/details/witnessw00cham
  | url-access = registration
  | date = May 1952
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/witnessw00cham/page/100 100]-101}}</ref></blockquote>