. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . brother andhe was thirsting to avenge his death. The first time he was under fire he started and ran asif death on horseback were after him, and he was notseen again for three days. It looked much as though hehad thought more favorably of the home-gu
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . brother andhe was thirsting to avenge his death. The first time he was under fire he started and ran asif death on horseback were after him, and he was notseen again for three days. It looked much as though hehad thought more favorably of the home-guard, and hadgone back to join it. It was observed that after thisincident he talked less about his prowess, and the won-derful feats he would perform if he got a chance. Hehad enough of active warfare as soon as our gallantregiment was ready to take its place at the front. Morsewas not a fair specimen of the spirit that animated ourtroops, as was fully proved by subsequent events. Theywent where danger was the greatest, stood like a wallagainst the terrible onset, swung the old flag throughthe smoke of battle, braved the hot hail of the bullets,left the trail of blood along their tracks, and rendered aservice that cost the weariness of the long march, thesufferings of bleeding wounds, and the very agony ofdeath. CHAPTER II. GETTING Nothing was left us but to make preparation for theworst—General George B. McGlellan. AMP Wilcox—that was the name. Camp Wilcox, was our home, for themost part, while in Washington. The companies had their locationsassigned; the streets of our little cityw^ere laid out; the cook and the kitchenbecame at once important institutions;the ground was cleared of all needlessobstructions; the place was made ready not only foroccupancy, but, as far as possible, for comfort. CampWilcox afforded us better quarters than many places weafterwards found, when a stone was good enough for apillow and the sky for a ceiling. I have recollections of our lif
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