. . erewere men in every regiment whose canteens were seldom emptyof whisky How they managed to get it was on lingsnobody could find out. But they got it, at all times and places,even under the most adverse conditions, with an ingenuity in de-vising ways and means that challenged admiration. If there beany virtue in whisky, as an elixir to alleviate human suffering, itis not often more needed than it was during our first ten da]Shiloh. The lines of the arm\ had been by this time fully first position was about three mi
. . erewere men in every regiment whose canteens were seldom emptyof whisky How they managed to get it was on lingsnobody could find out. But they got it, at all times and places,even under the most adverse conditions, with an ingenuity in de-vising ways and means that challenged admiration. If there beany virtue in whisky, as an elixir to alleviate human suffering, itis not often more needed than it was during our first ten da]Shiloh. The lines of the arm\ had been by this time fully first position was about three miles from Pittsburg Landing,and a short distance to the eastward of the direct road to Corinth. h company had its regular tri< ickel duty, but this was decidedly moo comfortable than sloshing around in the mudthat was everywhere within the lines. One of our periodical di-versions was to trudge to the Landing after rations. All theroads leading from the river to the numerous camps were abso-lutely impassable for teams. The goaded mules, floundering in [ MAJOR SIXTY-KM-Hi, AND .nkral. WB totk ration tiii: landing. 161 the mire, could scarcely pull an empty wagon, while to moviLoaded one was to be thought of. April 13th five companies were detailed from each regiment to utote three days rations outto our bivouac. We made a grotesque procession, as we ploddedalong through the mud with our burdens. Here were two men with a box of hardtack which they carried by turns upon theirshoulders, or suspended from a pole with a piece of rope. Vonder were two more, staggering and stumbling along with a loadof bacon. Others carried sacks of coffee or sugar. These tourarticles were our staples: beans and rice came in handy for achange now and then. But nothing could supply a lack of theformer; when we had plenty of them in our ha we were thankful and content. The three miles tramp was a most wearisome one. Fre-quently a man would get hopelessly stuck in the mire, fromwhich he could
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