The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . rtable. The tents for the men were notadapted to make-shifts of that kind, or any other, in were too ffat, so that an opening could not be made inthem to let the pipe out without letting in the still had the same tents we had drawn at Indianaj:) shape they resembled an old-time cow bell, only they wereproportionately more
The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . rtable. The tents for the men were notadapted to make-shifts of that kind, or any other, in were too ffat, so that an opening could not be made inthem to let the pipe out without letting in the still had the same tents we had drawn at Indianaj:) shape they resembled an old-time cow bell, only they wereproportionately more ilaring at the bottom. Though largeenough around to accomniodatc sixteen men, they were only T WEN rY- SE VENTH INDIAN A. 73 about seven feet high at the hij^hest point. Their shape atthe ground being oval, it was hard to raise them higher bybuilding under them. Some of the men arranged to warmtheir tents by digging trenches through them, and coveringthem \vith flat stones and earth. The fire was built at the mouthof the trench, near the tent door ; at the other end was somekind of a chimney which drew the heat through the trench,thus warming the top or covering and to some extent the airof the tent was warmed also. But most of the men had no.
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