. . shrinkage continued until quarter l two v he men suffered tly the gS of hunger that couldanything the matter with theut thenThe pitiful dportion of each m rely suffice fo Hav m almost use article of the outfit, for therenothing to put in them and t of chrouic col- j. The sup| fresh limited There wer< hich ued about readyered to t slaughtered and divi and, but thei I much of them except bone, horn, hoof, andhide. Hardtack and sowbelly were dealt out nnnone could for the siege would continue. The horses, to< ed from the unive
. . shrinkage continued until quarter l two v he men suffered tly the gS of hunger that couldanything the matter with theut thenThe pitiful dportion of each m rely suffice fo Hav m almost use article of the outfit, for therenothing to put in them and t of chrouic col- j. The sup| fresh limited There wer< hich ued about readyered to t slaughtered and divi and, but thei I much of them except bone, horn, hoof, andhide. Hardtack and sowbelly were dealt out nnnone could for the siege would continue. The horses, to< ed from the universe mere handful of corn and a wisp of hay or straw had to sufficefor a feed. The: no opportunity to eke on ant) stor aging. The poor animals suffered k whinnies and cries of d painful to hear, mals died, and hundreds of the men .• Tho pinching times indeed, and all w tdlj thankful when the s tnd the cracker-1 more open. Had the investment continued much the army would have been forced either to surrende:Knoxville and cut il it. Those hungry days and nights. FIRM LIB! M* LA UGH LIN 876 the sikgk raised. [December, endured by the Squadron were very much like those which, alittle earlier, fell to the lot of the other members of the Shermanbrigade at Chattanooga. At the time of Longstreets first appearance, the wagon trainof the Squadron, under Quartermaster-sergeant Albert A Ponie-roy, was in Powells valley, twenty miles distant from the citjloaded with corn. It was a question whether the train wouldbe able to get inside the rebel cordon before the investment .complete, but the fort tin- «r permitted it and the horses the Squadron suffered less privation than many others during thesiege. Captain Joseph C. Shieldss battery —Nineteenth Ohiowas guarding the road leading into the city from Powell s \alle>Survivors of that battery state that a half hours delay would hprevented the Squadrons wagon train from securing an entrai Five days after Longstreets disastrous attempt to p
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