. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. ere the main body of thearmy was encamped. By the time our train cleared the confused group of shedsand tents at the Junction, the shades of evening had begunfalling. As the light of day faded away, the darkness wasstrangely tempered by a subdued glimmer, the reflection ofwhich rose high in the heavens. It was caused b)- the camp-fires of the great army, like the glow over a distant city. Iwas indeed approaching a city, — one built of canvas, which atan hours notice could disap
. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. ere the main body of thearmy was encamped. By the time our train cleared the confused group of shedsand tents at the Junction, the shades of evening had begunfalling. As the light of day faded away, the darkness wasstrangely tempered by a subdued glimmer, the reflection ofwhich rose high in the heavens. It was caused b)- the camp-fires of the great army, like the glow over a distant city. Iwas indeed approaching a city, — one built of canvas, which atan hours notice could disappear, only to spring up again milesand miles away. A sharp turn in the road brought our train out of a belt ofwoods, and a moment after the immense camp of one hundredand fifty thousand men lay revealed before us. Viewed from the roof of our swaying car, as it rattled overthe rudely laid rails, the scene was a wonderful one, even tome, accustomed to such sights. For miles, as far as the eyecould reach, up and down the valley, the troops occupied theland. In broad bands, scattered clusters, or dense masses, the. ,?^^;^ i^\
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