. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . en the handing the ladies to their carriages, and therevel ceased ; much to the relief of the deputy-marshal, whohad almost been thrown into pleurisy by the attempts tosmother the side-splitting mirth which must not be allowedtoo much voice. It is to be hoped that the ladies never dis-covered that their wardrobe had been disturbed. The next morning the officials returned to Rolla ; but formany a night, that passed the deputy-marshals wedge-tentdreams we
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . en the handing the ladies to their carriages, and therevel ceased ; much to the relief of the deputy-marshal, whohad almost been thrown into pleurisy by the attempts tosmother the side-splitting mirth which must not be allowedtoo much voice. It is to be hoped that the ladies never dis-covered that their wardrobe had been disturbed. The next morning the officials returned to Rolla ; but formany a night, that passed the deputy-marshals wedge-tentdreams were disturbed by visions in white ; the dreamlandbeing peopled by Terpsichorean gods and goddesses, nympsand imps, satyrs and other matters, in which the floor-managerwould be conspicuous, draped in little more than a feather-crested bonnet, and a well-ventilated hoop-skirt of ampledimensions, above the waist-bands of which, on the back,was fastened a large placard inscribed : THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS. r CHAPTER IX. • THE CAVALRY AND SQUADS OF INFANTRY, BUSY ALL WINTER, UNDER MAJOR BOWEN, EL-BOWIN THE REBS.—FROM MISSOURI OUT OF THE yfy HIS was to prove to be the winter of pre?aration, on both sides, for the decisive strug-gle for the final possession of the State o:Missouri, for the Union or its abandonmer.;Should we gain substantial possession, the occu-pation of Arkansas by us, would be a foregone ; and that would leave but a comparatively smal:central section of the Mississippi river but what would be ope:to the free navigation of our fleets of gun-boats, which wonsafely convey the immense quantities of ordnance-stores anall necessary arm} supplies for the series of brilliant victorieswhich culminated in the reduction of Vicksburg and Po:Hudson, and which broke the Confederacy in two. But, comrades, we shall see more tedious scouting, drill and guard-detailing for protecting the p< ~at Rolla, hundreds of miles of exhausting marches throng-
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