. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . for artillery or for in-fantry; if for rations, it was so marked, and just what thewagon contained—bread, pork, beans, coffee, sugar, etc. Assoon as a wagon was emptied it was immediately sent lothe rear to the base of supplies to take on another avoid transportation, the thousands of horses thatmade up the baggage train were fed at the base of sup-plies or at points within easy reach. The movements ofthe baggage trains were in the night so far as possible. I was acquainted with quite a number of quarter-masters. Our own regiment
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . for artillery or for in-fantry; if for rations, it was so marked, and just what thewagon contained—bread, pork, beans, coffee, sugar, etc. Assoon as a wagon was emptied it was immediately sent lothe rear to the base of supplies to take on another avoid transportation, the thousands of horses thatmade up the baggage train were fed at the base of sup-plies or at points within easy reach. The movements ofthe baggage trains were in the night so far as possible. I was acquainted with quite a number of quarter-masters. Our own regimental quartermaster, John , was a very efificient, painstaking and obligmgquartermaster; he had many friends, always ready to doa favor, if possible. I am indebted to him personally formany kindly acts; Quartermaster Hynes was a Man-chester boy; he was a reporter upon the ManchesterMirror at the outbreak of the war, and went to the frontas 2nd lieutenant in Company A. At the close of the warhe was commissioned as quartermaster in the regular 340. ffjN--^^ J i THE THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN VIRGINIA army; he was also breveted lieutenant-colonel of volun-teers; he returned to Manchester and died in 1870. Quartermaster Pitt Moses of the 9th N. H. Regiment,was one of the best quartermasters in the service. Henever failed to reach the boys with supplies: he had anindomitable will, never a road that his teams could not bemade to go over; where others failed, he pushed through;on one or more occasions where there was no knownroad, he took his teams up the bed of a brook to reach thefront, and withal he was a most popular and genialgentleman. I have had the pleasure of meeting him manytimes since the war—frequently at the meetings of the Loyal Legion in Bos-ton, until his deathsome two years ago. Another quarter-master of nerve andability—and it tooknerve and ability to fillthe position — wasQuartermaster Mor-tier L, Morrison of the13th N. H., who prov-ed equal to all
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