. 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 .. . of theseimpediments, the only recourse being to judge of them bv theflounderings and exclamations of those in front. To-night wasthe only instance in his life when the writer remembers goingsoundly to sleep, so much so as to lose all consciousness, whilewalking along the road. Some went to sleep in this way sosoundly that they fell headlong on
. 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 .. . of theseimpediments, the only recourse being to judge of them bv theflounderings and exclamations of those in front. To-night wasthe only instance in his life when the writer remembers goingsoundly to sleep, so much so as to lose all consciousness, whilewalking along the road. Some went to sleep in this way sosoundly that they fell headlong on the grouiul without wak-ing up. The strain upon them was more than thev could en-dure. About daylight the next morning we arrived at the oldtown of Dumfries, on an estuary of the Potomac, below 358 HISTORY OF THE Mount Vernon. There, out on the open common, betweenwhat was left of the town and the water, we halted, that is,stopped, because those in front of us did. Of course aftersuch a hurried starting, and an all nights march, we were notgoing to remain here? But we did. Without further orders orinstructions of any kind, we laid out there, on that treeless,shelterless plain, all through that blistering June day, andthrough the night E. R. Browx, a. H. Brown, Co. C, 27th Ixd. at 19. Co. I, 161st Ixd. at 18. (War of the Rebellion.) (.Spanish-American War.) Two Generations of Soldiers. The hardships of a sodieis life, forsooth ! The real liard-ships, those necessarily incident to the service, were cheerfullyborne, especially by regiments like the unnecessary hardships were of the nature of injuries andindignities, inflicted upon the army by the neglect and willfulshirking of duty by indolent, ease-loving staff officers andothers, of whom there were legions. They were then struttingand masquerading in their showy uniforms, and have beenshouting ever since over their distinguished services and num-erous promotions. A long days march, on the 15lh,
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