. History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers: its camps, marches and battles . of the loyal hero, andutter some insulting remarks concerning cowardly Yan-kees, or vile invaders. This intense bitterness offeeling was, however, sometimes turned to good account THE BATTLE OF AVILLIAMSBURG. 61 by the cunning Yankees, as was the case with one of ourteamsters, who, clad in a suit of dingy gray and with hisarm in a sling, introduced himself to a rabid seceshfamily as a member of the Louisiana Tigers, severelywounded in a terrific conflict with some half a dozenYankees, three of whom he k
. History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers: its camps, marches and battles . of the loyal hero, andutter some insulting remarks concerning cowardly Yan-kees, or vile invaders. This intense bitterness offeeling was, however, sometimes turned to good account THE BATTLE OF AVILLIAMSBURG. 61 by the cunning Yankees, as was the case with one of ourteamsters, who, clad in a suit of dingy gray and with hisarm in a sling, introduced himself to a rabid seceshfamily as a member of the Louisiana Tigers, severelywounded in a terrific conflict with some half a dozenYankees, three of whom he killed outright, and put toignominious flight the remainder. He was, of course,received with open arms, and was ever after sure of ahearty welcome and a good suj^per, whejiever he saw fitto give his friends a call. We remained in Williamsburg about a fortnight, when,being relieved by a cavalry detachment, Ave started on upthe Peninsula in the footsteps of the army, which wasthen sparring with the rebels across the turbid waters ofthe Chickahominy. CHAPTER VIII. IN THE CHICKAHOMINT SWAMP,. &^J XTENDING from near Williamsburgto the very gates of Richmond is theChickahominy Swamp, through whichr\(©<^f(f^^lll 1^ ^^^ great army of McClellan strug-^-^ AW Jill I ^ gled in pursuit of the rebels. Mile aftermile of almost impenetrable morassthere were, into the gloomy depths ofwhich the column of troops plunged,toiling wearily on where the mud wasoften ankle or knee deep. Where thefoot soldiers found so much difficultyway, the trouble encountered by theteamsters with their heavy wagons, and by the artillery,may be readily imagined. The Avholc country traversedwas by no means of this description, as there was a greatdeal of high land intervening, whidi formed welcomecamping grounds for the men after a day spent in battlingwith the mud of the swamp. We reached the Chickahominy at Bottom Bridge in in making their IN THE CIIICKAHOMINY SWiVMP. 63 about a week, where we found several divisi
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