. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade [electronic resource] . he camp was in thoroughly good condition andthe snow had disappeared from the ground, as it did in lessthan a week, the drills of the 150th became almost mornings were usually devoted to company exercises,superintended by one of the field-officers. These werefollowed by skirmish movements, in which several companiesparticipated, every movement being regulated first by verbalcommand and then by the corresponding bugle notes, until themen were suffi
. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade [electronic resource] . he camp was in thoroughly good condition andthe snow had disappeared from the ground, as it did in lessthan a week, the drills of the 150th became almost mornings were usually devoted to company exercises,superintended by one of the field-officers. These werefollowed by skirmish movements, in which several companiesparticipated, every movement being regulated first by verbalcommand and then by the corresponding bugle notes, until themen were sufficiently familiar with the latter to dispense withoral orders. A portion of the afternoon was occupied with regimentaldrill, in which the utmost possible precision was aimed at inexecuting each order, whether in the manual of arms or in theactive field manoeuvres. As a consequence, the progress ofthe regiment was rapid, and its discipline was soon in markedcontrast with that of some of the older commands. Of theold troops in the neighborhood, it was painfully evident thatmany had lost spirit, and that the enthusiasm of the entire. MaiorCkneral DOUBLEHAV. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 65 army had been seriously tempered by the total failure of theoperations under General Burnside. The appointment ofGeneral Hooker to succeed him did something to correct thisdepression, but for several weeks the weather was such thatthe men were compelled to remain in idleness in their camps,and the influence of the new commander could not be officers seemed to share in the moral fatigue whichfollowed Fredericksburg and the mud march, and, when daysof sunshine occurred and the ground was sufficiently firm fordrilling, were slow to take advantage of the opportunity toexercise and improve their commands. Colonel Stonesbrigade was not permitted to lapse into this condition ofdemoralizing repose, and from the moment of its arrival atBelle Plain might reasonably have complained of too m
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