. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . wood for head and tail blocks ; but the inter-est comes in in wondering how, with only jack-knives andno work-bench, they fastened the lower large pulley andthe upper small one, and set them true enough to run agun-belt on to turn the machinery. A cute thing was theusing of a ramrod for the shaft at the head blocks Thatwas at the left hand, flattened and spu
. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . wood for head and tail blocks ; but the inter-est comes in in wondering how, with only jack-knives andno work-bench, they fastened the lower large pulley andthe upper small one, and set them true enough to run agun-belt on to turn the machinery. A cute thing was theusing of a ramrod for the shaft at the head blocks Thatwas at the left hand, flattened and spurred to hold thewood to be turned, the other end being held by a commontwo-inch wood screw smoothly pointed. The stock was 5^4 History of the Eighth Regiment turned into shape by tiles gotten somewhere and somehowand ground outside. Really elegant work wasturned out, and the operation was a never ceasing wonderto the rebels, who would always flock around when thelathe was being operated. The whole affair was backedup against one of the log cabins to give it rigidity ;yet we are not told how the parts were held together;whether by nails, withes, mortices, or spirits ! If it werein existence, it should be in the Worlds Fair of COL. D. W. KING AT THE TIME OF THE EXCHANGE. Comrade Durgin, at whose earnest solicitation ColonelKings reluctant consent to the publication of this picturewas finally obtained, writes, • The original photograph, New Hampshire Volunteers. 525 of which the above is a faithful copy, and which hisfriends have since dubbed Kings ragged picture, wasobtained under the following circumstances. After ourliberation and exchange at the mouth of Red river, wewere sent to New Orleans by steamer. On landing, wewere met by old friends, who found in our emaciated con-dition and extremely ragged and forlorn appearance abun-dant matter to incite curses both loud and deep against thewhole Southern Confederacy in general, and our ownCamp Ford tormentors in particular
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