. Down in Dixie : life in a cavalry regiment in the war days, from the Wilderness to Appomattox . pyou can to-night, for it will probably be the last chanceyoull get for several days, admonished our firstsergeant. See here. Sergeant, exclaimed Taylor, youllhave to chloroform me if you want me to sleep. Imanxious to know where this army is going. If wereto get into another such a squabble as we had downthere in the woods, I want to sit up and write aletter home. DOWN IN DIXIE. 273 Somebody struck up The Girl I Left Behind Me,and other popular war songs were hummed around thecamp fires, concludi
. Down in Dixie : life in a cavalry regiment in the war days, from the Wilderness to Appomattox . pyou can to-night, for it will probably be the last chanceyoull get for several days, admonished our firstsergeant. See here. Sergeant, exclaimed Taylor, youllhave to chloroform me if you want me to sleep. Imanxious to know where this army is going. If wereto get into another such a squabble as we had downthere in the woods, I want to sit up and write aletter home. DOWN IN DIXIE. 273 Somebody struck up The Girl I Left Behind Me,and other popular war songs were hummed around thecamp fires, concluding with When This Cruel War isOver. Then the troopers not on duty went to bedwith their boots on, and slept for the last time in six-teen days within hailing distance of the Army of thePotomac. CHAPTER XIX. Arojind Lee s Right Flank—Removing the Wounded fro7n theWilderness to Fredericksburg — The Rear Guards Good Work— The First Night Out — Good News from the Head of theColumn — Custer s Brigade at Beaver Dam — In Rear of Lees Army— Union Prisoners Released— Glory, Hallelujah!. EVEILLE was sounded before daylightin the bivouac of Sheridans cavahy corpsat Aldrichs Monday morning. While we were cooking coffee in ourtin cups and our horses were eating theirlast full feed of United States o-overn- o ment forage for nearly three weeks,somebody started the report that we were going backtoward Washington to protect Grants communications,which, it was said, had been cut by the enemy. Beforethis last sensation had gone the rounds the general callwas sounded and the troopers were so busy saddlingtheir horses and getting ready for the march that fur-ther discussion of the report was indefinitely postponed. 274 DOWN IN DIXIE. 275 Stand to horse ! Prepare to mount! Mount! Form ranks ! By fours, march ! We were in the saddle for one of the most daringraids on record. Now Sheridan would have a chanceto demonstrate to his new command and to the countrywhether his faith in the a
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