. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . e men from citizens to soldiers rendered themliable to various disorders, and the most stringent pre-cautions as to health were adopted and sanitary condition of the camp was a matter of dili-gent concern. Guard mount came at nine oclock
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . e men from citizens to soldiers rendered themliable to various disorders, and the most stringent pre-cautions as to health were adopted and sanitary condition of the camp was a matter of dili-gent concern. Guard mount came at nine oclock, and there was drillagain from half-past nine to half-past eleven. Then wewere ready for dinner. If the commissary was wellsupplied we had bean soup and pork; if not, we hadwhat we could get. We contented ourselves with thethought that soup is always fashionable, and forms thefirst course at the Fifth Avenue, the Continental, KNAFtSACK AND RIFLE. 21 and the Palmer, and if it was not always thick, it wasso much the better for softening the hard-tack. A littleingenuity could discover various advantages in thin were well behaved, took what was given us, and didnot cry for more as children sometimes do when treatedto only one plate of ice cream. At two oclock there was battalion drill, and a re-callat four to prepare for dress deillhstg recruits. Then we had supper, which comprised some of theessential ingredients of the meals that had gone and jams not being considered remarkablyhealthy, we did not indulge in them; and the Govern-ment having neglected to furnish us with pound cake, itwas surprising to find how many men there were whonever ate cake anyway, and did not consider it a properarticle of diet. We all agreed that plain food was the 22 KNAPSACK AND RIFLE. best. Truthfully it must be said that there was a dispo^sition on the ])art of our men to conform to circumstances,make the best of every situation, and prove true to theimperilled cause
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