. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . Battle of Pocotaligo.—Epidemic of Yellow Fever. ENERAL Ormsby Mitchell, who had attainedjK^^f^ no little fame as an astronomer, had entered^s^ the army, and had risen to the rank of major-general. In September he was assigned to thecommand of the Department of the South with head-quarters at Port Royal, relieving Major-General Hunter. Our regiment had been ordered from the outlyingplantations and was aqain in camp upon our old camp grounds near the gen-eral hospital. An in-spection of the wholecommand was or-dered by GeneralMitchell; it
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . Battle of Pocotaligo.—Epidemic of Yellow Fever. ENERAL Ormsby Mitchell, who had attainedjK^^f^ no little fame as an astronomer, had entered^s^ the army, and had risen to the rank of major-general. In September he was assigned to thecommand of the Department of the South with head-quarters at Port Royal, relieving Major-General Hunter. Our regiment had been ordered from the outlyingplantations and was aqain in camp upon our old camp grounds near the gen-eral hospital. An in-spection of the wholecommand was or-dered by GeneralMitchell; it was onthe 19th of Septem-ber and all the troopsat Port Royal wereassembled in theirvarious camps for in-spection, by the gen-eral commanding. Our regiment had])robabh I)een in linefor two hours, wait-ing the arrival of theinspection party; it Gen. ORMSBY MITCHELL. ^yaS the SaUlC old wait that we had become quite accustomed to; the menhad on their full dress uniforms, which were aboutas uncomfortable as anvthing- could well be. the. 175 REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION arms had been stacked, the men were waiting under thecommand, Rest; this command permitted the men toleave their places in line and rest, lying down or in anyway, in the immediate vicinity of their places in line,while the command In Place, Rest, would mean everyman must remain in his place at ease, but keeping onefoot in position. No little swearing was going on down the line, thewait was getting tedious, when the new general, whomvery few of us had seen came riding into the camp groundfollowed by his stafif, each one ablaze in a new and re-splendent uniform. Upon his approach, the commandwas given by Colonel Jackson, Attention! and everyman sprang into his place in line. Take Arms ! CarryArms!, Present Arms!, and every gun was broughtby its holder, to the front and center of his body, and asGeneral Mitchell neared the line, the band upon theright of the regiment struck up the old refrain, Hail tothe C
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