. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . inch a brave, noblesoldier. His memory is cherished and held sacred by everymember of the company, and many of the men in Company Fowe much of their success in life to the noble and pure influ-ence of the life of David Stone. He left a true, loyal-heartedwife, and a sweet baby daughter, in the city of Auburn. X. 17th 100 guns for General Terrys victory at Wil- PETERSBURG THROUGH MARCH, 1865. 21
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . inch a brave, noblesoldier. His memory is cherished and held sacred by everymember of the company, and many of the men in Company Fowe much of their success in life to the noble and pure influ-ence of the life of David Stone. He left a true, loyal-heartedwife, and a sweet baby daughter, in the city of Auburn. X. 17th 100 guns for General Terrys victory at Wil- PETERSBURG THROUGH MARCH, 1865. 213 niington, N. C; capture of Fort Fisher. January 18th at 5 100 Company I men with Lieutenant Yard made new abatisin front of works; have to carry brush a mile through a swampsometimes knee-deep. Some fear General Seymour will runthe Ninth into the ground. By the end of the month, the menwere in comfortable quarters, 10x7 and 5 feet high, shelter-tents for roof, fireplaces and stick chimney; burn pitch pine four feet in length. Lieutenant thus describes his cabin: I got straight pine logs, eight to ten inches through, andsix feet long, split them, dug a trench six inches deep; set. From Hardtack and Coffee, by permission. WINTER QUARTERS, INSIDE. them up endways, stockade fashion, close, flat side in. Hutten feet long, eight feet wide, gable with slope, plastered crackswith mud; said mud was easily made by digging a small holein the ground, pouring in a pail of water and then stirring inthe clay just thrown out. It was easily daubed with a rain washed it out, why, just stir up and daub again. It wascovered with shelter-tents, no window needed; light enoughfrom above; bed in one end and made of pine boughs; woodto burn under the bed; door approach made of hardtack boxes. 214 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. Fireplace was one side, table opposite also made of pegs for hanging Things; bookcase over table, floor ofsplit logs. It was towards the end of the
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