. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . hat hung on a pole. The Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, wrote H. , came into camp to-night too late to pitch tents till morn-ing. Some of them came over to our tent, tired out and our canteens had just been filled, and they speedilyemptied them What hospitality ever equaled that of comradesin the days when we drank from the same canteen ! How weall slept that night ! Phat a blessing, said Pat, that noightniver comes in till late in th
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . hat hung on a pole. The Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, wrote H. , came into camp to-night too late to pitch tents till morn-ing. Some of them came over to our tent, tired out and our canteens had just been filled, and they speedilyemptied them What hospitality ever equaled that of comradesin the days when we drank from the same canteen ! How weall slept that night ! Phat a blessing, said Pat, that noightniver comes in till late in the day, when yer all toired out, andcouldnt march no more, anyhow, at all, at all, not even if it wasmornin ! The morning dawned at length and found us a gooddeal refreshed, but somewhat stiff and sore. It proved to beanother scorching day, with a sky of brass, an earth of ashes,and the air of a furnace. Captain Hale wrote home: To dis-tinguish it from our last camp, Camp Frieze,we designated it Camp Scorch, although no special order was issued to that effect. op 3 T3o 0 -1o 7 9)(fl o9) 3■o w<c ?L 0) OSB 3■o 0 (D(00 : 3. 206 THE TENTH REGIMENT I should judge from appearances that this particular portionof the sacred soil has undergone the effect of the last great con-flagration. I was about to say, prematurely, but more properly,in advance of the rest of the world. Barren desolation marks itas far as the eye can reach, and Corporal Stump, after scouringthe plain with a critical eye, remarked, that the most nimble ofgrasshoppers could not cross it unless he carried three days rationson his back. The country has been even stripped of its fencesand hedges to remove every cover for the enemy, and everythinghas a grim, ravaged look. Our camp became generally known asCamp Misery, while the members of the Ninth Regiment,which arrived the following day, Saturday, preferred to call itCamp Desolation, a very appropriate name. Our present camp, says H. T. Chace, is in one respect, a
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