. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . er,the correspondence assumed a more cheerful mood and the seemxing emotionaldepression disappeared. My mother, however, continued to be disturbed,and imagined that some harm was sure to befall me. A month later, itwas revealed that her apprehension should have been devoted to another,as I shall hereafter relate. In company with many others of our Regiment, I attended a solemnburial service on Wednesday, Oc
. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . er,the correspondence assumed a more cheerful mood and the seemxing emotionaldepression disappeared. My mother, however, continued to be disturbed,and imagined that some harm was sure to befall me. A month later, itwas revealed that her apprehension should have been devoted to another,as I shall hereafter relate. In company with many others of our Regiment, I attended a solemnburial service on Wednesday, Oct. 16th, which took place at a small familyburial ground within our camp lines, where a deceased member of the 3dMaine Regiment was interred. The departed comrade was given full mihtaryhonor. The band of his Regiment played a dirge with muffled drums, slowtime, and the firing squad marched with arms reversed. The coffin wasborne upon the shoulders of four privates and covered with the Stars andStripes. The Chaplain officiated at the grave, and the solemn PleyelsHymn was performed by the^^band as the body was lowered into the then came the volleys which ended the HOLLY LEAF. PUBLIC LIBRARY ;.«, ttNOX AND MOZARTERS AT WORK. 89 We had a regimental drill in the rifle pits on Tuesday, Oct. loth, withblank cartridges, which we fired at an imaginary foe. We practiced loadingand firing by command and at will. We enjoyed it because it was anexciting novelty, and in fact we enjoyed all forms of drilling then, becausethe weather was perfectly adapted to the severity of regimental use of balloons for reconnoitering began at about this time. They wereinflated and dispatched from Arlington Heights, and they frequently passedover our camp on their journey towards the enemy, but in our subsequentcampaigns the balloons were captive. We constantly heard rumors regard-ing a change for our Regiment, but they were based on presumption insteadof certainty or
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