. Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d regiment, Penn'a volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents. ments—Ludicrous bCENE—On the Move! Friday, Octorek 17. 1S62.—We awoke to find that therain had subsided, while the boys in general, who had beendrenched to the *kin, were engaged in building fires withcommissary barrels, sutlers boxes, and other (ire-wood, todry their wet clothes ; whereupon many were the garments I22ii Regiment Pcnna Volunteers. 67 that suffered serious scorching, thereby producing considerablemerriment during the early morning hours. One o
. Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d regiment, Penn'a volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents. ments—Ludicrous bCENE—On the Move! Friday, Octorek 17. 1S62.—We awoke to find that therain had subsided, while the boys in general, who had beendrenched to the *kin, were engaged in building fires withcommissary barrels, sutlers boxes, and other (ire-wood, todry their wet clothes ; whereupon many were the garments I22ii Regiment Pcnna Volunteers. 67 that suffered serious scorching, thereby producing considerablemerriment during the early morning hours. One of themost ludicrous pictures presented was that of Sammy general guide of Company K, with a tail of his over-coat burned off, and the seat of his trousers burned through into the skin. Oh, how wretched he looked, indeed ! He de-served the pity of all, rather than the ridicule and merrimentwhich was occasioned. At y oclock, a. m., we were orderedto fall into line at once, and were soon again on the movetoward Georgetown, D. C opposite which city we arrivedat 11 oclock, f. m., and then retired to rest for the tl ?&&&* X^fcAi^xir: Chapter viii. On the Way to Maryland—Great Delay, Intoxication-, and Desertion—Sick Set of Boys—Incidents along the Route, in Camp, and on the Forage. Saturday, October 18, 1862.—Awaking from a re-freshing slumber of but a few hours, a good wash in thebrook running down the hill-side was the first order of themorning, while time was afforded for a hasty visit to George-town to make sundry purchases. At 11 a. m., the Regimentwas in line again, promptly to order, and ready to move. Forward, march ! was the command along the entire line,and we moved through Georgetown and Washington citiesto the Northern Central Railroad Depot, where a long trainof stock cars were already in waiting to receive the humanfreight halted and in line before them. Considerable delayhad been occasioned in procuring transportation, when mostof the
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