. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 . w5* *. ■% \^?^^^<<^<<-- « SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 175 CHAPTER XII. WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. 1864 May, 1864, initiated a campaign of corduroy roads,May. bridges, and earth-works, and until September therewas a smell of new earth about us, suggestive ofplanting time at home. We digged, we tramped;we tramped, chopped wood, and digged. It wasshovel and shoot, shoot, shovel, and dig. We dugbefore reveille, and fought before noon; marcheda short distance, and if it were nt good shooting,piled up the ground. Oft
. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 . w5* *. ■% \^?^^^<<^<<-- « SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 175 CHAPTER XII. WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. 1864 May, 1864, initiated a campaign of corduroy roads,May. bridges, and earth-works, and until September therewas a smell of new earth about us, suggestive ofplanting time at home. We digged, we tramped;we tramped, chopped wood, and digged. It wasshovel and shoot, shoot, shovel, and dig. We dugbefore reveille, and fought before noon; marcheda short distance, and if it were nt good shooting,piled up the ground. Often the rebels objected;then we would have a fight, and appropriate theirworks — if we were the smartest. After supper,and half a ration of good (?) government whisky,and further stimulated by a wholesome respect forsomebody in gray in front of us, we turned to thefresh air new earth, and the morning light showedthe herculean labor of a few hours, just as a long lineof tired boys shouldered their knapsacks and movedout, and so on through the Wilderness to Spottsyl-vania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor. Zigzag line
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