. . oodat the head on the eatinglist, and always had hisappetite with him, declaredwith some asperity that ifthey didnt like the waythat mess was run theycould secede and get Up acaravansary of their chaplain did pull outof the mess, averring thathe could not conscientiouslysay grace for the benefit ofsuch gourmands. DoctorAnderson stayed in, but hecontinued to utter seditiouslanguage whenever ColonelWolff showed a dispositionto gorge himself with eggs—at seventy-five cents adozen. In February, Lieutenant-colonel Brown and Ma
. . oodat the head on the eatinglist, and always had hisappetite with him, declaredwith some asperity that ifthey didnt like the waythat mess was run theycould secede and get Up acaravansary of their chaplain did pull outof the mess, averring thathe could not conscientiouslysay grace for the benefit ofsuch gourmands. DoctorAnderson stayed in, but hecontinued to utter seditiouslanguage whenever ColonelWolff showed a dispositionto gorge himself with eggs—at seventy-five cents adozen. In February, Lieutenant-colonel Brown and Major Coulterhad a somewhat malignant attack of cotton fever/ It thenlooked as though our active field service was at an end and theyresigned, secured a large plantation near Huntsville, and preparedto make a crop of cotton, as the people in the south express Samuel M. Wolff was promoted to lieutenant-colonel andCaptain Norman K. Brown to major. Adjutant Charles K. Bakerwas promoted to captain and Lieutenant William II. Farber wasappointed ALFRKl) G. STEWARD, SIXTY-FOURTH. H65-] 1 for the plantkrs. 701 Tht amateur planters went to Nashville to purchase Imple-ments and supplies for the summer campaign. When they re-turned to Athens, the officers gave them a blow-out. All thetestimony bearing upon the occasion justifies the statement thatthey had a M high old time -— a slight foretaste of that incompar-able atid unapproachable jubilee a few weeks later, in the wildsof East Tennessee, when the tidings came to us that Lee hadsurrendered to Grant. The testimonial to Brown and Coulterwas in the nature of a fare-well reception, followed bya stag dance, to themusic of the regimentalstring band. It was aunique, fantastic and thor-oughly successful affair, inproof of which it is onlynecessary to say that Colo-nel Wolff, Captain Patter-son and Captain Hancockserved in the capacity ofexecutive committee. The stay of the Sixty-fourth at Ath
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