. . part of valor. We did findthem after a while, as will appear in the course of this narrat:but it was a long, long ch :cll, IX The March prom Bowli Or i *K A Long March—Extract i lary. Sftet aood on iht: 6th of March we set out faces towhville. Tinmarched our line \v laded by a biti to tingling a miles turned into a I Id and camped in two inch* TUei : for rails and the entire fence around the field quickly disappeared. ( ind staff officers made a great ileal of fuss trying to Stop the raid, but it was no use and theye up in despai


. . part of valor. We did findthem after a while, as will appear in the course of this narrat:but it was a long, long ch :cll, IX The March prom Bowli Or i *K A Long March—Extract i lary. Sftet aood on iht: 6th of March we set out faces towhville. Tinmarched our line \v laded by a biti to tingling a miles turned into a I Id and camped in two inch* TUei : for rails and the entire fence around the field quickly disappeared. ( ind staff officers made a great ileal of fuss trying to Stop the raid, but it was no use and theye up in despair. Il deed that a little later they, them- selves, stood about bi# piles of burning rails, and .seemed to enjoyand appreciate th ■-merit fuel as much as we did. The night wild ami stormy. Sleep was well-nigh impossible, and weggiug hours in hovering around the Si tklin, Kentt; few miles Lte line. ( >ne of our hall —a singular freak of nature. Not far from the road is a deep the bottom, a rapid stream, twenty feel wide, makes it the Opp no 111. \ HdKATIn N. \\ HLIK 1V-FIFIH, D KKEVET HK1GA 1)1 EK-GENERAL. irk tii irch, bank and is seen no more. The W Id and m client for drinking. When reads to march the DC ::ronned that the road for half a dozen milc> \\ ible ition. it was determined to the loads and have the wagons make two trips. Marching in column was not remained witl gg&g* while the other hall gon, lightly la er the stretch had road. We found the latter even worse than had been repsen ted, and it was only after five hours of severe labor thatreached solid ground. It was nearly night when tin re lief arrived with the remainder of the baggage. After an ho :x miles farther,bivouacking, near midnight, on the soil of Ten A very fatiguing march of twenty-two miles on the 9th tous within tiville. n kept at a high speed, with few halts, at* alf the men were with the col When W 1 arms. Hundreds fell auks and came Straggling in, fl r midnight. N


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