Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . icrous ^cene—On the Move ! Friday, October 17, 1862.—We awoke to find that therain had subsided, while the boys in general, who had beendrenched to the skin, were engaged in building fires withcommissary barrels, sutlers boxes, and other fire-wood, todry their wel (.lollies ; whereupon man) were the garments I22ti Regiment Pcnna Volunteers. 67 / that suffered serious scorching, thereby producing consideral >lcmerriment during the early morning hours. One of themost ludicrous pictures p
Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . icrous ^cene—On the Move ! Friday, October 17, 1862.—We awoke to find that therain had subsided, while the boys in general, who had beendrenched to the skin, were engaged in building fires withcommissary barrels, sutlers boxes, and other fire-wood, todry their wel (.lollies ; whereupon man) were the garments I22ti Regiment Pcnna Volunteers. 67 / that suffered serious scorching, thereby producing consideral >lcmerriment during the early morning hours. One of themost ludicrous pictures presented was that of Sammy Stape,left 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 9 oclock, a. m., we were orderedto fall into line at once, and were soon again on the movetoward Georgetown, 1). C, opposite which city we arrivedat 11 oclock, p. m., and then retired to rest for the Chapter viii. On the Way t —Great Delay, Intoxication, ami I >;n—Sick Set of Boys—Incidents aeono the Route, in Camp, and on the Foraoe. Saturday, October iS. 1S62.—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 n 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 boys took advantage thereof by procuring ca
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