. Memoirs and history of Capt. F. W. Alexander's Baltimore Battery of light artillery, U. S. V. . iled mackeral; all of this servedwith the most delicious hot biscuit butter and fresh bread,coffee and cream. I do not know why, but I have neverbeen able to get mackeral as good as the steward furnishedus on the Flag of Truce boat. We reached Annapolis at2 and immediately telegraphed to our dear ones athome, who had not heard from us since we left Berryvillethat Saturday morning June 13. It was now July 9, justtwenty six days since we were taken prisoners. This was not as long a time as comp
. Memoirs and history of Capt. F. W. Alexander's Baltimore Battery of light artillery, U. S. V. . iled mackeral; all of this servedwith the most delicious hot biscuit butter and fresh bread,coffee and cream. I do not know why, but I have neverbeen able to get mackeral as good as the steward furnishedus on the Flag of Truce boat. We reached Annapolis at2 and immediately telegraphed to our dear ones athome, who had not heard from us since we left Berryvillethat Saturday morning June 13. It was now July 9, justtwenty six days since we were taken prisoners. This was not as long a time as compared with others,but it was full of hardships, experiences and sad events,that it seemed so many months, instead of days. Afterall it was a valuable experience in many ways, it taughtus how little food a person could live on, and retainhealth, how one could endure long marches, get wet tothe skin, sleep in the open air with wet clothes, and staywell, but above all, it taught me not to despise any foodand say I cannot eat this or that, I learned that it wasonly a question of how hungry one CHARLES L. MARBURG My chum in the army, on his return from Belle Island and Libby Prison THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR. LENOXTILDEN FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER XVII CAMP PAROLE AND HOME ON landing we were received by the commandingofficer, who in a kind, and sympathetic speech in-formed us that there would be no guards to keepus in check, saying, that we had been under restraint longenough; warned us however, not to take advantage of thefreedom and become disorderly. The Quartermasterwould provide us with new clothes, and also a piece ofmuch needed soap, with which we could go to the riverand have a good bath, and leave our old clothes with theirfilth and their vermin on the beach where they would betaken in charge by the Sanitary Commission, who woulduse the proceeds for the benefit of the soldiers; afterwardwe could march out to camp, about a mile from the City,where tents food and accomodat
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