. . a move he would pour into the chap-lains canteen a little whiskey, the odor whereoi was highlyoffensive to the nostrils of the reverend gentleman. One sniffwas enough; the chaplain would Sing the canteen aside, declar-ing that it wasnt his, for he never used the stuff. Then thedoctor would appropriateit, with the observationthat he wasnt so con-founded particular and itwould do well enough forhim. After Quinn hadplayed this on him two orthree times, the chaplainkept his canteen locked upwhen not in use. The health of the sol-dier
. . a move he would pour into the chap-lains canteen a little whiskey, the odor whereoi was highlyoffensive to the nostrils of the reverend gentleman. One sniffwas enough; the chaplain would Sing the canteen aside, declar-ing that it wasnt his, for he never used the stuff. Then thedoctor would appropriateit, with the observationthat he wasnt so con-founded particular and itwould do well enough forhim. After Quinn hadplayed this on him two orthree times, the chaplainkept his canteen locked upwhen not in use. The health of the sol-diers while at Athens wasnerally good. Theweather was of all sorts—cold and rainy at times,with pleasant, sunshinydays sandwiched were no armed rebelsleft in that neighborhood,and the sudden calls toarms, that had been so fre-quent during pre v i 0 u syears, were days and nightsdragged lazily along, while everybody waited for the great move-ments and combinations elsewhere, which all were confident mustend the long and bitter SAMUEL PANG dPANY F, ITKTH. Killed at Spring Hill, Tennessee,. ember 29th, 1 (45) [April, CHAPTER LXII. OH, WHAT A NIGHT! Once More in East see—The Stay at Blub Springs—A Dispatch Announcing the Surrender of Lbrs Army to Grant —The Tidings Cause a Prodigious Uproar—A Wild Hila-rious Night—The Camp a Literal Pandemonium—A Hurricaneof Joy and Enthusiasm—A Terrible Revulsion—News of theAssassination of President Lincoln—Strong Men Weep likeChildren—Thoughts of Going Home—The Sixth BatterysAdventures. T II TOWARD the end of March we again changed our were issued for the Fourth corps to go once moreto East Tennessee. In the event that General Lee shouldbe driven from Richmond, it was considered a possiblething that he would retreat westward across Virginia to the moun-tains, and in such case the Fourth corps might come in regiments of our brigade were withdrawn from the block-houses
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