Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . as to almost blind us, as we trudgedalong—challenged, too, at every post by the watchful senti-nels for the proper countersign, Saratoga, we eventuallyarrived at the point of the fire, which had greatly increased 122d Regiment Peniia Volunteers. 211 \i in extent. It proved to be at the post of Private HenryMullen, of Company K, who had started the fire in an old,hollow tree, with a view to obtain some comfort, when thewind gave it such headway that he was utterly unable to con-trol it; ho
Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . as to almost blind us, as we trudgedalong—challenged, too, at every post by the watchful senti-nels for the proper countersign, Saratoga, we eventuallyarrived at the point of the fire, which had greatly increased 122d Regiment Peniia Volunteers. 211 \i in extent. It proved to be at the post of Private HenryMullen, of Company K, who had started the fire in an old,hollow tree, with a view to obtain some comfort, when thewind gave it such headway that he was utterly unable to con-trol it; however, through the aid of the snow gathered, anda few stout sticks, we quickly had the fire quenched, whenwe returned to headquarters to report. After report was re-ceived and acted upon, with Private Mullen assigned toextra duty for his disobedience of orders, we, wearied fromthe nights labor, duties, and sauntering, sought such rest andrepose as was needed and could be had upon the bare sward,underneath our cedar-bough huts, with only rudely, hastily-gathered bundles of spruce twigs for our Chapter XVIII. Snow Disappeared—Bad Night on Picket-Line—Court-Martial Avoided—Escape from Being Shot—Relief by First Division—Rough March on the Return to Camp—Exterminating the Grayback. Sunday, February i, 1863.—Day again appeared brightand clear, the sun having been up very early, besides thesnow disappearing as rapidly and suddenly as it came. Theboys about reserve station quickly reported that they had hada very bad night of it on the picket-line, with various andsundry experiences. As hereinbefore related, DutchyMullen was detected in direct violation of orders, byhaving started a fire on the main line, for which he escapedrigid court-martial only through the interposition of the Cap-tain and others. Another narrow and fortunate escape withlife was that of John Weidle, whose post on picket was nextbeyond that of Andrew Shay, who reported that Weidlecame saunt
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