Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . eliberately cheata soldier, were about as low in the scale of humanity as mencould be brought; but, far below them in the schedule ofdecency, was the man who wore the United States uniformwith the bars or an eagle on his shoulders, and who system-atically robbed the soldier of his just dues. The officer namedis fully entitled to this brief mention. THANKSGIVING DAY. Thanksgiving day, November 21st, was observed in camp asa holiday, all military drills being susp
Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . eliberately cheata soldier, were about as low in the scale of humanity as mencould be brought; but, far below them in the schedule ofdecency, was the man who wore the United States uniformwith the bars or an eagle on his shoulders, and who system-atically robbed the soldier of his just dues. The officer namedis fully entitled to this brief mention. THANKSGIVING DAY. Thanksgiving day, November 21st, was observed in camp asa holiday, all military drills being suspended. Every companyand many individual members of them received boxes filledwith substantial evidence of the love of home. T. W. Wellington, Esquire, of Worcester, a large heartedpatriot, sent to Company H, a box containing over a hundredpairs of woolen mittens, and Captain Moulton mittened his com-pany with many complimentary words for the donor. Duringthe day, Company A, of the Twenty-first Massachusetts, marchedto camp Hicks, and spent the day with their comrades of Com-pany I, both companies being raised in Templeton. When. Aaron B. Metcalf.
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