. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . *i|;flf^^^^^ii„.,i iiii?*^ i THE ARMY OF THE JAMES was practically without opposition, a small force of cav-alry easily forcing back the rebel outposts. The roadswere narrow and bad; after getting started, the order toeach command is to route step, when the men are re-quired no longer to keep their place in the line, and arefree to talk, carrying their arms in any manner that suitsthemselves, the bayonet on the route step always in thescabbard. It was a common thing for the men to com-mence relieving themselves of surplus baggage after.
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . *i|;flf^^^^^ii„.,i iiii?*^ i THE ARMY OF THE JAMES was practically without opposition, a small force of cav-alry easily forcing back the rebel outposts. The roadswere narrow and bad; after getting started, the order toeach command is to route step, when the men are re-quired no longer to keep their place in the line, and arefree to talk, carrying their arms in any manner that suitsthemselves, the bayonet on the route step always in thescabbard. It was a common thing for the men to com-mence relieving themselves of surplus baggage after. MONITOR ON JAMES RIVER. marching a few miles; if the day was excessively hot—my recollection is that it was so on that day—after a timemany knapsacks were throwai away, the men rolling uptheir few belongings in their blanket, tying the ends to-gether, and carrying it across the shoulder; this was ageneral practice of old campaigners on the march. 355 REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION One of the worst of our hardships upon the marchwas in getting good drinking water; the canteens wouldbe filled upon the start—we were lucky if we couldget good water at any time; after an hour or two of theheat of the sun, the water was anything but , water, was the cry of men who had become ex-hausted, it was the cry of wounded men always. Therewas more suffering from the want of water than fromwant of food. While the men were allowed to march outof their places in line, straggling was never allowed, everyman must keep within easy distance of his place. Thiswas at times done
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