. Three years in the army. The story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861, to August 1, 1864 . tter how hard the fighting, or doubtful the result, we movedonward as resistless as the car of Juggernaut. The Army of thePotomac having been unaccustomed to the sunshine of victory,rejoiced at the change and became buoyant with hope. The dis-couragement that hitherto attended us vanished as our confidencein Grant increased. Fears for the safety of Washington — theskeleton that, hitherto, haunted the closet of our army — seemedto have been eliminated from Grants plan. There w
. Three years in the army. The story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861, to August 1, 1864 . tter how hard the fighting, or doubtful the result, we movedonward as resistless as the car of Juggernaut. The Army of thePotomac having been unaccustomed to the sunshine of victory,rejoiced at the change and became buoyant with hope. The dis-couragement that hitherto attended us vanished as our confidencein Grant increased. Fears for the safety of Washington — theskeleton that, hitherto, haunted the closet of our army — seemedto have been eliminated from Grants plan. There was one draw-back to our confidence in General Grant, and that was his occasionalappearance on the skirmish line at times when it was very danger-ous. It was running too great a risk, and our apprehensions wereoften very much excited at his apparent insensibility to the perilof his position. Now that we had only forty-seven days more to serve we found ita good deal harder to respond when the order was given to charge,and were glad enough when a day passed without our being calledupon for that disagreeable <=Hl
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