. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . icksburg, but allI had brought back was a bad cough. Eugene and I went into the house-building again. We had our logs cut and in position, when about thelast day of the year 1862, there was another pulling up of stakes—no,we didnt pull up many stakes this time. We may come back, thoughtwe, or else some other fellow may, and well leave these sticks andthings as they are. Our departure this time was part of a movementI never have seen mentioned in any history. We marched up
. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . icksburg, but allI had brought back was a bad cough. Eugene and I went into the house-building again. We had our logs cut and in position, when about thelast day of the year 1862, there was another pulling up of stakes—no,we didnt pull up many stakes this time. We may come back, thoughtwe, or else some other fellow may, and well leave these sticks andthings as they are. Our departure this time was part of a movementI never have seen mentioned in any history. We marched up the riverabout fifteen miles and camped in the snow, spending New Years Dayin a bitterly cold place, and then tramped back again. The manoeuverof getting back to the old camp was one we could now perform withouttunes or motions. Again, after this interruption, we settled down toour regular professional work as architects. Our next trip was the famous stick-in-the-mud, that mixture ofmud, misery, pack-mules, and profanity, where wretchedness was car-ried to such a point that it became overwhelmingly funny. This time. CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MILLER. William H. Miller, son of John and Marion Armitage Miller, wasborn at Fort Edward, N. V., Oct. u, 1838; received an academic edu-cation at Fort Miller. Argyle and at Fort Edward Institute; enteredYale College in Sept., 1858, and the College of Physicians and Surgeonsat New York City, March 1. 1861 ; April 19, 1861 he enlisted in the 12thN. Y. State Militia and served therewith until its return to New Yorkin August, 18(11; enlisted as a private in the 44th N. Y. V. I. Aug. (u; was promoted to Captain of Co. K, Sept. .25. 1861, and died oftyphoid fever in hospital at Yorktown, Va., April 30, 1802. His remainswere brought to the house of his parents in Fort Edward, N. Y. andinterred with military honors in the Evergreen Cemetery at Saienr N. Y. Captain Miller was a young man of moral virtues and religiousprinciple: to these ennobling q
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