. Life in tent and field, 1861-1865 . n, cannon balls and shell, and thesame activity as on the water. Almost the firstperson I met was Joe Twitchell, a classmate ofCaptain Hannahs, and now Chaplain of theSeventy-first New York. A few minutes latersomeone hit me a rap on the back which almostknocked me down, and turning round, full of in-dignation, I was almost hugged to death by JohnTyler, a classmate of mine and now on GeneralSmiths staff. While we were all talking Bob Fitzhugh walksup and surprises us all. Bobs battery was en-camped just opposite and not a stones throwfrom my Battalion. Aft
. Life in tent and field, 1861-1865 . n, cannon balls and shell, and thesame activity as on the water. Almost the firstperson I met was Joe Twitchell, a classmate ofCaptain Hannahs, and now Chaplain of theSeventy-first New York. A few minutes latersomeone hit me a rap on the back which almostknocked me down, and turning round, full of in-dignation, I was almost hugged to death by JohnTyler, a classmate of mine and now on GeneralSmiths staff. While we were all talking Bob Fitzhugh walksup and surprises us all. Bobs battery was en-camped just opposite and not a stones throwfrom my Battalion. After spending as much time with them as wecould spare we came over to camp, found ourother Companies busy as could be practising allsorts of mounted maneuvers. We have been atthe same kind of work ever since. Last Friday Bob Fitzhugh walked into my tent,and who should follow him but Johnny , you know, is on General Barrys staff, andwas here on some business. Barrys headquartersare near McClellans and as Johnny was in a hurry. GENERAL THOMAS C. DEVIN Througli the Parallels 45 we, that is Captain Hannahs and I, engaged tovisit him the next morning. So on Saturday, Joe Twitchell came over, andall three of us started on horseback, and afterriding a mile and three-quarters, following thetelegraph wire through a perfect labyrinth ofcamps, reached a very pleasant grassy spot on alittle hill surrounded by deep ravines, on whichGeneral McClellan and many other Generals withtheir staffs had pitched their camps. After wehad stopped a few minutes, taken a look at allthe distinguished officers, etc., etc., Johnny Mar-shall ordered out his horse and piloted us throughthe batteries and parallels. We could hear theconstant booming of guns and see shells burstingin the air on all sides. It was perfectly amazing to see the amount ofwork that had been performed by the upon miles of good roads have been madethrough swamps and over hills, and over themhave been transported g
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