. . d LieutenantGeorge W. Smett^ resigned, the latter on account of disability re-sulting from his wound re-ceived at Lieutenant AaronP. Baldwin was promotedto first lieutenant, andSergeants George W. Jamesand E. H. Neal to secondlieutenants. On the 28thof April the battery arrivedat Cleveland, Tennessand was assigned its pjill the great army that wasbeing assembled for the ad-vance toward Atlanta. Thebatteries of the Fourthcorps, instead of being at-tached one to each infantrybrigade, as heretofore, wereorgani/.ed
. . d LieutenantGeorge W. Smett^ resigned, the latter on account of disability re-sulting from his wound re-ceived at Lieutenant AaronP. Baldwin was promotedto first lieutenant, andSergeants George W. Jamesand E. H. Neal to secondlieutenants. On the 28thof April the battery arrivedat Cleveland, Tennessand was assigned its pjill the great army that wasbeing assembled for the ad-vance toward Atlanta. Thebatteries of the Fourthcorps, instead of being at-tached one to each infantrybrigade, as heretofore, wereorgani/.ed into an artilibrigade, Major W. F. Good-speed, of the First Ohiolight artillery, command-ing. This form of organization proved to be convenient and ad-vantageous. Batteries, one or more, were quickly dispatched toany desired point. Habitually, two or three batteries servedwith each division, although the artillery of the corps was allunder the general command of the officer designated for thatduty. The Sixth Ohio served almost continuously with JUNIUS B. SHAW,COMPANY l>, SIXTY-FIFTH. i864.] CHAPTHk XLVI. WHICH TELLS OF VARIOUS THINGS. Some Observations Concerning Portions of a Soldiers Outfit-White and Black ks—The Canteen and lts Varying ••tents—Its Post-mortem Usefulness—The Poncho ukBlanket—Popular Delusions Regarding the B -Its Practical Uses—Cokps Badges—Slang Phrases in the Army —Fac-simile Confederate Money. A FEW observations may here be made concerning somewell remembered articles of a soldiers outfit. The hav-ersacks were of two kinds, black and white—that is,when they were new, for after they had been used a whilethey were all of the same color. The white canvas ones lookedvery nice and clean at first, but by the end of a month, havingserved as a receptacle for chunks of bacon and fresh meat, dampsugar tied up in a rag—probably a piece of an old shirt—and veg-etables picked up along the route, it was not a thing of
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