. . sarmy. So day after day weplodded on, and night afternight we bivouacked, ftmile bringing us nearer t<»our first experience of thebloody horrors of war. Tdays after leaving Clumbia we bade farewell tthe hard, smooth pike whichwe had traveled since break-ing camp at Nashville,Our route took us overrough and muddy countryroads, that were particularlyobnoxious to the mule-drivers. One day our coursefor ten miles lay along thesummit of a range of lowhills. Descendhigjby a veryrocky, precipitous road nu-merous accidents, more or te
. . sarmy. So day after day weplodded on, and night afternight we bivouacked, ftmile bringing us nearer t<»our first experience of thebloody horrors of war. Tdays after leaving Clumbia we bade farewell tthe hard, smooth pike whichwe had traveled since break-ing camp at Nashville,Our route took us overrough and muddy countryroads, that were particularlyobnoxious to the mule-drivers. One day our coursefor ten miles lay along thesummit of a range of lowhills. Descendhigjby a veryrocky, precipitous road nu-merous accidents, more or teriotts, l>efell the wagons. Several were overturned, andreached camp at a late hour, with theii in a Badly de- moralized condition. ( >n the morning ! April 4th a new office! appeared at thehead of the Twentieth Brigade —General James A. Garfield. He then thirty years of age. Entering the service as lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second Ohio, he soon became its brilliantly successful campaign against the rebel forces under. CAPTAIN, SIXTY-FIFTH. 1862.] AN EVENTFUL - I 35 Humphrey Marshall, in eastern Kentucky, he had been promotedto brigadier-general. 1 aindant evidence that tb d. Having, by order, reported to General Buell for duty, be signed to the command of our brigade. The distinction i aed, in berth military and civil Life, made it an honor to have served ttndeigallant an officer. Colonel Harker—whose ability to command abrigade was not doubted, and was loriously sh —was a little disturbed at being superseded when just enteringupon an active campaign with an excellent ; of a battle, but he was ta 4dier to give utterance to his • He returned to the Sixty-fifth, in command of winch he contin-ued until again placed at the head of the brig tew monthslater, General Garfield having b d to other duty. Ifield was an ideal officer. Brave, chivalrous, and soldierly, ofcommanding appearance, his verj presence he, himself,-said of Phil. Sheridan, an inspir
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