. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . uble-quicking for camp. Tents were struck, rations and accoutrementspacked, and the men in line by the required time. A march of sixmiles up the river, through Bakerville, brought us to a fine, healthylocation away from the effluvia of the Antietam battle-ground, andserved as an outpost for a foray of the enemy. Our new abode wasnamed Camp Penniman, in honor of Hon. E. J. Penniman, of 70 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. Plymouth. Three days rations were ordered to be kept cons
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . uble-quicking for camp. Tents were struck, rations and accoutrementspacked, and the men in line by the required time. A march of sixmiles up the river, through Bakerville, brought us to a fine, healthylocation away from the effluvia of the Antietam battle-ground, andserved as an outpost for a foray of the enemy. Our new abode wasnamed Camp Penniman, in honor of Hon. E. J. Penniman, of 70 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. Plymouth. Three days rations were ordered to be kept constantly inour haversacks which kept us in moving expectations. The soldiersknow not when or where they are to go. Rumors are afloat aboutthis, that, or something else, but scarcely ever do the men, when onthe march, know their destination. Regimental inspection wasordered for Friday morning, but after standing in line all day, awaitingthe inspecting officers, we proceeded to our tents. The farce seemedlikely to be repeated the next day, but they finally came and theunpleasant performance was ended once HURRAH FOR THE UNION! CHAPTER IV. March to the Rappahannock. RAIN STORM MARCH —CAMP MISERY. AMID a hard, freezing rainstorm on Sunday afternoon,October 26, we were ordered to strike tents and march inone hour. Our blankets and tentstrips were rolled intopacks, and at 3 oclock we moved ofi in the mud and slop,wet and cold. We marched back to Bakerville, thence along the edgeof Antietam battlefield, by Smoketown Hospital to Keedysville;thence south across the road by which we marched to dark to march, the soldier in our front is scarcely seen. Filinginto an open field, we bivouacked for the night, calling the placeCamp Misery. It was on a sloping field without grass, and inlying down anywhere, one soon found himself wet with running waterfrom the hill top. Rails were soon brought from the nearest fence,fires built, and all night long while drying one side of
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