Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . Sergeant Geo. F. Sprenger. CHAPTER II. Ordered into Virginia—The Regiment Attracts Attention andAdmiration—Historic and Ancient Pump—Dusty March. SUNDAY, August 17, 1862.—The Regiment awokeamidst a heavy fog or mist, to find that regiment afterregiment had arrived during the night, and had to encampas best they could upon the cold, damp ground around andabout, thus reminding all very impressively of the life anddiscomforts they were to experience in the future. Breakfastwas next in order,
Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . Sergeant Geo. F. Sprenger. CHAPTER II. Ordered into Virginia—The Regiment Attracts Attention andAdmiration—Historic and Ancient Pump—Dusty March. SUNDAY, August 17, 1862.—The Regiment awokeamidst a heavy fog or mist, to find that regiment afterregiment had arrived during the night, and had to encampas best they could upon the cold, damp ground around andabout, thus reminding all very impressively of the life anddiscomforts they were to experience in the future. Breakfastwas next in order, and heartily partaken of, when the Regi-ment, without delay, was in line, and moved off pursuant toorders through Washington to the Long Bridge. The Regi-ment there again attracted the attention as well as the admira-tion of the citizens, and also of the army officers who re-viewed it, on account of the soldierly bearing and proficiencyexhibited by the men. En route to the Bridge, within avery short distance of it, a very welcome, suitable, andappreciative halting-place was found—that of a
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