. Story of the service of Company E [electronic resource]: and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion : beginning with September 7th, 1861, and ending with July 21st, 1865 . E while they were in rank. He was mustered out ofservice on the 7th of June, — two weeks later,— after morethan four years of most efficient, soldierly activity, exceptingthe time spent in prison. When all was in order, we moved up the road to the bridge,which is, I believe, a mile long, crossed over to the city andascended the hill on which the Capitol stands; here we halte
. Story of the service of Company E [electronic resource]: and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion : beginning with September 7th, 1861, and ending with July 21st, 1865 . E while they were in rank. He was mustered out ofservice on the 7th of June, — two weeks later,— after morethan four years of most efficient, soldierly activity, exceptingthe time spent in prison. When all was in order, we moved up the road to the bridge,which is, I believe, a mile long, crossed over to the city andascended the hill on which the Capitol stands; here we haltedwhile our columns closed up. While waiting, we gazed uponthe great building and admired its wondrous beauty; we lookeddown the streets of the city, seeing here and there the spires andtowers of its great churches and public buildings ; we playedall sorts of pranks and chased one another around. The peo-ple thereabout must have been surprised that the so-called 30. 447 •Shermans Greasers did not steal something and set a fewhouses on fire. It was while waiting there that the heart of the writer ofthis sketch was made glad by his fathers coming to greet was a happy meeting. His father and brother were mem-bers of the 37th Wisconsin, of the 9th Army Corps. In due time all was ready for our march down PennsylvaniaAvenue. Our regiment, formed by platoons, twelve menabreast, the most of our wagon train going along on a sidestreet. Two or three wagons, however, and a few pack-mules followed each brigade as they were wont to do on themarch, the object being to give those who viewed the paradesomething of a notion of our appearance on the march. Each brigade was preceded by its commanding general anda brass band ; each regiment by its field officers and martialband. We moved around to the west side of the Capitol,along Pennsvlvania avenue to the White House, and thenout to our camping ground about two miles north of the city. In this review the
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