The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . ack there may have been in solidrefreshment, there were unlimited quantities of liquids, to theextent that the evening brigade dress-parade was said to havebeen quite a spirited affair. The 25th and 26th days saw considerable parties go out forforage. They are obliged to go quite a dista
The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . ack there may have been in solidrefreshment, there were unlimited quantities of liquids, to theextent that the evening brigade dress-parade was said to havebeen quite a spirited affair. The 25th and 26th days saw considerable parties go out forforage. They are obliged to go quite a distance from camp, FROM CEDAR CREEK TO PETERSBURG. 203 twelve miles or thereabouts, the intervening country havingbeen so thoroughly scoured. The usual plunder is found,though frequently the best items are hidden in the woods. Oneparty thus comes upon a quantity of honey and hive of bees has no terror for the adept forager. The elevenwagons are brought in, well loaded with all sorts. Still we arenot wholly obdurate, and a guard is placed in one house at theowners solicitation, and at another the effusive gratitude ofthe mistress thereof is blush-provoking to the captain, whosemodesty is only equaled by his gallantry. The manner of cook-ing our meat was not the home way, but it was From Hardtack and Coffee, by permission. BROILING STEAK. It is the second days trip that a party of guerrillas swoopdown on a squad of our men, largely of Company B, and includ-ing Lieutenant Fishs colored servant Sam, and gather themin. After relieving the soldiers of their blue uniforms, and leav-ing Confederate gray in exchange, they made off, taking Samwith them, a fact for which they were subsequently sorry, forthe colored gemmen succeeded in paying them off by gettingthem all into the Union lines only two days later. Perhapsthe loss of Surgeon Sabins horse, ridden on this occasion by hisorderly, afforded as much regret as any part of the event. This£atne raid is described
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