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 . *96 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. As it is evidently not the intention of the authorities to keepus here all winter, but little provision is made for cold weather,only now and then a mud and stick chimney at the end of atent to admit of a better fire. Fence-rails have become veryscarce
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 . *96 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. As it is evidently not the intention of the authorities to keepus here all winter, but little provision is made for cold weather,only now and then a mud and stick chimney at the end of atent to admit of a better fire. Fence-rails have become veryscarce, and sometimes are carried a mile. It is, however, nolife of ease and inactivity. There are wagon-trains to beguarded, prisoners to be escorted, and no end of foraging to bedone. One of the first tasks to be performed is that of escortingthe captured rebels to a place of confinement. Our regiment takes its part in escort duty, and on the 21stMajor Burgess starts in command of the 500 or more detailedfor this purpose. There are about 2000 of our captured foemen,and it is a responsible matter to see them safely placed in finalcustody. The route is through Winchester and Bunker Hillto Martinsburg. Notwithstanding the Confederates long ex-perience, many of them suffer from blistered feet. A part ofthe tri
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