. On wheels and how I came there; . guns, Dan borrowed one ofours, and, with two others, fully equipped with car-tridge boxes, haversacks, and canteens, started, say-ing, We do not expect to return before mid-night. When reveille broke the stillness of the followingfrosty morning the blue dome above us was stillspangled with thousands of twinkling luminaries, andas we around our camp fire, wrapped incur ON THE MARCH THROUGH JACKSON. 81 blankets, to dispatch our early breakfast, old Sol badnot yet dispelled the morning twilight. The foraging expedition of Dan and his comradeswas a dec
. On wheels and how I came there; . guns, Dan borrowed one ofours, and, with two others, fully equipped with car-tridge boxes, haversacks, and canteens, started, say-ing, We do not expect to return before mid-night. When reveille broke the stillness of the followingfrosty morning the blue dome above us was stillspangled with thousands of twinkling luminaries, andas we around our camp fire, wrapped incur ON THE MARCH THROUGH JACKSON. 81 blankets, to dispatch our early breakfast, old Sol badnot yet dispelled the morning twilight. The foraging expedition of Dan and his comradeswas a decided success, and, as the result, Jack gave usa breakfast of delicious boiled turkey and sweetpotatoes and honey, in addition to our usual fare. This being the lirst fowl or fresh meat of any kindI had tasted since reaching my regiment, I can assuremy readers it was decidedly toothsome, although itwas simply boiled in clear water, seasoned with saltand pepper, destitute of any brown basting, andhaving no delicious oyster CHAPTER IX. The S k I k m I s it. ^liu^TE luid barely finished storing away the remains^^r of our turkey in our haversacks when wewere ordered to fall in, and take arms/ We passed along over the dusty road at a good pacewithout any notewortliy event until we reached Bran-don, then a good-sized village, which we entered justas the sun was gathering its fading rays beliind thetree-tops in our rear. Here we found the depot oftlie Jackson and Selma Railroad, several large ware-houses, and wharves stored with cotton hales, all inflames. As we entered one street the intense heat causedby the fiery wrath of the old white King, now beingoffered as a burnt sacrifice on the altar of the LostCause, was unbearable, so that we were compelled tohalt, about face, retreat, and take another street be-fore we could pass his fierj^ majesty. After going into camp in a piece of timber whichskirted the town two of our mess, Jim Tlowels bunkie, and Nic, my ^ bunkie, were
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