. The long roll : being a journal of the civil war, as set down during the years 1861-1863 . picket that we did the previousmorning. The other Regiments had been out on their arms,supporting the batteries commanding the river, all that occurred on picket in the way of warhke demonstra-tion to trouble us, but the clouds sponged out water enoughto make us wet through, say a few quarts apiece. The nextmorning we marched through Fredericksburg for the last timefor some time to come, in weather varying from just rainy towet. We had no sooner struck our camp when we receivedorders to m
. The long roll : being a journal of the civil war, as set down during the years 1861-1863 . picket that we did the previousmorning. The other Regiments had been out on their arms,supporting the batteries commanding the river, all that occurred on picket in the way of warhke demonstra-tion to trouble us, but the clouds sponged out water enoughto make us wet through, say a few quarts apiece. The nextmorning we marched through Fredericksburg for the last timefor some time to come, in weather varying from just rainy towet. We had no sooner struck our camp when we receivedorders to march in two hours, and in about four we were consideration of our being up so many nights lately and ofhaving our clothes so wet, our knapsacks were put in the bag-gage wagons. The railroad-station and all rubbish were seton fire as we left, and the dark clouds of smoke comminglingwith the darker clouds of the atmosphere formed a dark sceneof unusual interest. After we had been marching some time,one of the bridges or some shop in Fredericksburg explodedwith a loud ut. ^ w
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