Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . fortable, and miserablesituation, I will here relate my experience, which was but oneof the many other sad plights occasioned by this projectedmovement. I had anticipated to have a feeling of being, ina manner, regaled or refreshed when daylight came ; but,having selected sloping ground for my bunk, the snow waterhad found its way upon the top of my gum blanket andwithin my wraps, so that I had become soaking wet, and sochilled through the system and along the back of the bodyas to cause
Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers [electronic resource] . fortable, and miserablesituation, I will here relate my experience, which was but oneof the many other sad plights occasioned by this projectedmovement. I had anticipated to have a feeling of being, ina manner, regaled or refreshed when daylight came ; but,having selected sloping ground for my bunk, the snow waterhad found its way upon the top of my gum blanket andwithin my wraps, so that I had become soaking wet, and sochilled through the system and along the back of the bodyas to cause so great a shivering that my teeth chatteredtogether until fears were entertained of losing them. How-ever, ever ready for emergencies, we soon had fires built ;whereupon, hugging them closely, all those who were in likeunpleasant plights were in a short time dried out, and theirconditions rendered more comfortable and agreeable. As the fog dispelled, and it became clearer, we saw othertroops pouring in from all directions, the mud running in astream as it were, with the pontoon-boat teams, as well as. - _ _ - _ - _ * Jjjjj a
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