. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . THE OLD MILL. CHAPTER XVI. FROM FOLLY ISLAND TO BERMUDA AREWELL, Folly Island! Not a soldier months of sand, mosquitoes, fleas and tides,which threatened death and disaster many times. Any change was a pleasant one; and the com-rades rejoiced when they heard they were to go toVirginia. Two steam propellers, the General Meigs andElla Knight, had been sent to the Island for the Battery, and on Apri
. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . THE OLD MILL. CHAPTER XVI. FROM FOLLY ISLAND TO BERMUDA AREWELL, Folly Island! Not a soldier months of sand, mosquitoes, fleas and tides,which threatened death and disaster many times. Any change was a pleasant one; and the com-rades rejoiced when they heard they were to go toVirginia. Two steam propellers, the General Meigs andElla Knight, had been sent to the Island for the Battery, and on April 19,1864, the gangplanks were hauled in, and the two steamers left PawneeLanding. In war, it seems that there is always a lack of transports, and thecomfort of the men who have to do the fighting, bear the burden of warfare,shed their blood, and lay dov/n their lives, is of secondary consideration. Itis recalled that the horses, guns, carriages, ammunition, forage, provisionsand baggage took up all the lower decks of the steamers, and the men werecrowded on the top, with but little accommodation and few conveniences. In the war of the Secession this was unavoidable. The Governmentwas not prepared for war; the Republic was essentially
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