. Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War . mall section of picket line to sustain, and alarge portion of our time was devoted to suchamusements as we could devise in camp. The prin-cipal features in these were the practical, good-naturedjokes we used to practice upon each other. In ourcompany there were about thirty men, nearly all ofwhom were less than thirty years of age. As I recallthe names of those brave fellows, and think of theamusements of that winter, I am almost tempted toassert that it was the happiest period of my life. Manyrecruits came to us during that time, and
. Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War . mall section of picket line to sustain, and alarge portion of our time was devoted to suchamusements as we could devise in camp. The prin-cipal features in these were the practical, good-naturedjokes we used to practice upon each other. In ourcompany there were about thirty men, nearly all ofwhom were less than thirty years of age. As I recallthe names of those brave fellows, and think of theamusements of that winter, I am almost tempted toassert that it was the happiest period of my life. Manyrecruits came to us during that time, and of coursethey were proper subjects for practical jokes. Onefellow from the backwoods of Maine reached theregiment late in the afternoon. He soon revealed toa number of the boys that his only fear in becominga soldier was that he would not be able to stand ona picket post. He felt that it would require agreat deal of practice to do this in a skillful manner,and since he had decided to enlist, he had not had amoments time to practice it. Of course the boys. .141w
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