The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . ocations afforded level groundlarge enough for handling so many men at the same experience developed the somewhat curious fact that theolder regiments, ours among others, did not understand thebugle calls. In our regiment, and most other older regimentswith which we were associated, the bugle was never commands were given ent
The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . ocations afforded level groundlarge enough for handling so many men at the same experience developed the somewhat curious fact that theolder regiments, ours among others, did not understand thebugle calls. In our regiment, and most other older regimentswith which we were associated, the bugle was never commands were given entirely by word of mouth, andthe calls of the camp were beaten entirely upon the Banks had a voice remarkable for its clearness, andhe could be heard farther than most men, but was not able to rw K N Ty - s K \-,: n i- i i n i> i a n a . 1.)•.•. reach ten or twelve tliou^aiul men. Hence he used the bugle,thou<jh under some diHicullies, with us and others. We received two months pay at Little W^ishinirton. Thewriter still has a piece of gold (very small) which he receivedfrom the hands of the paymaster there. This was the lasttime gold was paid to us while in the armv—the last we sawcirculating as money for manv vears. r^. Lew is D. Pavm:. Cori. Jeromk Co. C.(Morlally Wounded at (Killed at Chancellors\ illr.) 13 CHAPTER XIV. Ci:i:)AR MOl XTAIX. The writer first saw the light Au<,nist 1), IM). Withsliglit calculation anyone can see that he has special reasonsfor renienibering the battle of Cedar Mountain, It is not within the scope of this narrative to explain themovements of armies. However, an angry storm-clond,already laiger than a mans hand, was fast gathering over theone with which we were connected. The army in front ofRichmond, under McClellan, having withdrawn to the Jamesriver, orders had gone forth bringing it back to the line directlyin front of Washington. This left the enemv free to move inthat direction himse
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