. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . about the premises of ColonelThomas. A wheat-field south of his home is a prominent theatre,and it is an interesting sight to see shocks of wheat used as adefense by our soldiers. Also the hedges and trees in theThomas yard are thoroughly utilized. Again and again therebel advances are repelled, but they eventually outreach andcompletely flank our position. In the meantime rations are brought to us as we
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . about the premises of ColonelThomas. A wheat-field south of his home is a prominent theatre,and it is an interesting sight to see shocks of wheat used as adefense by our soldiers. Also the hedges and trees in theThomas yard are thoroughly utilized. Again and again therebel advances are repelled, but they eventually outreach andcompletely flank our position. In the meantime rations are brought to us as we lie underthe blow «.f the hill, as usual trying to burrow by means ofhaversack utensils. The fact that we are under fire drove to TO AXD THROUGH MOXOCACY. 127 safe places in the rear the contingent that during active servicewas chiefly in evidence when food was distributed, bo that oncein regimental life the supply of luxuries like sugar and coffeeexceeded the demand, hut later in the afternoon, when the rebsswept down over our position, they licked our platters clean inno time. and. it would seem, never lost their alignment for amoment. They knew a good thing when they saw it. It is. MOXOCACY BATTLEFIELD. Turnpike 5 rills 6. CoL Thomas Home. • ~e:-rrr. 8. Line of Battle, the 8th. 9- Road to Harpers P 10. Hospital vivid in many minds to this day. the view of those straggh -who. like Jobs war-horse, sniffed the battle from afar, andwent without their rations. War beyond our skirmish line 128 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. quite near the city of Frederick, is Mount Olivet cemetery, andin it lies the body of Francis Scott Key, who wrote The StarSpangled Banner/ and we wonder whether the proximity ofstars and bars does not make his remains uneasy. Major Burgess has moved along with his battalion towardsthe left; Alexanders Battery has gone in before we are orderedto advance. The foe has found a ford in the Monocacy downt
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