. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . graph? Thats my girl Id have you he put on a look of surprise and indignation. Brixy asked him what he meant. I mean that I have a photograph of that very face,and Jane is my girl. And so saying, he took apicture from his pocket and passed i
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . graph? Thats my girl Id have you he put on a look of surprise and indignation. Brixy asked him what he meant. I mean that I have a photograph of that very face,and Jane is my girl. And so saying, he took apicture from his pocket and passed it around. The twolikenesses were identical, one and the same without anymanner of doubt. Brixy was thunderstruck. *Whats the matter,Brixy? broke in one of the boys. Is your cholera-morbus worse? *I understand it, said another. Shes a gay de-ceiver; she has been making a fool of you; you thoughtyou had her heart when you only had her photographwith a speck on her nose. The man who had shown the likeness said nothing,but his face wore a smile which told that there was somejoke concealed, which he would not then disclose, butwhich might be explained at some future time. For thattime we will wait, and meanwhile leave Brixys astound-ing letter, telling Jane she is not his dear, to convey tothat young lady the startling intelligence. CHAPTER FORWARD ! Push things.—President Lincoln. HE country was restless. The silver-tonguedorator of Boston had said that we had aQuaker general on the Potomac, and Quakerguns at Manassas. The feeling that some forward movementshould be made with the opening of spring^5 was general throughout the land, and ex-pressed itself in newspapers, public meetings,and conversation upon the street. Suddenly orders came to us to prepare for an ad-vance. Im willing, said one of our what Ive wanted, remarked half a dozenothers, or words to that effect. There was a spirit which was eager to try conclusionswith the Confederates. In the beginning o
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