History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . the daughters used their handkerchiefsbelow and the populace on the sidewalk cheered the boysfrom Indiana a welcome as they passed, and on out theThunderbolt road they marched to camp and stacked armson the site which was to be their stomping ground forthe next seven weeks; this time the regiment was less fort-unate in the land reserved for them; it was low and ?92 HISTORY OF THE swampy, cut through by ditches and altogether undesirablefor a regimental camping site; objections were made with-out avail and everybo
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . the daughters used their handkerchiefsbelow and the populace on the sidewalk cheered the boysfrom Indiana a welcome as they passed, and on out theThunderbolt road they marched to camp and stacked armson the site which was to be their stomping ground forthe next seven weeks; this time the regiment was less fort-unate in the land reserved for them; it was low and ?92 HISTORY OF THE swampy, cut through by ditches and altogether undesirablefor a regimental camping site; objections were made with-out avail and everybody prepared to make the best out ofit. The company streets had all been staked off and anold dilapidated board and wire fence that ran throughthe length of Company K street was removed; a deepravine ran along the right of the regiment and a large ditchalmost through the center, which necessitated two thirds ofthe men to pass what they called over Jordan to affili-ate with members of the First Battalion; the swamp pre-vented the First Battalion line officers tents from being. Headquarters. pitched in their accustomary place and both these and thebattalion commanders tent were pitched toward the roadalong which ran the staff tents with the exception of head- ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 93- quarters which were more comfortably located in an oldhouse situated nearer the company tents and which hassince burned. The colonels tent was used for a guard houseuntil quarters were prepared, and later, in the second weekof November, the tents occupied by the staff were movednear the headquarters house and in a row with the ThirdBattalion line officers. The tents were pitched withoutfloors and a couple of days were passed before sufficientmaterial could be rescued from the debris at the freightyards to furnish them with that much-needed comfort andthe tents that were all too small under Jacksonville condi-tions had room enough and to spare as the boys hugged upin spoon fashion to pa
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