. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. medical director tiustsme implicitly: I would not like to lose his good opinion,said I. Oh! Ill manage that. I will write to the confoundeddoctor, and explain every thing, replied the colonel. BANDAGE AND LINT. «y All right, sir. Ill meet you here on the platform in halfan hour, and bring another of our men with me. Do so: youll not regret it, said he, evidently pleased withmy decision. Returning to the steamer, and telling Dennis to get our riflesand knapsacks, we abandoned th
. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. medical director tiustsme implicitly: I would not like to lose his good opinion,said I. Oh! Ill manage that. I will write to the confoundeddoctor, and explain every thing, replied the colonel. BANDAGE AND LINT. «y All right, sir. Ill meet you here on the platform in halfan hour, and bring another of our men with me. Do so: youll not regret it, said he, evidently pleased withmy decision. Returning to the steamer, and telling Dennis to get our riflesand knapsacks, we abandoned the old Elm City, and neversaw her again while in the field. That night I was once moreamong my comrades, who had wondered what had become ofme. But the regiment was sadly changed: many a familiarface was missing; and the ranks were growing slender, forthe death-roll was already a long one. The mens faces Averebronzed by constant exposure, their bright zouave uniformsfaded and torn. The morale of the regiment was, however, ashigh as ever: it was one to be proud of. 90 BULLET AND SHELL. CHAPTER IX. A SAVAGE Twice hath the sun upon this conflict set,And risen again, and found them grappling yet. cCLELLANS position had now become one ofextreme peril. His attempt to push forwardtowards the city of Richmond, by throwinga part of his force across the ChickahomiuyRiver, had been promptly met by the Con-federate leader; the result being the disas-trous battle of Fair Oaks. Our general nowfound himself straddling a marshy stream,with no good line of communication between ^^-^i;^- ■-■ the divided wings of his army. Massed amid an extensive series of pestilential pools andmarshes, the large force still under his controlwas wholly unable to move with that celerity and precision sonecessary for the accomplishment of great results , while thehealth of the entire command was seriously impaired by itslong sojourn in the malarious district. Having advanced sofar from his base of suppl
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