. . main within instantreach of the stacked the only thing that de-veloped was another pre]terous rain storm, which be-gan soon after noun andcontinued without cessationthrough the whole shelter, our cloth-ing and blankets becamesaturated and sleep or com-fort was impossible. \\ •could only huddle togetherunder the dripping !:•and sit, shivering andnumbed, watching for the dawn. No fires were al-lowed till daylight,soon as morning broke wesucceeded, after much trib-ulation, in getting fires started, for there w
. . main within instantreach of the stacked the only thing that de-veloped was another pre]terous rain storm, which be-gan soon after noun andcontinued without cessationthrough the whole shelter, our cloth-ing and blankets becamesaturated and sleep or com-fort was impossible. \\ •could only huddle togetherunder the dripping !:•and sit, shivering andnumbed, watching for the dawn. No fires were al-lowed till daylight,soon as morning broke wesucceeded, after much trib-ulation, in getting fires started, for there were no fences or old buildings at hand, and itwas not easy to find anything combustible. Shortly after daylight the tinkling of a cow-bell was hearda short distance in our front. There was a current tradition thatthis means had more than once been used to decoy soldiers intoan ambush. There were men, however, who would run almostany risk for the sake of getting a little milk to flavor a flagon ofcoffee. So an armed reconnoisance of a dozen men was sent out. CHRISTIAN M. GO WING,is, SIXTY-FOURTH, 164 \\i : v risk. [April, They ret unit- short absence and reported that there was no fraud about that cow-bell. A couple of can- - full of milk proved the truth of the assertion. We remainedquietly at our post, without shooting or being shot at, until four ck in the afternoon, when we were reli a brigade of Thomass division, and returned to camp. In moving about over the field, days and weeks after thebattle, revolting seen ns had passed repeatedly over them, sinking deep in theearth, crushing and mangling
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