. . y-fifth the Third Kentucky. Of our trip to Ohio,with new clothes a^id plentyof money, and our thirtydays at home, little need besaid. Everywhere theveterans were receivedwith the warmest hospi-tality ; homes and heartswere opened wide to few took advantage ofthe opportunity- to gelmarried, enlisting for lifeunder the banner of 11men. The boys had freerun of the cupboard anddrew heavily upon the fam-ily larder. The days passedall too quickly and then,tearing themselves hum theloving embraces of theirfriends, the veterans on
. . y-fifth the Third Kentucky. Of our trip to Ohio,with new clothes a^id plentyof money, and our thirtydays at home, little need besaid. Everywhere theveterans were receivedwith the warmest hospi-tality ; homes and heartswere opened wide to few took advantage ofthe opportunity- to gelmarried, enlisting for lifeunder the banner of 11men. The boys had freerun of the cupboard anddrew heavily upon the fam-ily larder. The days passedall too quickly and then,tearing themselves hum theloving embraces of theirfriends, the veterans oncemore set their faces towardDixies promptly at Columbus, we received from thestate a new stand of colors and whirled away to Cincinnati;thence by boat to Louisville and rail to Nashville, where we ar-rived on the utli of April. Here we met the first disappointrnent of our career as a veteran regiment. We were informedthat we would have to march to Chattanooga—one hundred andfifty miles. We had fully expected to go all the way by rail, and. TIP s. MARVIN,KIKsr LIEU! !.\ WT AND QUARTER-MASTER, SIXTY-FOURTH. HOOFING IT TO CHATTANOOGA. this order started the boys again in their old habit of ukickingbut they tramped just the same. General Sherman was then as-sembling a great army of a hundred thousand men for the cam-paign to Atlanta, and the railroad utmost capacityin the transportation of supplies of food, clothing and ammuni-tion. It was necessary to have at Chattanooga, as a secondarybase, a large accumulation of stores before the opening of tin-great campaign. This is why Uncle Billy* made the provoked so manybad words and blisters, re-quiring all troops and cattlefor the army to go forwardfrom Nashville on thehoof. We made the inarchwith comparative comfortin fifteen days. There wasno pressing need of hasteand we were not crowdedto the limit of lay over a day lor rest. The veterans weretoo wise to load themselvesdown with notions
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