Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . ro!i:s Ly.,th X. r. ixft. ton coiitaiiiiiiLT stockinLC^ ;nnl mittens for the incir. One oftluse pac-k:iLrt*> ^va^ sent in \\\v iiaiiu of flu- Rev. Samuel :iy, ami i> <lt-ti-viiiL;- of sjiecial mention for the reason that itoontaineil a larLie numlnrof tlu^e desiralde artirles coiitrihutedby the latlie for their tent-^, and cou-strueted Wooden tii-e|ilaees and ehimiiey^ |ilastei-ed with Vir-jjinia mnil on the iii-ide to from the tire. Someof tlu ijuarters weiv \iry inu*iiio,i>ly onsirueted a
Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . ro!i:s Ly.,th X. r. ixft. ton coiitaiiiiiiLT stockinLC^ ;nnl mittens for the incir. One oftluse pac-k:iLrt*> ^va^ sent in \\\v iiaiiu of flu- Rev. Samuel :iy, ami i> <lt-ti-viiiL;- of sjiecial mention for the reason that itoontaineil a larLie numlnrof tlu^e desiralde artirles coiitrihutedby the latlie for their tent-^, and cou-strueted Wooden tii-e|ilaees and ehimiiey^ |ilastei-ed with Vir-jjinia mnil on the iii-ide to from the tire. Someof tlu ijuarters weiv \iry inu*iiio,i>ly onsirueted and i-omfort-ahle j)lai-es of iKN. (.Kol:!,!; >. Tlu n-irimeiit now had it- tir-t <\|ierieme in hriLrade drill,.wliieli n-nally .hi iirred in the morni!t•_^ and was followfd l)vbattalion drill in aftern-iUi. eca-io!ial!y there was an in-sj)eetion or a re\i( w. \ > di-tanee frnm camii was a larij-eopen held eahnlattd t-«r the ].iir]io-c of drillinLT lari^ebodies .)f tri<i]-. <ien. ( S. < irerne. t !if hriLrade eom- FAIRFAX STAT[Oy. 77 inaiider, comlucte*! tlie briiradu drills. \\v was a West Pointgrailuatt, about sixty years old, thick set, five feet ten inchesliii,h, (lark <()in[)lexi()neil, ir(Mi-Lrray hair, full gray heard andmustache, tern in apjiearance, hut \\ ithall an excellent ottii-er, and under a rough exteiior {possessing akiml heart. In the end tlie men learne(l to love and respecthim as much as in tlie hegiiming they feare<l him, and this wassaying a good deal on the subject. He knew how to drill, howto
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