. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . all this includingthe handling of shovels and picks in the trenches, whenfacmg the enemy is absolutely necessary to the mainten-ance of the military organization, the cheerful acceptanceof these conditions by the men in the rank is a heroismquite as great as in meeting the enemy upon the battle-field. Our destination was Mineola, L. I., near Hampstead,about i8 miles from Brooklyn. Here, upon an extensiveplain well suited for a camp ground, a camp of instructionwas established. Tlie quartermaster had preceded the regiment withthe quarterm
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . all this includingthe handling of shovels and picks in the trenches, whenfacmg the enemy is absolutely necessary to the mainten-ance of the military organization, the cheerful acceptanceof these conditions by the men in the rank is a heroismquite as great as in meeting the enemy upon the battle-field. Our destination was Mineola, L. I., near Hampstead,about i8 miles from Brooklyn. Here, upon an extensiveplain well suited for a camp ground, a camp of instructionwas established. Tlie quartermaster had preceded the regiment withthe quartermaster-sergeant and a detail of men and un-der the direction of the brigade quartermaster, hadstaked out the camp. The boys were green in the workof pitching a camp, but before night the regiment wascomfortably quartered in their tents. Camp is laid out in streets, one street for each com-pany, tents upon each side facing inward, with four menfor each tent. The officers tents are at the head of, andfacing, the company streets. The captain of the com- 22. g o-c! vh fc, ej ~ ■ ^ CAMP OF INSTRrOTIOX oX LONG ISLAND. pany has a wall tent for his exclusive use, the two lieu-tenants of eac!i company occupying one wall tent. Tothe rear of this line of tents are the tents of the colonel,lieutenant-colonel, major, and stalT officers. I was espec-ially fortunate in having an A tent for myself, pitched inthe rear of the adjutants tent, making comparativelycomfortable quarters. The men each having an armyblanket, made their beds upon the ground with knap-sacks for pillows. All this, as will be seen later, wereluxuries that did not go with us into active campaign-ing. The following order was issued by Colonel Fellows:Headquarters 3rd Regt. N. H. Vols.,Camp Sherman, Sept. 5, 1861. This regiment being the first to occupy this campground it is hoped we will set a good example to otherssoon to arrive and become the model regiment of thecommand. Beginning tomorrow, the^6th, the followingwill be
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