. . loaded with ra-tions for the Union armyarrived from that loud and prolongedshouts and yells whichgreeted the whistle of theboat were never exceededin fervency and volume byany of the previous orsubsequent vocal effortthat army—and this is -big a good deal. In a fewdays supplies were abun-dant and the soldiers oncemore reveled in the luxuryof full rations. The directwagon road to Bridgeport ,, , J was reopened, and by reasonof the presence of Hookers t SERGEANT, COMPANY I . MXTV-FOURTH. troops, supply trains w reasonably
. . loaded with ra-tions for the Union armyarrived from that loud and prolongedshouts and yells whichgreeted the whistle of theboat were never exceededin fervency and volume byany of the previous orsubsequent vocal effortthat army—and this is -big a good deal. In a fewdays supplies were abun-dant and the soldiers oncemore reveled in the luxuryof full rations. The directwagon road to Bridgeport ,, , J was reopened, and by reasonof the presence of Hookers t SERGEANT, COMPANY I . MXTV-FOURTH. troops, supply trains w reasonably secure against molestation. The 13th of October was election day for Ohio was the first time they exercised the right of suffrage under thelaw which permitted soldiers in the field to vote. The voting wasconducted in the same manner as elections at home. All interestwas centered in the contest for governor, between John Broughand Clement L. Valkmdigham. The voice of the soldiers wasnearly unanimous for Brough. Vallandigham received two votes 09). 45° OLD PF. V RECRUITING OFFICKR. [November, in the Sixty-fourth ami eleven in the Sixty-fifth. Most of theboys were at a loss to understand why any soldier should vote forhim, though none questioned his inalienable right to do so ifhe chose. About this time the United States government l>egan in theDepartment of the Cumberland the enlistment of colored soldiers. Uuwhere, they were organized into regiments entirely distinctand separate from the white troops, and were officered solely bywhites. The races would not mix, any more than will oil andwater. Adjutant Woodruff writes: During our unwilling and pro-tracted fast at Chattanooga, the line officers of the Sixty-fourth or-ganized a common mess for cooking and conserving their meagerallowance for subsistence. For their convenience they built arude structure from material picked up all over the camp. Apious old darkey by the name of Peter, who assisted in this offi-ci
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