. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . thousands of men. The soldiersbecame so covered with dust, that they were hardly recognizable. Aboutthe 15th of November, the weather turned cold and there was much men carrying their knapsacks suffered a great deal from toil andhardship. The Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth camped at Georgetown,situated in a rolling country, then moved three miles to a new camp atSedalia, which was at the time the western terminus of the Missouri PacificRailroad. Sedalia, a frontie
. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . thousands of men. The soldiersbecame so covered with dust, that they were hardly recognizable. Aboutthe 15th of November, the weather turned cold and there was much men carrying their knapsacks suffered a great deal from toil andhardship. The Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth camped at Georgetown,situated in a rolling country, then moved three miles to a new camp atSedalia, which was at the time the western terminus of the Missouri PacificRailroad. Sedalia, a frontier town, was situated on a flat and swampy prairie,where the small population lived in cheaply constructed houses, withoutother foundation than blocks of wood. The Thirty-ninth Ohio went intocamp at Syracuse. The low. wet camp at Sedalia was soon cut up by thewheels of the artillery, commissary, and ammunition wagon-, and became aquagmire, causing such a great amount of sickness among the soldiers thatthe surgeons became alarmed. Large numbers of men were sent to tin-hospitals, which at this time were poorly * ■ ~^-s^ OPERATIONS IX MISSOURI, 1*1 AND of the -7th and 39th O. V. I. Retrograde Movement of Army. 43 The men were furnished large Fremont tents, yet they suffered fromthe severe weather and exposure during the heavy falls of snow. Whilestanding on picket or on camp guard, a great many had their hands, earsor feet frozen. Details of axemen were sent to the woods for fuel. Some-times large trees were cut down, trimmed and then hauled by six mulewagon teams over the frozen ground, a distance of two miles. Log-heapfires were kept burning in the company streets, around which the soldierswould stand and by turning around and around, could keep warm on oneside of their bodies, all of the time. The regimental sutler sold his goodsat very high prices, but supplies of home-cooked meats, bread and applebutter, brought in wagons and corn baskets by the farmer
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