. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . i ■# *. ,* PETERSBURG THROUGH MARCH, 1865. 217 prisoners as barefooted and ragged; the awfullest lookingmen one ever saw. They say the whole rebel army is in thesame condition, and that all would come if they had thechance. Guards are sent out with the rebels when they goout to cut wood lest they desert to our side. On the night ofthe 24th eleven men came in with a six-mule wagon, which hadbeen sent out
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . i ■# *. ,* PETERSBURG THROUGH MARCH, 1865. 217 prisoners as barefooted and ragged; the awfullest lookingmen one ever saw. They say the whole rebel army is in thesame condition, and that all would come if they had thechance. Guards are sent out with the rebels when they goout to cut wood lest they desert to our side. On the night ofthe 24th eleven men came in with a six-mule wagon, which hadbeen sent out for fuel. It found its way to Meades head-quarters instead of that of the enemy. So frequent have deser-tions become that the rebels have forbidden further trading. February 21st, 100 guns for the fall of Charleston. GeneralsWright and Seymour reviewed the division on the 22d, and theguns were fired in honor of Washingtons birthday. February 24th, 100 guns for the fall of Fort Anderson, N. C. In the regiment itself there was not a graduate of WestPoint, nor had we in active service such a one, but our DivisionCommanders Ricketts and General Truman Seymour* werefrom the Point; of the former no
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