The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . he tent-pole. Be-sides, we have three knapsacks, four overcoats, a box for dirtyshirts, extra boots and shoes, wTash and slop dishes, towels,dish-cloths, frying-pan. griddle and extra pail, place for twenty-four hours supply of fuel, a box of hickory nuts, a catch-allhag, a box of chips,
The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . he tent-pole. Be-sides, we have three knapsacks, four overcoats, a box for dirtyshirts, extra boots and shoes, wTash and slop dishes, towels,dish-cloths, frying-pan. griddle and extra pail, place for twenty-four hours supply of fuel, a box of hickory nuts, a catch-allhag, a box of chips, one drum, twenty-five feet of lumber, keptinside for subsequent shanty; axe, hammer, punches, seats for^wa or eight men, a quantity of soap-stone and laurel-root,which we whittle into curious things; a bread-toaster, a pound4(r two of nails, some old strap hinges, an old saw, a iire-poker, etc. Evidently this young man had been used to comfortat home, for many a city tenement has less articles for daily***** than he enumerates. In the same letter, he says he makes 46 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. mittens by cutting holes in the heels of a pair of socks andsewing on, for thumbs, the eliminated toes thereof. One officer, for his wifes delectation, sends home this dia-_gram of his first and only floor:. Of course there are the regular rounds of drill, guard-dutyand fatigue, and the general health of the regiment is are helped out by home contributions, for the lovedones there are not forgetful. One soldier is made happy by anapple (doubtless there were others), on which he finds the magicword, Julia; another dilates on the taste of a can of peaches,while others are grateful for boxes of dried fruit, sausage,mince-pie, and such dainties as only wives and mothers can pre-pare. Amusements are had in the making of briar-wood pipes,not always for the use of the maker, for all did not smoke, notby any means. The playing of whist and poker was well-nighuniversal, though s
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