. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ough the forest leaves softly is creeping; While stars up above, with their glittering eyes,Keep guard—for the army is sleeping. Theres only the sound of the lone sentrys tread As he tramps from the rock to the fountain,And thinks of the two in the low trundle bed, Far away in the cot on the mountain,His musket falls slack : his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender,As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— For their mother—may Heaven defend h
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ough the forest leaves softly is creeping; While stars up above, with their glittering eyes,Keep guard—for the army is sleeping. Theres only the sound of the lone sentrys tread As he tramps from the rock to the fountain,And thinks of the two in the low trundle bed, Far away in the cot on the mountain,His musket falls slack : his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender,As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— For their mother—may Heaven defend her ! He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree— The footstep is lagging and weary;Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of light, Toward the shade of the forest so ! was it the night wind that rustled the leaves ? Was it moonlight so wondrously flashing ?It looked like a rifle; Ha ! Mary, good by ! And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night— No sound save the rush of the river;While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead— The pickets off duty ESTABLISHING AN ARMY TELEGRAPH. 3<54 Twenty-first Regi-nient Connecticut Volunteers. THE ANIMATED FENCE. Another scene which used to afford a great deal of amuse-ment was the animated fence. Any veteran of the armycan tell you truthfully that he has seen miles of Virginiarail fence get up and walk, and in less than two minutes not arail was left to tell the location of the fence. It was a curioussight to see that grand Army of the Potomac, when, after along march the order was given to break ranks, to see theboys make a rush for the fence. In the twinkling of an eyeevery man had one or more rails on his shoulder, and the airwas full of rails all pointing in a different direction, and allgoing to supply fuel for the camp-fire and the cooking of thesoldiers coffee. The army camp-fire is to the soldier something like whatthe country grocery store is to the
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