Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . -lookingsteeds, galloped through and down the lines as eagerly andcarelessly as firemen hasten to a fire, only, sometimes they didstand still, so utterly confused at the sight of such a multitude 46 TWENTY-FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS. of soldiers, that they could only stand and stare with theirmouths wide open : naval officers dazzled us with their prettyuniforms as they swung through the troops, and finally, Burn-side was ubiquitous, with his bob-tailed steed, so famil
Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . -lookingsteeds, galloped through and down the lines as eagerly andcarelessly as firemen hasten to a fire, only, sometimes they didstand still, so utterly confused at the sight of such a multitude 46 TWENTY-FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS. of soldiers, that they could only stand and stare with theirmouths wide open : naval officers dazzled us with their prettyuniforms as they swung through the troops, and finally, Burn-side was ubiquitous, with his bob-tailed steed, so familiar to theparticipants in this expedition — Burnside, always cool — Burn-side, the handsome man on horseback, superintended personallythe movement going forward. As our steamer moved out into the harbor, the great fleet ofnaval vessels and transports came into full view. The harborpresented a scene of great animation ; steamers whistling andscreeching, little tug-boats blowing and puffing as they movedabout with orders or towed larger vessels into position. Thesteamer New York finally anchored at the Point, inside
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