. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . ing to the cars in Portland. A soldiernamed Roland of Company F of Brooks stepped upon arolling stone, slipped and fell, breaking his leg in two poor fellow was cared for by the citizens. On arriving in Boston the 4th Maine was met by theCadets and escorted to the Common, where a collation was pro-vided for them. The Boston Herald said of them : The Cade
. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . ing to the cars in Portland. A soldiernamed Roland of Company F of Brooks stepped upon arolling stone, slipped and fell, breaking his leg in two poor fellow was cared for by the citizens. On arriving in Boston the 4th Maine was met by theCadets and escorted to the Common, where a collation was pro-vided for them. The Boston Herald said of them : The Cadets escorted the regiment to the Common, wherethe afternoon was passed away very pleasantly by means of acollation, the joint production of the Regimental Quartermasterand the City of Boston, music and fun. This was the merriestlot of men we have ever seen on the Common since the warcommenced. They were continually at some rough and tumblegames which neither fatigued them nor the thousands of laugh-ing spectators. Nearly every company has a wag which keptthem all in good humor. The lower part of the Common wasenclosed for their accommodation, and those who had friendsinside or favor at the gateway were admitted. Outside there. ARRIVAL IN BOSTON. 41 were thousands enjoying the fashionable amusement of the time—a military display. This is getting to be an every day affair,and fashionable audiences flock to the Common as they do inthe season thereof to balls and the opera. The Common neverlooked better than in its elegant June dress this year, but thecarpet of green on the hills and parade ground is now gravelbare by the great audiences of late. The Maine boys stackedtheir arms on Charles street mall, and the Cadets kept guardfor them while they ate and rested. The Brigade Band was outwith the Cadets, and together with the Rockland Band, whichaccompanied the Maine Regiment, they issued some good notesto pay the visitors for their trouble. They were better than theConfederate bond
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