. 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 . YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. possibly four miles from the latter place. Except as exactcamp location was varied, we remained here till December 3d,the change of place being eaused by a desire to be nearer thebase of supplies. There are the daily foraging expeditions, andthe wonder is that then- was anything left worth taking. Some-how or other the enemy managed to make a deal of noisearound us on occasion. On t
. 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 . YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. possibly four miles from the latter place. Except as exactcamp location was varied, we remained here till December 3d,the change of place being eaused by a desire to be nearer thebase of supplies. There are the daily foraging expeditions, andthe wonder is that then- was anything left worth taking. Some-how or other the enemy managed to make a deal of noisearound us on occasion. On the 10th we change our position,bringing our regiment on extreme right of corps, division andbrigade. The 11th sees the tents going up in systematic man-ner with carefully made chimneys and fireplaces. In the after-noon an alarm calls the boys out with orders to pack up; buttiring ceased after dark. The next morning we were stirred upbefore daylight, form battle-line and march to crest of hill,where we carried rails and resumed our pristine calling of mak-ing breastworks. Lie behind them all day. and are relievedat night. We hie off old loads in guns, return to camp andget our From Hardtack and Coffee, by permission. FRYING HARDTACK. This is our part in the cavalry skirmish of Newtown. Early,hearing of Sheridans withdrawal, fancies that the latter liassent troops to Petersburg, and that there may be a chance forhim iEarlyi to retrieve his lost fortunes, but the reconnoissancereveals the main force as strong as ever. It was on this occa-sion that .Jimmy a character of Company A. though prettywell known throughout the regiment, immortalizes a tine, large spring a mile and a half from our cam]), near FROM CEDAR CREEK TO PETERSBURG. 201 that of the cavalry, we were accustomed to get water. On ac-count of the distance, one man would carry a large number ofcanteens, thus saving many steps. It was Jimmys turn to had fifteen or sixteen canteens. Later he
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