. . In itsplace we received the Fifteenth Missouri, Colonel Joseph was a St. Louis nincut, composed almost en-tirely of Germans. Themen talked Dutch amongthemselves and the officersgave their commands inthat language. But it wasa most excellent of its distinctive feat-ures was its splendid corpsof trained buglers. Alterthe death of MePhersonGenera] Howard was takento command the Army ofthe Tennessee, and General id S. Stanley succeededimand of theFourth corps. Two or three times weengaged in making tlriotous
. . In itsplace we received the Fifteenth Missouri, Colonel Joseph was a St. Louis nincut, composed almost en-tirely of Germans. Themen talked Dutch amongthemselves and the officersgave their commands inthat language. But it wasa most excellent of its distinctive feat-ures was its splendid corpsof trained buglers. Alterthe death of MePhersonGenera] Howard was takento command the Army ofthe Tennessee, and General id S. Stanley succeededimand of theFourth corps. Two or three times weengaged in making tlriotous dem o 11 st ra lionsrinst the rebels, the pur-pose of which was to amusethem and divert their alltit hi from some movement that was being executed at anotherpoint on our line. One of these, in the early part of August,was particularly protracted and noisy. The Army of the Ten-nessee was to undertake some important operation, and the menupon the outposts along the front of the Fourth corps were or-dered to fire incessantly, yell, and in every way raise all the. JACO!. LINK ►MPANY K. SIXTY-FIFTH, Killed at Spring Hill, Ten 11.,.. 29th, 1864. 584 A TKMPKST OF FIRE AND 1 [August, racket possible, to lead the Johnnies to believe we were going toassault. In the ordinary conditions of life deception is notclassed among the Christian virtues, but everything is fair inlove and war, and it went in the army. In order to makethe affair more impressive, an extra regiment from each brigadewas sent to the outposts to swell the volume of noise. We hap-pened to be on picket that day, and the boys had great rebel pickets were so near us that voices could be easily heard. When the hour fixedfor the demonstration ar-rived, the officers shoutedwith all the lung power attheir c o m m a n d: For-ward! Double-quick!March! and the buglersalmost blew their heads offin sounding the advance. O % UM ;t& Then the fusillade began. £~; S A From their well-intrenched wj l posts the men fired
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