. 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 . und is strewn with the dead bodies of our lateenemies once as quick as we, those who with exultant shoutdashed through our ranks on yestermorn. Truly they are Friend, foe,—in one red burial blent! While the cavalry hangs on the rear of the demoralized Con-federates, making their rout complete, to the infantry comes thetask of rendering back to earth the clay which till yesterdayhad marched, camped, hoped
. 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 . und is strewn with the dead bodies of our lateenemies once as quick as we, those who with exultant shoutdashed through our ranks on yestermorn. Truly they are Friend, foe,—in one red burial blent! While the cavalry hangs on the rear of the demoralized Con-federates, making their rout complete, to the infantry comes thetask of rendering back to earth the clay which till yesterdayhad marched, camped, hoped and suffered with us. Theirbivouac is to be eternal; we are to take up the strife on themorrow, respond once more to the bugle-blast, but No sound can wake them to glory again. Their forms will be missed in the home circles, their nameswill be preserved in the national archives, but as active par-ticipants in the battle of life, they have ceased and passed outinto the unseen. Till November 9th some part of the regiment with the armyremains in camp near Cedar creek. The weather advancesfrom cold rain and frosts to snow and need of winter quarters,and reveille comes earlier than From Hardtack and Coffee, by permission. ROLL-CALL. 196 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. As it is evidently not the intention of the authorities to keepus here all winter, but little provision is made for cold weather,only now and then a mud and stick chimney at the end of atent to admit of a better fire. Fence-rails have become veryscarce, and sometimes are carried a mile. It is, however, nolife of ease and inactivity. There are wagon-trains to beguarded, prisoners to be escorted, and no end of foraging to bedone. One of the first tasks to be performed is that of escortingthe captured rebels to a place of confinement. Our regiment takes its part in escort duty, and on the 21stMajor Burgess starts in command of the 500 or more detailedfor this purpose. There are about 2000 of our captured foenien
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