. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . thespace between the lines. On every side the latelyblood-thirsty foes could be seen shaking hands, withevery sign of friendliness, while such remarks as thesegreeted the ear: ^Well, Johnny. ^ Hello, Yank. Dont you wish the war was over ? * Give us s
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . thespace between the lines. On every side the latelyblood-thirsty foes could be seen shaking hands, withevery sign of friendliness, while such remarks as thesegreeted the ear: ^Well, Johnny. ^ Hello, Yank. Dont you wish the war was over ? * Give us some coffee. Have you any tobacco ? One might have thought they had been old friends,met after a long parting. But promptly at the time named for the truce to enda change came over the spirit of the scene. Such a wild KNAPSACK AND BIFLE. 343 scamper as began towards the respective earthworks wasseldom witnessed And five minutes afterwards thecrack of the rifle was again heard. Snch are thevicissitudes of war. I need but say in conclusion of this chapter, thatour march through the Wilderness ended on the banksof the James, the army of the Potomac having fairlydriven the foe back to his lair. CHAPTER XXIX. THE TRAIL OF THE BULLET. The whizziug shot was sent,The silver cord to sever ;It struck ! Its force was spent;Its work will last OMRADE Ulmei-s story contains anotherhighly interesting episode, rehiting to theshadowy side of a soldiers life, which Ishall give, as in the last chapter, in hisown words, letting him speak in the firstperson. He can tell his own exciting-experience far better than I could tell itfor him— From Washington the Sixth Corps was removed tothe valley of the Shenandoah, where it took part in thebrilliant victories of Opeqnon, Winchester and FishersHill, concerning which I have nothing of mterest to addto the diy details of history. I must hurry on to the impoitant battle of CedarCreek, fought on Octol3er 19th, 1864, in which I had aterrible exper
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