. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . --^_^: POWELLS c*P«-j-(,;rri?Ai^./^^ T ^>iW-, . ^RrpuHic • BROWNS GAP ./l ^,> ~ ^fvv^I A^/-l/t-v rl W< «( /. 338 Tiventy-first Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. destroyed several granaries and cavalr>sheds, and collecteda large herd of cattle and sheep, besides geese, turkey; andsmall poultry innumerable. * * * =. \Ve reached campat dark, and for once there was no grumbling over shortrations. Food was never before so gloriously abundant andvaried, and fat men and lean men smil
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . --^_^: POWELLS c*P«-j-(,;rri?Ai^./^^ T ^>iW-, . ^RrpuHic • BROWNS GAP ./l ^,> ~ ^fvv^I A^/-l/t-v rl W< «( /. 338 Tiventy-first Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. destroyed several granaries and cavalr>sheds, and collecteda large herd of cattle and sheep, besides geese, turkey; andsmall poultry innumerable. * * * =. \Ve reached campat dark, and for once there was no grumbling over shortrations. Food was never before so gloriously abundant andvaried, and fat men and lean men smiled alike with unctuouscontent. By the light of the blazing pitch pines, the processof reloading began at eleven oclock, and it was not until half-past three ia the morning that all were aboard, and the gun-boats began the fun of shelling the woods to cover our^de-parture. This cannonade v. as distinctly heard at Fort was thought to portend a great disaster. * * * * Y^wiwe were quietly sleeping off our spree, as we steamed awayto Point Lookout, where v\e proposed to take in a supply ofwater for the steamers. On reaching there at da)-light, however, we received ordersfrom General Grant to proceed at once to t
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