. . provoked so manybad words and blisters, re-quiring all troops and cattlefor the army to go forwardfrom Nashville on thehoof. We made the inarchwith comparative comfortin fifteen days. There wasno pressing need of hasteand we were not crowdedto the limit of lay over a day lor rest. The veterans weretoo wise to load themselvesdown with notions fromhome. Abundance of themhad been offered and urged,but they were generallydeclined with thanks. Wehad a few recruits who re-fused to take advice, andstarted from N
. . provoked so manybad words and blisters, re-quiring all troops and cattlefor the army to go forwardfrom Nashville on thehoof. We made the inarchwith comparative comfortin fifteen days. There wasno pressing need of hasteand we were not crowdedto the limit of lay over a day lor rest. The veterans weretoo wise to load themselvesdown with notions fromhome. Abundance of themhad been offered and urged,but they were generallydeclined with thanks. Wehad a few recruits who re-fused to take advice, andstarted from Nashville with great humps on their backs, but theyoon shed everything except the O. Gaskill was a recruit who had enrolled himself inCompany B, Sixty-fifth, just as the company was to start for therendezvous, at the expiration of the furlough. He had triedhard to get in before, but was too young. This he thought wouldbe his last chance and he ran away from home to enlist Gaskillfelt very proud when he started from Nashville with the regiment,. JAMES RKANNAN,SIXTH BATTERY. KILL S ROUT STEP. April,
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