. History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nkford, received a box after all of ours had been disposed of, andwe were again ready for a little change from Uncle Sams fare. Hebrought it into the tent, opened it, examined all that was in it, closed itup and put it up at the head of his bed. At each meal he would diveinto the box, take out some of the good things, eat what he could, andput the rest back, never once offering the smallest particle to any oneof us who were eating our plain government f
. History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nkford, received a box after all of ours had been disposed of, andwe were again ready for a little change from Uncle Sams fare. Hebrought it into the tent, opened it, examined all that was in it, closed itup and put it up at the head of his bed. At each meal he would diveinto the box, take out some of the good things, eat what he could, andput the rest back, never once offering the smallest particle to any oneof us who were eating our plain government fare at his side, not evento those whose generosity he had shared, as he refused nothing. Thiswent on for two days. On the third day Johnny went on guard,and when he came in to dinner he went to his box, and lo! it wasempty ; not a vestige of anything was left. The scene that followedmay be imagined. Nobody knew anything about it, nor was anythingever found out about it, although the captain was appealed to and allhands questioned; mum was the word with all. The writer re-ceived a box, sent by some of those good lady friends who were al-. (V^Mm^Xzy wWm*} CAPTAIN JOHN 1862.] WINTER QUARTERS. 17 ways working for the soldiers, containing a large number of clothgloves which were distributed among the members of the company, andmany times were those dear ones at home blessed for the comfort theygave during the cold days and nights while on duty. These boxesfrequently contained more than enumerated above, that whichnearly every soldier longs for— whiskey. A bottle would quiteoften be found among the contents, but these got to be so numer-ous, and their effects so visible, that an order was issued that allboxes would be opened, and, if found to contain whiskey, the box andcontents would be confiscated. This was finally changed, so that onlythe whiskey would be confiscated. This led to more care, and manywere the devices planned to smuggle it in, for some men would havet
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