. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . uds of the trees were just unrolling intoleaves under the warming sun of spring, and inthe woods the birds were singing. The marchwas at first orderiy, but under the unaccustom-ed burden of heavy equipments and knapsacksand the warmth of the weather, the men strag-gled along the roads, mingling with the bag-gage-wagons, ambulances, and pontoon trainsin seeming confusion. During our second days march it rainedand the muddy roads, cut up and kneaded, were, by the teams preceding us, left themin a state of semi-liquid filth hardly possibl
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . uds of the trees were just unrolling intoleaves under the warming sun of spring, and inthe woods the birds were singing. The marchwas at first orderiy, but under the unaccustom-ed burden of heavy equipments and knapsacksand the warmth of the weather, the men strag-gled along the roads, mingling with the bag-gage-wagons, ambulances, and pontoon trainsin seeming confusion. During our second days march it rainedand the muddy roads, cut up and kneaded, were, by the teams preceding us, left themin a state of semi-liquid filth hardly possibleto describe or imagine. When we arrived atij^ig Bethel the rain was coming down insheets. A dozen houses of very ordinarycharacter, scattered over an area of a thirdof a mile, constituted what was called thevillage. Just outside and west of the townwas an insignificant building from which thetown takes its name. It did not seem largeenough or of sufficient consequence to givename to a village as small as Big Bethel. RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIVATE. 769. MAJOR THEODORE WINTHROP. (AFTER THE PORTRAIT BY ROUSE.) Before our arrival it had evidently been oc-cupied as officers barracks for the enemy,and looked very little like a church. I visited one of the dwelling-houses justoutside the fortifications (if the insignificantrifle-pits could be called such) for the purposeof obtaining something more palatable thanhard-tack, salt beef, or pork, which, with cof-fee, were the marching rations. The womanof the house was communicative, and ex-pressed her surprise at the great number ofYanks who had come down to invade oursoil. She said she had a son in the Confed-erate army, or, as she expressed it, in ourarmy, and then tearfully said she shouldtremble for her boy every time she heardof a battle. I expressed the opinion thatwe should go in-to Richmond with-out much fighting. No ! said she, withthe emphasis of con-viction, you uns willdrink hot blood be-fore you uns getthar ! I inquired ifshe kn
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