. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . ^.^#^% CHAPTER V. SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. We wait beneath the furnace-blastThe pangs of transformation:Not painlessly does God recastAnd mould anew the burns the fireWhere wrongs expire;Nor spares the handThat from the landUproots the ancient evil. —J. G. Whittier. AS soon as the soldiers were ousted from their snugquarters at Camp Hooker, and required to takeup with tents again, arrangements we
. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . ^.^#^% CHAPTER V. SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. We wait beneath the furnace-blastThe pangs of transformation:Not painlessly does God recastAnd mould anew the burns the fireWhere wrongs expire;Nor spares the handThat from the landUproots the ancient evil. —J. G. Whittier. AS soon as the soldiers were ousted from their snugquarters at Camp Hooker, and required to takeup with tents again, arrangements were made to trans-port all superfluous baggage to Washington for stor-age. Wagon-loads of trunks filled with clothing, relics,&c., were sent off in consequence, together with thechapel tent and other tents, not actually indispensableduring a campaign. New clothing, shoes, and capswere issued to the companies, with whatever articleswere needed to complete their accoutrements; andevery cartridge-box received a full supply of powderand ball. The hospital supplies of thirteen camps,with various extras obtained from the United-StatesSanitary Commission, were piled up in and arou
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