. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . he general vocation; the term house, however, was lessheard than hut. shanty. tent or winter-quarters. Theirdesirableness as habitations depended largely on the taste, in-genuity and industry of the builders. They were party affairs, •Colonel Morris belonged to one of New Yorks most noted fam-ilies. His father, Lewis N., a graduate of West Point, was killed in 1846, bravely leading his men, a
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . he general vocation; the term house, however, was lessheard than hut. shanty. tent or winter-quarters. Theirdesirableness as habitations depended largely on the taste, in-genuity and industry of the builders. They were party affairs, •Colonel Morris belonged to one of New Yorks most noted fam-ilies. His father, Lewis N., a graduate of West Point, was killed in 1846, bravely leading his men, a brevet major, U. S. colonels grandfather, Staats, was a brother of Lewis Morris, asigner of the Declaration, and himself an officer on the staff of Gen-eral Anthony Wayne. Colonel L. O. Morris had been in the army since1847, saw service in the Mexican war, and at the beginning of the Re-bellion was in Texas a captain in the 1st Artillery. His battery wasthe only one not surrendered to the Confederates. The prosaic life inthe defenses greatly chafed him, and the chance to lead his regimentto the front under Grants regime was eagerly seized, though it speed-ily led to his re V • N J^ ,3V- \ 3 Si 1 —- CAMP MORRIS AND THE NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY. 45 the number combining determining the size of the building 9x16 feet was large enough for six men, and one12x16 could hold twice that number. Luckily not all the treeshad been cut away, and sufficient were found to supply bothfuel and building material. The impromptu structures aremuch smaller, being, externally, 7x8 feet. The lower part tothe height of 2^ feet is built of small logs, thus lessening theinside measurement nearly one foot all around. A home letterby a Company B boy, dated December 21st, gives an excellentpicture of what the writer deemed essential to his comfort inhis A tent having the above-described kind of a base: We enter at one end; on the left side, as we come in, is ourfire-place in th
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