. 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 . ered nearly or quite twenty-five miles. Mount Jackson is fully twenty miles away, and thecompanies move at daylight September 30th. Many burnedrailroad bridges are passed, and all note the absence of able-bodied men in the places threaded—only children, aged men,and women of all ages, the latter sour in visage and saucy inspirit. Thus Woodstock and Edinburg are seen, only brief haltsbeing made on the for
. 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 . ered nearly or quite twenty-five miles. Mount Jackson is fully twenty miles away, and thecompanies move at daylight September 30th. Many burnedrailroad bridges are passed, and all note the absence of able-bodied men in the places threaded—only children, aged men,and women of all ages, the latter sour in visage and saucy inspirit. Thus Woodstock and Edinburg are seen, only brief haltsbeing made on the forced march. Nightfall finds a camping-place west of Mount Jackson. The men begin to realize thepossibilities of a trip through an enemys country, and regalethemselves on the few chickens left by those who had preceded them. October signalized its advent by a hard, cold rain, but it didnot prevent the march, which, beginning at 8 A. M., continuedthrough the mud and wet till 9 P. terminating near Harri-sonburg. New Market is passed, where in the preceding May,loth day, the rebels under Breckinridge had beaten Sigel. driv-ing him and his men back to Strasburg. resulting in his super-. M \)oh General h. G. Wright,brevt Maj. General James B. Ricketts. Brevt Maj. General J. Warren Keifeb. THE VALLEY AND CEDAR CREEK. 163 sedure by Hunter. The country seems all aflame, for Sheridanis carrying out his orders to make the valley less desirable forRichmond raids. Forage of all descriptions, grain and barnsare destroyed and stock is driven off. It is a melancholy sight;but it is war. Roast pig, not cooked according to CharlesLambs formula, but nevertheless exceedingly palatable, tick-les the taste of some of the boys, on the days march. It is saidthat Sheridans headquarters are only two miles away. Whilethere is an abundance of water in the air, there is very littleto be had for drinking purposes. The 2d is Sunday, and aneeded rest is had in camp, the only drawback a lack of
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