. Three years in the army. The story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861, to August 1, 1864 . at Germanna Ford, halting at on the south side ofthe plank-road about two and a half miles from Robertsons weather was hot and the roads dusty. The distance coveredwas twenty-two miles. The whole army was on the move, and animposing spectacle it must have been to the looker-on. The mencarried six days rations. Two and a half months more and weshould be marching toward Boston unless we took up our residence,before that time, in the promised land. Few perso
. Three years in the army. The story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861, to August 1, 1864 . at Germanna Ford, halting at on the south side ofthe plank-road about two and a half miles from Robertsons weather was hot and the roads dusty. The distance coveredwas twenty-two miles. The whole army was on the move, and animposing spectacle it must have been to the looker-on. The mencarried six days rations. Two and a half months more and weshould be marching toward Boston unless we took up our residence,before that time, in the promised land. Few persons, even soldiers, have any idea of the size of a wagontrain required to feed, clothe, and provide ammunition for an armynumbering a hundred thousand men, say nothing of the ambulances,the wagons for transporting the hospital stores, the baggage ofofficers, and the books and papers necessary to each regiment. Itis said that General Grants wagon train if stretched out in a con-tinuous line would reach a distance of one hundred miles. It was aninteresting sight to see a wagon park. Five hundred wagons, C( HOVSi. MAP N9 16 THIRTEENTH MASS. VOLS. 327 1864. arranged in lines as straight as soldiers on dress parade, were frequently to be seen at the headquarters of thechief quartermaster, where also might be seen harness-makers,wheelwrights repair-shops, blacksmiths, and horseshoers, all in fulloperation, where hundreds of horses and mules were shod everymonth, and wagons and harnesses repaired. A park of five hundred wagons meant a collection of not less thantwo thousand mules. Multiply the noise made by one mule by twothousand, and you can judge how little chance there is for sleepwithin a radius of ten miles. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, May 4, 1S64. Soldiers : Again you are called upon to advance on the enemies of yourcountry. The time and the occasion are deemed opportune by your commandinggeneral to address you a few words of confidence and caution. You have beenreorg
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