This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...water near at hand, and the rebel barracks of good lumber were still standing a short distance away. It was rare sport to see the men of the brigade race for a claim on a particular house. The first arrival established his title, and no one disputed it. There was an honor, a generosity among soldiers that is not shown ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...water near at hand, and the rebel barracks of good lumber were still standing a short distance away. It was rare sport to see the men of the brigade race for a claim on a particular house. The first arrival established his title, and no one disputed it. There was an honor, a generosity among soldiers that is not shown anywhere else. In the space of half an hour, every barrack was spotted and owned, and yet away in the rear men were toiling from the extreme right of the brigade, to reach the camp only to find there was not a board left unclaimed. Invariably the man with two or more would divide, and night saw an equal distribution as though ordered by a quartermaster. The order issued in the morning, for us to be ready to move, was cancelled half an hour later. Dec. 5 This was a d&y of annoyance and surprise, through the vacillating policy of some "superior." First came an order saying, "Colonel, you will have your regiment ready to move at a moment's notice." Soon after came an orderly with the welcome intelligence that the command to move was cancelled, and he 1863 rode away. Scarcely had the echo of his horse's hoofs ceased, when out of the woods, like a jack-inthe-box, sprang orderly number three who, with the air of a corps commander, placed in the hand of Colonel Farnham an order to hold the regiment in readiness to move at an hour's notice. Heavens! had there been a time since August, 1862, when we were not "in readiness to move "? The three orders were duly entered, quietly folded, and with a piece of red tape around either end laid gently away; and the men continued to put the camp into shape. In a few days it grew into an evergreen village, well ordered and attractive. A look of contentment spread over the collecti...
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G+/NONE. Original cloth cover moisture damaged to edges and spine with no smell. Previous owner's small address labels on pastedown, Library pocket and card on rear flyleaf. Interior clean and bright with solid binding. A good working copy. Rare.; 8vo; 323 pages; Rbcivilwar.
