The Bivouac and the Battlefield: Or, Campaign Sketches in Virginia and MarylandHarper & brothers, 1863 - 352 páginas |
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ambulances Antietam anxious Aquia Creek army Army of Virginia artillery batteries BATTLE OF GAINESVILLE battle-field bivouac boys brave breakfast brigade brought camp camp-fire campaign captain cavalry Cedar Mountain Centreville CHAPTER cheer coffee colonel comfort command cornfield crowded division duty enemy enjoyed eral evident excitement feeling field fighting fire flank Fredericksburg front guns Hagerstown half halted head-quarters horses hospitals hour infantry iron storm late line of battle look ment mess-table miles military morning moved muskets night once orderlies passed patriotic pickets pleasant pontoon bridge position Potomac quarter-master quiet ranks Rappahannock reached ready rear rebel regiments rest retreat ride river road rode seemed Sharpsburg sharpshooters shot and shell side skirmishers sleep soldier soon South South Mountain staff officers stood storm tents tion to-day trees troops turnpike usual Virginia volley wagon-trains wagons Warrenton whole woods wounded
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