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Image from page 755 of “Story of the Sherman brigade.The camp, the march, the bivouac, the battle; and how “the boys” lived and died during four years of active field service…” (1897)
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Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Hinman, Wilbur F
Subjects: Sherman-brigade United States-History-Civil War-1861-1865 Regimental histories Ohio Militia
Publisher: Alliance, O. The author
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thout a sigh of regret. The boys were satisfied that, h ever good soldiers theymight be, they were mighty Two hours later oursteamer came to anchor offthe town of Indianola, halfa mile from shore. Thisproved to be another trans-fer station, and we werestowed away on small sail-ing vessels, by which wewere carried over shallowwater to Tort Lavaca,fifteen miles farther up theHere we once moreset foot on shore.were in Texas. The vil-lage hotel—a good one forsuch a place—was liberallypatronized that evening atsupper and its resourceswere great 1 y overtaxedMany had not been in condition, on occount of internal disturbances, to enjoy a good meal since leaving the mouth of theMississippi. There was a fine beach at Lavaca, and many indulged theluxury of a salt-water bath, keeping a sharp lookout for sharks.There was an oyster bed at the bottom of the bay, and the boysfished up a good many of these bivalvular delicacies, locatingthem with their feet and then ducking down and bringing them
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TRUMAN ». RAY.MONO,SERGEANT, COMPANY H. SIXTY-FOURTH. i865.] WE ESTABLISH CAMP IRWIN. 747 up with their hands. There is no l( R n in the names of the mid-summer months and the oysters were not at their best for eating,but the boys seasoned them with salt and pepper and declaredthem excellent. Everything being on terra firma, we marched, the next day,thirteen miles in a northwesterly direction and established our campnear Placidor creek, about eight miles from the Guadalupe river.We were on a seemingly boundless, arid plain, with, for our use, only the nauseous, tepid __ water of the sluggishstream, in which thousandsof cattle daily slaked theirthirst; and the stragglingtrees that fringed its banks,for fuel. The prairie wascompletely barren of timber,except narrow belts alongthe water courses. Beforea great while all our woodhad to be hauled in wagonsa long distance. Our firsthabitat was the identicalspot which was used as acamp during the war withMexico. A Mississippiregiment command
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