Narrative of a Private Soldier in the Volunteer Army of the United States Durin
Narrative of a Private Soldier in the Volunteer Army of the United States Durin
Charles Lewis Francis
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With these I re- turned to the courthouse yai'd, hut 1 found that my friends had been removed, and I liad to follow them a long way tlirough the slush and snow to a bivouac not far from the raiJrojul station on the south side of the town ; my note-book says it was near a jail, but I do not rememljer seeing it. 2. There was great activity in railroad matters; but we did not know that General Rosecrans was to gain such a splendid victory as he did on the Friday ensu- ing. We received in this plac...e our first ration, and it consisted of a small ([uantity of sour, coarse, and dirty corn-meal. Brine scraped from the inside of empty pork and beef barrels "was used in the place of salt, and the men cooked the corn-meal by first wetting it to about {he consistency of ])laster, and daubing old flour barrel heads with the mixture ; the preparation was then held against a smoky Are built uj^on the ground until it became dry. Early next morning we we]"e nuirched out of the enclosure and taken nearer the railroad track, and after a couple of hours' shiver- ing in the cold slush and snow we were driven into a train of cattle cars, seventy or more of us unfortunates in each car, and the wdiole train hurried away to the south as fast as the poor railroad facilities would per- mit.
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