The Flying, Gray-Haired Yank; Or, the Adventures of a Volunteer ... a True Narrative of the Civil War
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Our uncompHmentary -and insubordinate remarks were made in the hearing of the generals, as we marched along, and might easily have been made by them the basis of a trial by court-mardal with my friend THE GAME SAFELY GONE. 1 29 and self as defendants ; but our indignation made us for the time being, indifferent to any risks we might be running in this particular. On arriving at Williamsport, after our hurried march, we found, as we had all along anticipated, the game safely gone. Everybody felt... disgrun- tled at this farcical outcome of our long and arduous tramp from New Creek ; and consider- able grumbling was indulged in by the men at the expense of our commanders. It is possible, and may be probable, that the latter were acting under orders, and carrying out instructions received from a higher authority ; or that their object was simply to keep the enemy from foraging on the loyal people living along the route he was then following. If the latter, our trip was fairly successful. Whatever may have been the reason, the fact remains that, judging from apparent results, we had not accomplished much.
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