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The 14th was a day to be remembered, though we did not know at the time that so many important events were transpiring. It was the day for the old flag to be hoisted over Sumter, and salutes were fired. We heard of Lee's surrender. There was great rejoicing throughout the city and all through the various camps. Alas. one other thing happened during the evening, while we were rejoicing. Our beloved President, at Washington. the Capital of the Nation, while attending Ford's Theatre, was shot and mortally wounded by an assassin, who accomplished this fearful act before it was possible to prevent it. He escaped for the time being. The dying President was conveyed by tender hands to the White House; and while we at Wilmington were celebrating the glorious victories, the life-blood of the President was fast ebbing away. This assault on the President was but one of a series of assaults (really intended murders) upon several members of the Cabinet. It was a deep-laid plot. The assaults were made, but were only successful in the President's case. Wash-
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THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Apr.'65.]
ington was thrown into a fever of excitement bordering on frenzy. The telegraph quickly carried the news all over the country, and by morning light of the 15th the whole nation knew of it. (The news did not reach Wilmington till the afternoon of the 18th. ) The mur- dered President died about 9 o'clock next morning. The writer was at Concord, N. H., on duty at the Draft Rendezvous there.
Concord was. like all the rest of the country, terribly excited. It was known that it was a political murder; and woe be to the man who should talk Secession then. A large number of people assem- bled as if by one common impulse, right in the street. Strong men wept. There was much sorrow. The first pangs of grief over, and there came another feeling - of indignation ; and men who had been known to be lukewarm or worse were called upon to come out and state their position. Oth- ers were forced to hang out the Stars and Stripes. A large party went down Main Street and called on ex-President Franklin Pierce ; and he very kindly obliged them by coming right out into the open air and making a decidedly C 100000 Union speech, full of sor- row, of course, at the sad, 100000 sad event. The reader will pardon the writer for digressing; but the re- membrance of those days and those events sends the blood coursing through - his veins with a speed far above the normal.
CITY HALL WILMINGTON NC
We return to Wil- mington in one stride. Another event of the day was the sitting of the court to try such men as had been naughty - perhaps wilfully misappropriated a beau- tifully-proportioned specimen of hen-fruit, or had knocked their brother soldier down - just in sport, you know.
Many of our men returned on the 15th from up the railroad, whither they went on the 8th and 9th.
On the 16th we got news of the capture of Jeff. Davis, and that Hoke was disbanding his army, permitting them to go home. It did indeed seem to us that the war was about over. Gen. Ord was or- dered that day to relieve Gen. Gillmore, in command of the Depart- ment of the South.
The sad news of the assassination of our beloved President reached us the Isth, in the afternoon. and cast a gloom like a pall over all of us.
654
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[ Apr. '65.
The officer in command at Concord was instructed, 18th, by telegram from the War Department, to send no more men forward to regiments in the field. [This was countermanded, but only to per- mit the sending off of the odds and ends to clear up the camp and get it ready to receive returning troops. - D. E.]
News of cessation of hostilities between Sherman and Johnston reached us the 19th, and we greatly rejoiced.
We armed the remainder of the recruits on the 20th, and were thus able to get a little guard duty out of them. The citizens of
FRONT ST.
COLD HOUSE WILMINGTON. N.C. 9
Wilmington held a meet- ing on the 21st, to express their sympathy and sorrow at the death of President Lincoln. In the Depart- ment of the South the an- nouncement of the assas- sination was made public by a General Order.
We were getting so much good news of late, and were so much elated thereat, it is possible the reader may infer that the boys had forgotten the murdered President; but not so : they talked of it every day, and it was scarcely out of their minds.
We were again elated on the 22d by receiving the New York Herald Extra, announcing the fall of Mobile. On that same day, Attorney-General Speed gave his opinion as to certain matters, re- quiring no comment by the writer: -
. 3d. Rebel officers certainly have no right to be wearing their uniforms in any of the loyal States. It seems to me that such officers, hav- ing done wrong in coming into the loyal States, are but adding insult to in- jury in wearing their uniforms. They have as much right to bear the traitor's flag through the streets of a loyal city. as to wear a traitor's garb. The stipulation of surrender permits no such thing, and the wearing of such uniforms is an act of hostility against the Goverment.
We were cast down in our spirits, on the 24th, by hearing there was some hitch in the negotiations between Sherman and Johnston. The times were stirring, each succeeding day bringing some reminder of the approaching close of the unhappy struggle. On the 27th. the colored people of the city held obsequies and indulged in a proces- sion, in memory of " Massa Lincoln." as they called him.
Gen. Schofield, on the 28th, issued an order declaring absolutely free all persons heretofore held as slaves : and this, he says, is "' to remove all doubts in the minds of the people of North Carolina."
Gen. Sherman passed through Wilmington the 28th, and there was a great rush to see the hero. He simply came through to take passage for Charleston.
655
Apr. '65.] THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
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We were mustered on the 30th for four months' pay (and one instalment of bounty, $50, so a diary says). Sergt .- Maj. Holt had been commissioned ; and Corpl. Smith, 2d, has been appointed to act in that capacity till further orders. Quartermaster-Sergt. James was also commissioned, and Corpl. Swallow of Co. F was promoted to the vacant place.
SUPPLEMENT.
IMPORTANT WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS.
General Order 58, of the 7th, required that all over $100 of Company Fund be turned over to the Subsistence Department. [The order fails to state whether for safe keeping or forfeited to the United States. - D.E.]
General Order 64, of the 13th, established the Headquarters of the Army at Washington, D. C.
General Order 65, of the 16th, directed Gen. E. O. C. Ord to relieve Gen. Gillmore in the Department of the South. (This was revoked by General Order 71.)
General Order 77, of the 28th, ordered the discharge of cer- tain troops, and directed all Bureaus of the War Department to reduce expenses.
IMPORTANT ORDERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
General Order 40, of the 5th (by Gillmore), was about the cele- bration to take place the 14th, at Sumter, simply repeating in full General Order 50 of the War Department.
General Order 41, of the 10th, prescribed the details for the 14th, naming the particular forts (rebel) to fire National salutes. The order assumed that Gen. Anderson was to raise the identical flag which he pulled down in 1861.
General Order 43, of the 13th, amended somewhat a previous order about levying a military tax on goods for sale.
General Order 44, of the 14th, announced that until further orders the Headquarters of the Department would be at Fort Sum- ter. The order was dated .. On board U. S. S. Diamond, off Charles- ton Bar."
Two days after (16), by General Order 45, the Headquarters was returned to Hilton Head.
General Order 46, of the 17th, assigned Gen. Vogdes to the District of Florida [the order fails to state whether he relieved any one. - D.E.]
General Order 47, of the 20th, promulgated a certain general court-martial case, and in it was developed the fact that the Judge Advocate-General of the Army had decided that a non-commissioned officer is not a " superior officer " within the meaning of the Articles of War.
General Order 48, of the 21st, annonneed the assassination of the President.
656
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[ Apr. '65.
General Order 49, of the 28th, related to instructions for the Provost Marshal-General about bounties, and closes thus : " If men offer to enlist after receipt of this order, let them understand that they must do so without bounty."
General Order 50, of the 29th, republished the War Department Order (No. 66) about the death of the President, prescribing em- blems of mourning, proper ceremonies, etc.
General Order 51, of the 29th, republished a War Department Order (no number), requring a salute in honor of surrender of the rebel Gen. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia (200 guns).
General Order 52, of the 30th, republished a Field Order of - Gen. Sherman's (No. 65, of 27 April), announcing the surrender of the rebel Gen. Johnston, on 26th, near Durham's, N. C. Sherman's order directed that Gen. Schofield attend to all details of receiving arms, etc., in Department of North Carolina, and Gen. Gillmore to all in Department of the South. The order mentioned the rebels as our " hitherto enemy," and says mules, horses, wagons and vehicles are to be loaned to the inhabitants. Foraging must cease, except in case of necessity, and then be paid for or a value given.
The Department of the South Statistics for April, 1865, are : Total troops, 14,267 ; cases sick, 2,382; died, 19; cases wounded, 96 ; died, 4.
The Monthly Return shows :
Field and Staff
+ men, 27
6 officers.
Co. A
1
B
1
C
n
43
1
F
46 83
1 3
G
40
2
-
H
66
3
66
I
66
K
Unassigned recruits
Present aggregate
604
Aggregate last report
607
A
B
C
D
E
G
HI
Totals.
Sergeants
3
+
1
1
5
5
4
7
7
Musicians
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
() 44
1 52
Sick
0
1
0
1
3
3
0 =
Absent sick
12
12
17
19
16
21
20
13
4
0
Deserters
0
Recruits
0
1) ()
0
0 =
1) 0
2
0 0
0 1
0
13
13
5
3
5
4
5
K + 6
1 1 33 310
Daily duty
1
2
1
1 +
0
6
2 4 4
19 13
Detached
2
23
18
17
0 16
0 55
0 13 2 0 1
0
0)
22 18 I 4
1
Wagoners
1
1
1
1
0
For duty
9
Absent in arrest . 1
1
81 79 59 2 582
1 1
589 F
13 163
12
43 75
2
F
Corporal-
3
.
1
LIEUT. JOHN H. THOMPSON.
CAPT. ARLON S. ATHERTON.
LIEUT. EDWIN N. BOWEN.
LIEUT. JOHN M. PARKER.
Apr. '65.]
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 657
The following were promoted : -
2d Lieut. Atherton. E Ist Lieutenant, G.
Ist Sergt. Plaisted, D Ist Lieutenant, D).
Ist Sergt. Tuttle, K Ist Lieutenant, F.
Ist Sergt. Mellish, I 2d Lientenant. F.
Ist Sergt. Ilammett, 1 2d Lieutenant, H.
Q.M .- Sergt. Geo. R. James 2d Lieutenant, I.
Corpl. Swallow, F Quartermaster-Sergeant.
"Joined from desertion " : C. 1 (James Welch).
One unassigned recruit (Joseph Dickett) has been transferred to Fourth New Hampshire.
One man died of wounds (J. W. Perkins of D). Terms ex- pired : F, 1 ; D, 1.
The 12 deserters were all reported as having deserted from the camp at Wilmington. [The temptations of a great city were proba- bly too much. - D. E.]
The following table will show the duties and whereabouts of the officers of the regiment : -
Col. Bedel Rejoined 11th.
Lient .- Col. Randiett .
Detached (as before).
Maj. Trickey
Dr. Kimball
On duty. Absent sick (sent North).
Adjt. Jackman
On duty.
Quartermaster Bingham On duty.
A. Capt. Dearborn No Ist Lieutenant.
Detached.
No 2d Lieutenant.
B. Capt. Woodbury . No Ist Lieutenant. No 2d Lieutenant.
C. Capt. Ackerman Detached (as before).
Ist Lieut. Donley No 2d Lieutenant.
On dnty.
D. No Captain.
Ist Lient. Plaisted No 2d Lieutenant.
On dnty.
E. No Captain. Ist Lieut. Eldredge No 2d Lieutenant
Detached (Commissary of Recruits, Concord, N. H.)
F. Capt. Edgerly . Detached (as before).
Ist Lieut. Tuttle 2d Lieut. Mellish
On duty.
On duty.
G. Capt. White Detached (as before).
Ist Lieut. Atherton No 2d Lieutenant.
On duty (joined 11th).
H. Capt. McCoy On duty.
Ist Lieut. J. S. James On duty.
2d Lient. Hammett On duty.
I. No Captain.
No Ist Lientenant. 2d Lieut. G. R. James On duty.
K. Capt. Giddings No Ist Lieutenant. No 2d Lieutenant.
On duty.
41
Detached.
MAY, 1865.
E were getting short of officers - shorter than ever before. In proof of this the following were ordered on the 3d to act as lientenants : Sergt .- Maj. Holt (commissioned, but not yet mustered), 1st Sergt. Bryant of B and Sergt. Quinlan of C. Holt had earlier in the day assumed charge of Co. C; but this order directed him to F. Almost everything in the property line of little or no real value. was condemned on the 4th by an officer specially charged with the duty. And on the same day we had a fresh supply of shelter tents issued to us.
By an order of the 15th, it appeared we were in the " Depart- ment of North Carolina, Army of the Ohio." On that day Gen. Schofield republished Gen. Grant's order (No. 215) of 8th May. directing that paroled officers and men whose homes were at date of joining in States never in rebellion, and who were not excepted from the benefits of the President's Amnesty Proclamation (see 11 March ), be permitted, on taking the oath of allegiance, to return to their former homes.
The same day (15th), at Concord, N.H., there was a general muster-out of whatever men were there. Several of the details of men on the railroads in the vicinity of Wilmington were relieved about that time. On the 20th, the camp at Concord was directed to be held in readiness to receive the mustered-out troops of the State. Orders were received at the regiment to grant furloughs. A letter dated Wilmington, 21 May, says : .. very healthy .
fighting all over men sick in hospital are being discharged if able to go home . Atherton is commanding G and E, and has been relieved from general conrt-martial . . just beginning to give furloughs in the regiment."
The 25th, Gen. Schofield promulgated a War Department order that troops ready to be mustered out rendezvous as follows : -
Military Division of the James At Richmond and Old Point Comfort.
Department of North Carolina At Newberne and Wilmington.
Department of the South At Charleston and Savannah.
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659
May ' 65. ] THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
The following instructions as to details will be of value : Muster- out rolls and all other papers and records to be bored up and placed in command of an officer, who shall attend the boxes to place of discharge at State rendezvous, and there deliver them to the mustering officer of that place.
The month passed away without further incident, the regiment being considerably decimated-so far as " present for duty" as a regiment was concerned - by the large demands upon it for provost and post guards and as safe guards on the railroad trains running between Wilmington, Goldsborough and other points.
SUPPLEMENT.
IMPORTANT WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS.
By General Order 79, of the 1st, the President directed that resignations be received till 15th, of general, field and staff officers, and after that date the Adjutant-General to begin mustering out those unemployed or not needed.
General Order 82, of the 6th, directed the muster-out on the 15th of all company and staff officers of volunteer regiments then on leave (after return from captivity), if the leave was granted for disability.
General Order 84, of the 8th, defined what bounty was due at muster-out.
General Order 86, of the 9th, required a complete list of all officers of volunteers, for the use of the Adjutant-General, U. S. A.
' General Order 88, of the 10th, fixed price of rations (commuta- tion) at 25 cents while on furlough.
General Order 90, of the 11th, said all forces east of the Mississippi have surrendered, and directed that any one found in arms against the United States after 1 June be regarded as a guerrilla and punished with death.
General Order -, of the -, offered volunteers who enlisted in the Regular Army within ten days after discharge from volunteers, a 30 days' furlough.
General Order 94 (date uncertain), specified at what point the troops were to concentrate for final muster-out.
General Order 98, of the 29th, directed that all sentences of military tribunals to imprisonment during the war be remitted, and the prisoners be discharged.
General Order 101, of the 30th, directed that discharged soldiers (volunteers ) may retain their arms and accoutrements by paying for them.
660
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[ May'65.
IMPORTANT ORDERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
General Order 56, of the 5th, apparently organized an Am- bulance Corps in the Department, and Capt. F. Bell, Veteran Reserve Corps, was assigned to its command. Lient .- Col. M. Clymer was Medical Director of the Department.
General Order 57, of the 6th, referred to instructions from the Provost Marshal-General of the 29th April, in substance : Having directed the cessation of recruiting in the loyal States for the vol- unteer forces, now directs that all recruiting for volunteers, of all persons, including colored men in all States, be stopped.
General Order 61, of the 13th, consolidated the Districts of Hilton Head and Beaufort, to be called the District of Port Royal, and Gen. E. E. Potter was assigned to its command.
General Order 62, of the 15th, republished General Order 73 of the War Department, dated 24 April, in which we learn that three particular questions have been referred to the Attorney-General (James Speed), and by him answered. They are of great historic value and are here inserted : -
1. Whether rebel officers, who once resided in Washington, can now reside there under the terms of capitulation.
Answer : No : they have no homes in the loyal States.
2. Whether those in civil service of the rebellion, not officers or soldiers, have right to now reside in Washington.
Answer: No.
3. Whether the rebel officers have a right to wear their uniforms.
Answer [this is in full .- D. E.] : Rebel officers certainly have no right to wear their uniforms in any of the loyal States. It seems to me that such officers, having done wrong in coming into the loyal States, are but adding insult to injury in wearing their uniforms. They have as much right to bear the traitor's flag through the streets of a loyal city, as to wear a traitor's garb. The stipulations of surrender permit no such thing, and the wearing of such uniform is an act of hostility against the Government.
General Order 63, of the 15th, declared null and void the proc- lamation of one A. G. Magrath of May 2, styling himself the Governor of South Carolina; likewise of one Joseph F. Brown, styling himself the Governor of Georgia ; likewise another, by one A. K. Allison, of 8th April, styling himself as Acting Governor of Florida. Magrath had directed that all Confederate subsistence stores be turned over to the State, for the use of the people. Brown had called an extra session of the General Assembly, for 22 May; and Allison had ordered an election to be held the 7th of June. The order (by Gillmore) went on to say that no attention must be paid to the proclamations, and ended by saying, " The black race are free citizens of the United States."
Department of the South Statistics for May are : Total troops, 10,641 ; cases sick, 2,457; died, 25; cases wounded, 74; died, 3.
May ' 65.]
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
661
The Monthly Return shows : -
Field and Staff . Co. A B
+ men,
7 officers.
28
66
1
41
72
2
.€
D
43
2
2
3
G
39
2 3
H
77
I
80
2
66
K
62
2
66
Unassigned recruits
1
Present aggregate
573
27
Aggregate last report
582 D
B
C
K Totals.
Sergeants
3
4
4
5
5
8
4
5
5
Musicians
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
Wagoners
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Detached
2 12
8
6
4 10
1
7
7
7 64
Absent sick
11 11 19 20
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
+
0 -7 8
Prisoners of war
2
0
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
1 - 9
Recruits
0
0 0 00 0 0
0
1
2 1 6
For duty
10 13 38 13 18 44 19 39 49 30
273
Two men have " joined from desertion" : A, 1; K, 1. Gain from missing in action : A, 1 (Brelsford). He escaped from the rebels, being a prisoner of war. H gained 1 (dropped last return).
John Wilson, an unassigned recruit, has been transferred to the Fourth New Hampshire. David Pettengill of E, transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Discharged for disability : E, 1; I, 1.
Died of wounds : A, 1; B, 1; G, 1 (the first, at Richmond) . Died of disease : H, 3; I, 1. Deserted : C, 2; H, 1.
The following were promoted :
Ist Lieut. M. P. Donley, C Captain, E.
Ist Lieut. J. S. James, H . Captain, D.
Ist Sergt. J. S. Bryant, B
Ist Lieutenant, B.
Sergt. James Quinlan, C
2d Lieutenant, F.
1st Sergt. Jesse C. Pushce, F . 1st Sergt. Edwin N. Bowen, I . Sergt .- Maj. Marquis L. Holt .
1st Lientenant, K.
Corpl. Thos. Smith, HI
Sergeant-Major.
Dr. Kimball, Asst. Surgeon
Surgeon. Asst. Surg. (rice Kimball). (Dr. Manter appointed from civil life).
The following table will show the duties and whereabouts of the officers of the regiment : -
Col. Bedel (Probably off duty ; sec Maj. T.)
Lient .- Col. Randlett Detached (as before).
Maj. Trickey
Comde. regiment.
Dr. Kimball Detached ( now Surgeon, Post Hospi-
Dr. Geo. W. Manter
tal, Wilmington).
(Assistant Surgeon) On duty.
600 604
A 3
3
5
5
E F 3 5
G
22 H 5
I 5 8
4
Corporals
5
1
C
E F
44
82
Geo. W. Manter
1st Lientenant. I.
1st Lieutenant, C.
17 18 17 23 16 16 168
Absent in arrest
662
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. [ May '65.
Adjt. Jackman .
On duty.
Quartermaster Bingham
On duty.
A. Capt. Dearborn No Ist Lieutenant.
Detached.
No 2d Lieutenant.
B. Capt. Woodbury Detached.
No 1st Lieutenant. No 2d Lieutenant.
C. Capt. Ackerman Ist Lieut. Holt No 2d Lieutenant.
Detached.
On duty.
D. Capt. J. S. James 1st Lieut. Plaisted No 2d Lieutenant.
Detached (City Jail Wilmington).
On duty.
E. Capt. Douley 1st Lieut. Eldredge No 2d Lieutenant.
On duty.
Detached (Commissary of Recruits. Concord, N. H.)
Detached.
On duty.
On duty.
Detached.
On duty.
H. Capt. McCoy
On duty.
Ist Lieut. Mellish 2d Lient. Hammett
On duty.
On duty.
I. No Captain.
1st Lieut. Pushee . 2d Lieut. G. R. James
On duty.
Detached (Military Prison).
K. Capt. Giddings
Ist Lieut. Bowen . No 2d Lieutenant.
On duty.
On duty.
Ist Lieut. Bryant . Died 23 May, in camp, of cholera morbus.
A DAY OFF-UNDER A FLY.
F. Capt. Edgerly . 1st Lieut. Tuttle 2d Lieut. Quinlan
G. Capt. White 1st Lieut. Atherton No 2d Lientenant.
JUNE, 1865.
HIE first June item, notable or otherwise, found recorded was the making of the lists on the first day of all men whose terms were to expire before 30 Sept. following. The same day an order was received to at once muster out all of the men who enlisted in 1862.
The honored veteran, the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, arrived at Wilmington on the 2d, receiving marked attention. Though really a valuable officer, yet there was a tendency to joke about him. Of course we landsmen didn't know anything about things afloat ; but we did appreciate a cur- rent joke about Gideon, which runs something like this : A new and swift rebel privateer was discovered to be out on the raging deep, over which deep our own Gideon presided. "How swift is she ?" said he, stroking his immense beard, and chuckling. "Twenty-four knots," was the reply : " and she's a regular flyer and an out'n outer, sir." The redoubtable Secretary was silent a moment, and one could see with half an eye that he was making mathematical calculations. Suddenly brightening up, he said: "We have five swift and light gunboats, well armed, which can easily make six knots each ; and. I'll send them after the privateer at once."
The regiment was ordered to Goldsborough on the 3d (Satur- day), and to go on Sunday morning; but that order was modified, and we started in the afternoon, leaving Wilmington by the railroad about 6 p.M. We arrived about midnight at Goldsborongh, and marched to the camp of the Fifth United States Colored Troops, where we bivouacked till morning.
On the 5th, Gen. Schofield directed that all orders from Depart- ment of Virginia and North Carolina be superseded by his own from Departinent North Carolina, Army of the Ohio. In the same order he repeated the instructions of the Secretary of War, to the effect that all returned prisoners of war (enlisted men) who had endured the hardships of rebel prisons, be mustered out at once and be paid three months' extra pay.
As to our new camp, - the colored soldiers' old one, - a diary says : " We took the camp and began fixing up our tents. We had to tear down their tents. They had left in too much haste to take then."
We found Goldsborough in a very bad condition, so far as sani- tary matters were concerned. In some cases dead horses had been left in door-yards for more than a week.
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664
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[June '65.
Col. Bedel was placed in command of the Post of Goldsborough, and Adjt. Jackman became Post Adjutant. Lieut. Holt was ap- pointed Acting Adjutant of the regiment. Capt. Donley was made Provost Marshal of the Post; and (on the 6th) Lient. Atherton was appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, to report to Capt. Donley.
The 1862 men were anxious to be off for home; and the men whose names had been handed in for furloughs were likewise anxious to go along with the 1862 men; but the machinery, they thought, moved terribly slow.
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