This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...while the troops on board would be powerless to reply with their rifles, on account of the distance. On each side of the pilot house was a half circle of boiler iron to protect that worthy from sharpshooters. Usually a small detail was kept on the upper deck, so in case a shot was fired from the shore, we could give ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...while the troops on board would be powerless to reply with their rifles, on account of the distance. On each side of the pilot house was a half circle of boiler iron to protect that worthy from sharpshooters. Usually a small detail was kept on the upper deck, so in case a shot was fired from the shore, we could give them a volley in return. As we were now running against the current our progress was slow. We kept a sharp lookout for the enemy. About noon we saw a small squad of cavalry on the bank, but they got away lively, showing no disposition to fight. Most of the way up the river the shores were low, and the land looked poor, and was covered with a small growth of timber. Sometimes, however, the shore rose high and rocky like the Hudson at West Point. On the morning of the 15th we stopped for wood, and here we buried one of our regiment, who had died the proceeding night. The next morning we arrived at Eastport; here we dismbarked and went into camp near the shore. We remained at Eastport about a week. It was the most desolate, deserted place we were ever in. There was not a house within sight, and no communication of any kind with the outside world. We received no mail, and could send none. The weather was cold and unpleasant, and each morning there was a heavy fog, all of which seemed to have a depressing influence on the spirits of the officers and men. I don't remember ever being in a place that we all looked forward so anxiously to the time of getting away. We changed our camp two or three times and each time it seemed worse than the last. Finally on the morning of Nov. 25th, we received orders to pack up, and supposed we were to once more move our camp, instead of which we turned towards the shore and were soon once more on board the steamboat Na...
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