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. 1896 Excerpt: ...we layout on the picket line, 'about half way between the batteries of the opposing sides; and sometimes we were in almost as much danger as though we had been back at the batteries themselves. We used to "swap" papers with the rebel pickets, and our men were always on the alert for the latest news from Richmond. After ...
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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. 1896 Excerpt: ...we layout on the picket line, 'about half way between the batteries of the opposing sides; and sometimes we were in almost as much danger as though we had been back at the batteries themselves. We used to "swap" papers with the rebel pickets, and our men were always on the alert for the latest news from Richmond. After a time, our men began playing a few of their Yankee tricks, by taking a large New York daily and tearing the pages oft," making four papers of each one, which in exchange would bring four Richmond papers. But the most of us were afterwards ashamed of such unfairness on the part of our men. One picket post with which we had traded or exchanged papers, and imposed upon in this way, quietly rebuked us by sending a man over to us to give us back our parts of newspapers, as he said they were of no use to them. We at once supplied him with good whole ones, and so keenly felt the reprimand that none of the comrades who were knowing to the facts ever afterwards allowed such a breach of good faith to take place. Our picket line was a long one, and by changing positions occasionally, as we relieved the line, we got a change of scenery, which made the duty much more agreeable. On the right, near the James River, we had deep, dark, and shady ravines, sometimes so thickly shaded that the rays of the sun never penetrated below the tree tops; occasionally a small brooklet, fed by the overflow of a good, cold spring of water, would wind its way along the bottom of the ravine towards the river, and sometimes a brook which had water enough to carry a mill would be found, as was the case on the extreme right, in a ravine which was just in front of the first two picket posts on the banks of the James. At these posts we frequently witnessed a little...
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