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Title: Footprints through Dixie : everyday life of the man under a musket : on the firing line, and in the trenches, 1862-1865
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Gaskill, J. W. (Joseph W.)
Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Alliance, Ohio : (Bradshaw Printing Company)
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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mountain where we camp after a march of four-teen miles. We now learn that Hood has set out for a raid and is cuttingtelegraph lines and tearing up the railroad tracks in our rear, ouronly line of communication with the north and over which our sup-plies must come. This is done for the purpose of compelling Sher-man to abandon Atlanta and the territory we have taken betweenhere and Chattanooga, say our brigadiers in the ranks. They arelosing faith in Shermans generalship and probably have guessedHoods purpose, yet their advanced ideas of military operations donot impress listeners that they are military strategists, but thereis not one among them who will deny it. With mouth ajar and one eye closed Fowler impatiently listensto these criticisms of Shermans generalship. Fowler prefers sil-ence in the ranks and has enough troubles of his own. He saysthings to those pests today that should wither their conceit. He ad-vises these strategists to write the President and have Fritz placed 125
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Footprints Through Dixie in command of the army. Friz and Yonie agree that the campaignhas turned out to be a failure, for Hood is now in our rear andwill gain all the territory the rebels have lost between Chattanoogaand Atlanta. Yonie, a handy and daring boy in giving out opinions,intimates that a closer watch of the signs when movements aremade would be much to our advantage, believing this is just asessential when making military movements as when planting pota-toes or weaning calves. The argument continues on and so do weand after a march of about six miles we go in camp. On October 7accompanied by the Twelfth Kentucky regiment we go out on areconnoissance and after a march of several miles over a numberof rough roads return to camp and draw rations. While on this scout Ritchey starts more trouble between Yonieand Fritz who are bunk mates and button their half tents togetherat the end of our marches. Fritz is known to be careless aboutharvesting his crop of graybacks and Ritchey

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