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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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king his beat.With his profound sense of duty he cant be bribed or bullied. Walt,his chum, takes a hand in calling down the neglectful corporal andindorses every word Eph. says. Walt is provident and carries thelargest knapsack in the company and seems to be provided withrations in times of famine, and can fill and light his pipe while onforced march or sKirmish line. But these chums who pair off andbutton tents together do not all dwell together in peace. They havetheir domestic troubles and fear of punishment stands in the way offrequent scraps. Awkward Jack and his chum fall out today and butfor Rabers interference a scrap would have followed. While onthe march and drill. Jack seldom gets his left foot down at the tapof the drum and if there is anything in camp that can be upset orspilled he is there to do the job. Jack and his chum are about to sitdown to a nice supper of nicely fried crackers and long strips ofbacon, all done to a turn, when Jack steps on the frying pan handle 86
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He Politely Informs bystanding Comradesthat Supper is Over. Footprints Through Dixie and all this fine supper is thrown out in the dirt. Jacks chum nowjumps up in a rage and with a vigorous kick he sends the can ofhot coffee down the hill and politely informs bystanders thatsupper is over. Then they square off for action and Raber becomespeacemaker. On the morning of March 12 our march is continued to Morris-town, Tenn., where we go into camp. MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE. During our stay at this camp considerable scouting is done andduring one of these scouts our regiment discovers what we are look-ing for, but never anxious to find, and very hastily prepare foraction by throwing up a line of rifle pits. The enemy attempts todrive in our skirmishers but the boys will not drive, hold theirposition and brisk musketry is kept up on our front during the night.On the following morning our scouts report that the enemy is at-tracting our attention at this point while sending another force toget in

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