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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 4: (search)
erything was ready, that it was a hoax to see how quickly we could be on hand in an emergency. Such artifices are frequently resorted to by officers when either they or their commands, or both, are green. At first we pitched our tents on a level tract of land outside and near the town, but it being considered by Dr. Brace too flat to be healthy, we moved soon afterwards to a rise of ground a few rods distant. Here we laid out a plan for a permanent camp. From the quarters occupied by Gen. Stone's troops prior to Ball's Bluff disaster, and from the barn-yards and rail fences of the neighboring farmers, we obtained materials for building a stable; this was erected around three sides of a square and thatched with straw. The walls were constructed by setting up rails a foot apart and weaving among them huge ropes of straw twisted by hand. Thus comfortable quarters were made for the horses. This structure was finished towards the last of January, and occupied the centre of the camp
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Appendix. (search)
eat deal of time on our hands. We passed this in various ways. Somebody had managed to save a pack of cards, and those who liked played until so many of the cards were lost that no game could be carried on; others sat and talked the time away, telling all the adventures that never happened to them. One day I found a piece of laurel wood, and made a spoon which I still keep as a memento of that dismal time. I also marked my tin can with my name, and around the rim I cut Lovelace's lines, Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage, and thought as I did so that the poet did not know about these things. In some way or other, three books had escaped the clutches of the two sets of thieves who had robbed us. These were a Bible, which I read completely through; a copy of Miss Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret, which I also read, but without much enjoyment; and The Arabian Nights, a book whose absurdity and childishness were too much for me, even in prison. We used oftentimes
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
333, 338, 361, 366. Station, Prospect, 421. Station, Rice's, 428. Starkweather, William H., 39, 48, 87, 116, 152, 162, 206, 325, 339, 348. Stanton, E. M., 338. Stewart, Gen., 235. Stuart, Gen. J. B., 113, 127, 139, 141, 142. Stedman, Hon., Chas. M., 327. Stetson, Geo. W., 203, 204, 205, 325, 326, 339, 398. Stevens, Judson, 205, 302, 401. Stevens, John H., 31, 84, 163, 198, 199, 200, 207, 303, 304, 399, 400, 403. Stevensburg, 193, 195, 208. Stearns, John A., 28, 29. Stone, Gen. A. P., 52. Stowell, David R., 44, 83, 84, 85, 148, 200, 201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 255, 359, 405, 409, 426. Strand, T. W., 202, 407, 441. Strang, Capt., 302, 305, 348, 351, 398, 401, 426. Strickland, Geo. H., 28. Strong, Capt. J., 202, 203, 205, 207. Strout, Jonas W., 255, 256. Sulham, Jacob B., 200, 202, 349. Sullivan, John F., 349, 401. Sulphur Springs, 115, 118, 121, 125, 126, 132, 141. Sumner. Gen. E. V., 101. Sykes, Gen. Geo., 107, 142, 191. T. Robertson's Tavern, 171,