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q rsezpJaFs TIA iat-sncAnants tie forsns3
a. ~ = liHs cf "a lie aad role down ths rfans
~ ths Inc alld tola tas sold-eEs that 10 asd
not wisa y hear shot from them. hns
~orsis we're, -eive tbsm TIE cold steel > saa8
bis orders mere Implicitly obsYed, sxesut that
a fs~ snots vere ared from Company < Il
the EigAsz Geor1is gegi1uest as Maj Qua
&
/ II front q our ine. and ~ss mistaken for
tns Yankees We drOse the Feesrals from
I tAs ~ofxs, and we're chaFssd by tAz10 soon
7 sftsr. bar rep4lssd them, after allowing tasn
q come up within llbY yards of he trenches
They we're sadiHg tsroagh tic headwatsrs
or dan So. ]. and oar c.oae fire left the heavy
tuaksrss swamp fun of tasiF dead bodiss,
most Ut han Es&t Bg ~ ~ster
ohl the dsl1ai tlls-s ws speEs ia the ditenes
we bad recaptgns,il
fae weather cold snd the water In ths
trenches was from twelve a twenty inches
deep. We we're obliged % squas in this cold
! water for forty hours or hare our beads
/ pierced with bullets. Tor the Federal sharp
shooters wsrs up a the trees q the swamp a
/ cur front, and % expose a head above the low
eusbznknisat Was certain death There ws
/ efoucheal night aad day without cur blankets
OF tent ciOtEs, which ve had left behind BY
eOmpaay o-eupisd low place where the
water was up 70 our hips when We squat.sd
down, which We were obliged 70 DO nearly al
ths tine night and day.
a GRAFErUI. RELTEF
After Being IN the ditches for two nights
and days Ne we're relieved on the tnird night.
and really enjoyed lying or the vet ground
The whole company spooned together with
our guns H. our hands, without blanket OF
overcoat, lying in the mud few hundred
feet IA rear Of the trenches, without fire and
piled close together as possible To keep
warm. As the nan on ths onteide Of the row
would get too cold 20 endure it. some one
from the middle would swap places with him.
and thus Ne rested through the long, rainy
night To = person who has not experienced
such harsiships il viii seem impossible for men
/ 70
continuous watch Ia the water. il vas a lux
my ia comparison g. squatting in the bitches.
The last night Of our stay AZ dam No 2
uas a trying one for me. Tho y srwick river
was flied with = succession OF dams, one
backing water To the one above. The dams
were made OF earth, about ten feet high and
ten feet wide On top. and about 80 yards IN
length We had a cannon IN an embankmens
as The end of the darn, u rake the whole
structure II the eneTny shoull attempt TO cros3
or 70 break it. The Foderais bad three bat
tsries within 90 yards Of the dam, and their
picket lnss we're near the water on shelr side
Of the river. On the night Of OR evacuation
OF The position was chosen a. a guard to go
% the enemy's end OF the dam where we never
had a guard beforei, ard il there was an at
tempt made to break IL 7 was 70 fire my gun
and jump into the water, or get out os
the way the best could, AZ our cannon
would rake the top Of the dam With grape-
+ shot without waiting for my return. Ny
poSit ton vas a very critical one. in the event
} Of attempt being made 70 break the dam,
and. As all expected the attempt would DO
mais, il was the most fearful watch that
ever called upon 20 maintain. | crnwled
along the dam suril could hear the Yankee
pickets, who occupied poSts close to the water,
talking in E low tone. | bid in a hole made
, by ths Yankee cannon in their attempt to
break the dam.
/ heard an officer in the battery that made
the hole in which | VAS hidden say, "Giet
ready that csisson.'
I tao-ght he intended to try 70 hit thaa
hole again, and it did not improve my feel
ings But all my feay~ were .roundicsS.
fsSted IN safety until after midnight, and
Z / heard TIE welcome signal for me 20 reioin my
r command, and with our cantsens musied 80
that they could 70. rattle, ne stole silently
\ away from dan No. ?. where "a had suffered
- the fal axtent of our enduEance.-J. II.
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