Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-01
AFTER THE MUD MARCH.
An INCIDENT or CAMP LIFE sPolLs
suNoRY DINNERS.

Every old soldier Of the Army o. the
Potomac remembers Bnrnsides mud
march. II began on Jan. %. 1868 This
was forty days after his defeat at Fred
euckaburg. In an effort TO retrieve u
be- followed the example Of Charles Sll
and opened n winter campaign He
iriod 20 strike the Rappahannock some
miles above Fredericksburg. cross the
river on pontoons and reach Lees rear
/ II began TO rain on the evening Of the
| 22d. aud II rainod incctlntly Tor three
| dnya This pontoons mover reached the
river They were stuck IN seas Of mud.
Nearly every men In tho army was wet
TO the waist for days 10 efforts TO drag
them TO dry ground
The Conicdcrates on the other side Of
tho Rappahannock quickly OWNED ih,
situation They stuck mp Immense pln-
cards on tho bank Of the river bearing
/ such inscription as "linrnidcs Army
Stuck IN the Mud. "llurnside IA not Nc
I Clellan,- and other pat sayings When
the sun began 10 shine and tho ponioous
were dragged from tho sloughs tho army
went back 20 IT, old camp
Q NHNfNN WY 90 NAlHAlNAA N'NANAH NAN N.At-
Ursula veterans. who were stnnch Nc
Clcllan men. shook their heads mourn.
fully. saying, II told You how II would
b. The discomfort rose TO such pitch
that there was a spirit Of mutiny Ia somo
OF the fcgimcntA Hundreds Of dcsor-
tons occurred every day and tho army
had no confidence In ita commander I'M
I'll Joe Hooker succeeded burnside
the nEglNESrs
was n sergeant IN Company g Of tho
Twonty.sI1th New jersey volunteers Hl
this time The New Jersey regiment
was part of tho Second brigade This
brigade hal won brilliant reputation
On the Peninsula and at Antician. it
was known IN the Army Of the Potomac
~ the Vermont brigade Il was com.
posed with the exception Of the Jcucy
regiment. Of Vermont troops
Thoy were tall. unganly Yantcs
They drawlcd their words, and gave
them a peculiar nasal twang Thor feet
were ~ big that the Johnuies compared
them TO old.fashioned gridles
a Mlsis.ippian once told me they wero
20 big that whenever no killed Yer.
mont Yankee he had 10 go mp and shove
him over before he would tumble.
saw some captured North Carollnlans
cent Ia from the front nj the frt battle
Of fredericksburg In stature, gait and
accent they rcscmbled tho vernontors.
! believe that " they had worn the Fed.
cfal uniform the NcrmonteFs themselves
would have taken them Tor brothera
We went into camp after tho mud
march near White Oak church Abou.
two weeks aitcrward Bill Young, a big
scotchmnn In our regiment, coniscated
sheep owned by some farmer In tho
vicinity flo had found little oopse Ia
an out Of the way nook, where he butch
cred the tho sheep. hung tho carcass to
the limb OF troo by its hind legs aud
dressed II. He had hardly finished tho
work when he was frightened by flo Of
mon who were approaching tho spot.
After hastily conecaling tho carcass lac
sneaked back to camp
Two hours later he returned 10 tho
copse, The mutton seemed 10 be- all
right 1t did not appear TO have been
disturbed lio avoided collision with
the camp guard, and managed TO get 1t
10 bis shelter tent after dark. Then he
cut II up and distributed 1t among hia
friend, In tho ranks and tho commits
stoned officers
Doc INSTEAD or MUTTON.
Twonty-four hours aftcrward Yer.
mont regiment then commanded by
Louis A. Grant, now assistant secretary
Of war land by the way. Redheld Proctor
was captain in tho same regimen)
passed through our camp ON picket do
tail. "A they struck company O. street,
through which they marched down ia,
d hill, they all began to bark like dogs
Tho Jersoymcn rushed from their tont'
aud wondered what the barking meant
The vermonters kept up the canine dem
onstlaton for half mile, yelling with
delight
Commissioned officers who had par
I taken Of the mutton were the first (,
solve tho riddle. Some of tho cold mea
was left After the Vermont iomonstra
, ton It did not taste like mutton. II wa
I little rank, ono said. and tasted NOR,
I like coon meat that hadn't been par
boiled Many who had received tho gil
wero sick at the stomach
!. II turned out that some bright Yer
?. monter had seen Young at work on In
o sheep. Ile rang in his comrades an'
1 frightened the scotchman back 10 camp
Il Then they stole tho carcass, and put Il
a Its place the dressed body of nm old New
!. foundland dog that had been followin
Wisconsin brigade,
When tho verrnontets returned fror
4. picket duty and began TO cross our cam
- the barking was resumed This time IN
:, Jcrseyinen wcrc ready for them. Fror
= 700 throata came tho cryi "Head ehoes,
!, head cheese, you Yankecsl"
y This cry gave pallor TO tho Vernon
y faces Their stomachs wero turnet
. While thoy were on picket duty som
Germans In tho Jersey regiment hg
gathered all Of tho cold roast dog
r, camp, turned Ii into head cheese, AN
Y, peddled 1t on the Vermont picket rescry,
A. Head cheese was q delicacy rarely see
IN In the army. II had gone like hot cake
20 Everybody bought It. Possibly even SCI
70 rotary Proctor and General Louis 4
A. Grant got their share OF II. At all even
there was no more barking and no MOI
buying Of head cheese ON the picket lin
q Amos J, Cummings In New York SUI
lI "
Of a Well known Garment.
k. Landlsdy-oh, Mr., Spondein, a anna
4, thief came In and stole your oyercoat