The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
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t--'sr' taturnns. Inc company io,Ioyve
d me fortunes OF the Army Of Norther
!, Virginia throughout 1862 and establish
9 eo lts winter quarters on the Rapidar
a In spite Of pinching poverty, the How
. tiers contrived to have a good time am
, TO make their winter quarters "oases j,
5 the barren waste of war. - Their dwell
lhgs were snug, and, although the,
mad to substitute straw for mattresses
: then bushes for straw, they sang all tho
merrler and played cards with increased
zest.
1t has always been a mystery lust
how the Confederate soldiers fed them
selves and their animals in a sparselv
populated country by no means over
Proouctlve IN eatables for man and
BEAST The Howitzers' historian lets ont
one secret in describing the ebay de-
tall. Sometimes the "detail, " like
that OF guard and police duty, was p
hethod OF lnf1icting punishment for
trlnlng slips of discipline The chances
Tor getting house dinner somewhere
or raw material for the camp mess took
away some Of the curse of the punish.
ment. A "detail' Of two battervmen
ana driver with four horse team
was sent out on the hay excursion.
nay when found, was taken or "impressed" I
, M Ua.uA tickets issued by the quarter
Inasters' ana this "impressment'' was of
course as the years dragged on, heavy dr,in
On one farmers Nevertheless. the Howitzers
a,,,a tgs 10 keep In their good graces to Sc
cure the best fare in their DWELLINGS, ava ~ |
make NJ themselves thoroughly entertaining ~ |
ene household family before quitting it. rhs
l laln n would help to load the wagon win
For the 'detail." In snite of s,,eh t. ui'iieI
'aVsges, the "Details were invited ~ 80
r. ST. au again TILL no moro hay was left |
.ae exceptional powers exhibited by the can !
loheers In entertaining their hosts under ~,
exlng run Of military operations We 49,
IMPLY repaid. The "calls' REQUIRED oco,s;on
10y no little tact to be successful Now ana =
men farmer was stumbled across VIII 60.
q at hrst to be of impossible annease,,ant
"a one special occasion a farmer, whose native :
eheroSlty had been soured by bad treatment =
A. litnha., upon t. by hay detail of the keen
80 kl9chen trail Nothing would do in the Wv '
ordinary pollteness. He pronounced all COL
sie 20 Dc vandals, devils incarnate and tbe
a a's, chimed in with each and every par.
GUAR one OF his Utterances. The ARM -
orthern Virginia was about the 1vors+ ~
strnctlon that ever bore arms These trivial III
9ections We're finally fianked and 1++eri st
uted by the united assault of the .s,,a.ii
rs the gentleman in need of hsvine ~ ,
iAs "ooo pho cut, or Of water from, +ho |
,lhg' 1es. Well. then, here be aool t,,rns tn
s.ai1' 20 pe done, and. without any ado, the
etall gracefully and zealously did tic, P -
H. ana words and acts combined ,ror,l, ~
nders on the larder, brought out it's v ,,r II;
The detail" cut a cord Of wood that
ana brought barrel of water FROM, Di
spring, which was a mile off, before wa
oio man got pleased and invited dol
IN to dinner in his house. These tacl wa
We're used again and again with ton
cess '--- WIN
;: though so essential to the .
11ers' we'll being, was by no means bee
leasant indulgence for the Howitzers vor
en- emergencies compelled it, Gener- to I
they had hired negro cooks. bnt in nit,
es OF battle the cooks rarely ven. Chi
NJ nom the rear to the front, and not;
cannoneers in the course of severa1 Chill
,ecutlve days of fighting had to de. Of
l largely on their own talents for sira
ing. o'''' LUZ sra
everal of the Howitzers had baa,, tha
ents at the military institute m. ciati
stonewall jackson. Around their ana
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