The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
HISTORY OF THE
 9TH ALABAMA
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(Conxlnueu 1rom E'n&c NnAhsS~s-y ful beach at Yorktown. The soldier soon learns to turn with rvidity. when Z he has fired his last shot and shed ms st tbs tear sr;rsa ysr ns sraye od s
 quips and songs sof his fellows. The Pressnt and the presssnst ss ai1Ts fis,n, r whe a,s knows2 Many an hour sped away de- lightfully while we listened to nrisnt by HeutAnaut Josh kennedy wno zis swbo died at Seven Pines. and especially by lieutenant Josh Kennedy who fell by the same voiley that killed 6mers oeers who naesa did not scsntributs soes thing, and the witty remarks ot Goi- onel winston were aiw avs circulating Tn M front s of our our camp was the York river, and the bathing was supunb. n it's salt water at night the pnospnores-- cent light sparkled like myriads ct the swimmers. Tn nesrly every com pany there were musicians. In Co. D. adelightful quartett. the music cf rsneiee neis cnslas in nay Ears over the waste of nearly half a. .century One of the four Woods. was soon transformed to s another George shortridge, son of one Of eur ex- x-Governors, and as handsome and attractive as any soldier In the sshi, ties. with his his face 's to the foe. foe = -
 The high blum immediately in reas of our camp was steep and difficnlt to forficatons solnf sny were s1Sn bssnn Army @ @eag
 neers laid them of, and nnw soldiers found themselves digging dirt. To many who prided Themselves ;,, 2 on ns.,aa, never of mother earth. this. seemed an. ig- nominious task, and indeed, tn all 1t was more or less trksome to find them. shovel under "overseers" whom they had chosen to command thepa, not in such mental tasks as this but in battle Colonel shared. at least for a time, in taken from Captain Fagan. The dirt dig was hard, and one day. when shovels instead of spades. were fur nishsd. q detail under Captain. then onei sIssVH Winstsn s sustained nsi them. sending ing the post that if he wanted digging down 'scsne of his North carolinians.
 was slow business, and many were voiuntaersd sni t%ndt to ' make max Site6erss of themselves. The time was to come later when these same. men could, to
 ss ess dpt an sszossis a ar0p tin pats
 only in half an hour. than they now meved with pick and shovel in twice that time pfiSsng ags,sIs dr qring g and by battalion, cooking, and polio ing camp, kept the regiment busy. But this was net all we did. The enemy the Peninsula, with headquarters near roanisd l cavalry. Federal and confed- athe yanks" day and nigat. There was one Confederate cavalry company that appeared to be charged with the es- peri1 fer tbe aIsy bsynefst of the sth. h. AIabama. It was the 'Old Dominion Dragocns, a name that is remembered to this day Dy svs1y onr sIsvsx1u nsmp q at 'nS YorRtown. The indefatigable Gen. John B. Magruder was in command of our forces on the Peninsula. anS hs had oal,aa al, ais .ng, p,sogi9
 diers, continually on the alert. It was one o'clock at night, at about say the 18th of June Except the guards pac- sitting about the Headquarters of the Guard" the camp was asleep, many no doubt dreaming of the homes they had the the Startling sound of the long roii. How it did rattle out upon the stiffness of the night for liobddy could get more out of the kettle drum than our little bare-foSted drummer wannalxer. Instantly the camp resounded with Fall In fall lh here menr" and many deyOuf pr8yST was no uouDp uttSrSu
 and perhaps some curses from those who felt themselves unduly hurried. as we scrambled pufnng and blowing up the blufe to the notifications These we manned at once and got ready for the enemy. We waited. but the foe d.d not come. A little after daylight Colonel Winston concluded to go out in front and see what had become of him. Several miles down the Penin- sula we met an old Dominion Dra- Rad thought better of it and retired. We reacbed camp again in time to enjoy a dinner all the more heartily because we had no breakfast.
 This was the ArAt of wars alarms that came to us at Yorktown. but time and again Afterwards the Old Domin- lon Dragoon was at hand with the news "erseny coming. During all that :. long summer of 1861 there was no hour of the day or night when the long roll