Author: William Grunert

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-19

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780484153379

Excerpt from History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry: Containing the Marches, Events and Battles of the Army Commanded by Gen. Sherman, From the Commencement of the Campaign Against Atlanta, Georgia, to the Arrival at Washington, D. C October 4th, 1862. Before sunrise a good many of the sleepers left behind had rejoined us. Some of my comrades, hungry as they were, shot a hog in a corn field close by, cut a few slices Off and roasted them over the camp-fires on bayonets or sticks of wood. We missed the necessary salt very much. Many had just arisen from their sleep, when the signal wale given to fall in, and many had to march the second day also with an empty stomach. This day's march was, nevertheless, not as severe on the men as the day before, and there were less sore feet. We had to. March only thirteen miles this day, and reached Shel byville, Ky., long before sunset, where we went into camp and remained until the seventh of October. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.