Peace Society
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2019
- Location
- Ark Mo line
19 IA Inf
Benton Barracks Mo Sept. 7th 1862
Church at 10:30 AM at the camp Amphitheatre We turned out in military order coats brushed boots polished faces washed and the corners of our handkerchiefs sticking out of our pockets just the least thing -- Fell into two ranks form company -- we wended our way to the church the brass buttons on our coats glistening in the sunshine and casting fantastic pictures over the ground while our officers in punkinrines and tinsel and scarlet guided us to the place of worship
p.55 Punkinrines - pumpkin rinds - epaulets?
Camp on James River Mo Nov 18th 1862
100 men reported unable to march this morning and were sent to the hospital at Ozark or piled on to wagons -- Another such a night and our regiment will be played out -- gone up the spout entirely
p.80 [they marched 15 mi the day before] Gone up the spout - like water all boiled away? - google claims it's English meaning pawned, thus not available
Camp at Robinson Roads* Benton Co Ark Dec 6th 1862
At 4 o'clock we halted at this place a fine little valley some fine farms several nice dwellings and a nice large meeting house and every thing seemed to present itself to make glad the heart of a soldier chickens geese hogs and sheep were all around and our boys went in on their muscle
p.86 *[about halfway between Bentonville and Siloam Springs, 10 mi W of Springdale]
Went in on their muscle - too tired from the march for anything but harvesting food? - this is Herron's march of 110 mi in 3 ½ days to aid Blunt (and going right into engagement at Prairie Grove) - google claims it is a regular 19th century expression meaning did it all by their own exertions (obviously. but for men so tired any extra exertion would be sort of mechanical)
Diary of an Unknown Soldier*
Ed. Elsa Vaught, Fayetteville Ark
The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Spring 1959
*picked up on Prairie Grove battlefield; suspected to be Corporal Charles H Judd, age 35
Transcription by Dr. Kate Gregg, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo
Benton Barracks Mo Sept. 7th 1862
Church at 10:30 AM at the camp Amphitheatre We turned out in military order coats brushed boots polished faces washed and the corners of our handkerchiefs sticking out of our pockets just the least thing -- Fell into two ranks form company -- we wended our way to the church the brass buttons on our coats glistening in the sunshine and casting fantastic pictures over the ground while our officers in punkinrines and tinsel and scarlet guided us to the place of worship
p.55 Punkinrines - pumpkin rinds - epaulets?
Camp on James River Mo Nov 18th 1862
100 men reported unable to march this morning and were sent to the hospital at Ozark or piled on to wagons -- Another such a night and our regiment will be played out -- gone up the spout entirely
p.80 [they marched 15 mi the day before] Gone up the spout - like water all boiled away? - google claims it's English meaning pawned, thus not available
Camp at Robinson Roads* Benton Co Ark Dec 6th 1862
At 4 o'clock we halted at this place a fine little valley some fine farms several nice dwellings and a nice large meeting house and every thing seemed to present itself to make glad the heart of a soldier chickens geese hogs and sheep were all around and our boys went in on their muscle
p.86 *[about halfway between Bentonville and Siloam Springs, 10 mi W of Springdale]
Went in on their muscle - too tired from the march for anything but harvesting food? - this is Herron's march of 110 mi in 3 ½ days to aid Blunt (and going right into engagement at Prairie Grove) - google claims it is a regular 19th century expression meaning did it all by their own exertions (obviously. but for men so tired any extra exertion would be sort of mechanical)
Diary of an Unknown Soldier*
Ed. Elsa Vaught, Fayetteville Ark
The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Spring 1959
*picked up on Prairie Grove battlefield; suspected to be Corporal Charles H Judd, age 35
Transcription by Dr. Kate Gregg, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo
Bringing the