Honoring the Battles, Soldiers and Spirits

CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 9 We d

CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 9 We drill for about another 2 hours until the First Sergeant is hoarse from yelling commands and cussing the recruits for their clumsiness. Leaving the area we drilled in and moving back to our camp, we get with the recruits and tell them they are coming along just fine and not to worry about what …


CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 3 Anyw

CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 3 Anyway back to the weather, starting the last of October we were marched from around Martinsburg, VA over the Blue Ridge to around Culpepper, VA. The weather was beginning to get colder and up in the Blue Ridge it was downright coolish. Our feet were chaffed from the new shoes some of us had been …


CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 2 We h

CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 2 We had a respite after Sharpsburg during October. The Yanks only followed us once and they paid for it from what we heard. After Sharpsburg we had crossed back into Virginia, the Yanks crossed over too, but A.P. Hill’s boys whipped em good and sent them scurrying back into Maryland. Like I said, we spent …