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Title: War as viewed from the ranks. Personal recollections of the War of the Rebellion, by a private soldier
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Keesy, W. A. (William Allen), b. 1843
Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Norwalk, Ohio Experiment and News Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ne the whole length of the line. I do not know what part the divi-sion and corps commanders took in this review. Shortly after this grand review, the officers had a ball at a statelymansion in the vicinity. This, to them, I presume, was a great occa-sion. All the commissioned officers of the 64th were there but our ad-jutant. At about 9 oclock p. m. an orderly came riding up to regi-mental headquarters with orders for a detail of fifty picked men to re-port at once at division headquarters, with arms and ammunition. Theadjutant hurried the detail to the respective companies, and in the de-tail of Company D, it fell to my lot to be one of the fifty men. Wehastened to the division headquarters, where a commissioned officer wasalready awaiting us, who lined us up, had us count off and then orderedus to load. This was ominous to us of serious business, for it wasnot usual to load our pieces in camp. The loading was done in shortorder and then followed Shoulder Arms ! Right Face ! Forward,
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A Skcret Mission. 147 March ! Double-quick March ! and away we went, headed toward thecity of Nashville. It would puzzle a philosopher to conjecture our mission. Some saidthat there was a riot in the city and we were going to quell it. Thatlooked reasonable enough. Some said that the paymaster hadicome andwe were to escort him out to pay the boys off. We were hurried along,past and through camps and troops all the way, and had gone abouttwo miles when we were filed in and around the First Kentucky lyightArtillery. Here our fifty men were counted off into three reliefs, andthe first relief was quickly thrown around the battery and posted. Itchanced to be my lot to be on the first relief. My instruction was that

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