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The road was very dusty + being in
the rear of a large wagon train our progress
was hindred so that we arrived at our
destination (Stevens Gap on the opposite
side of the mountain) at midnight or
I should say that the Colonel + myself
arrived there with perhaps a corporals guard
of the Regt the ballance lie along the road
for ten miles back- the nght was extreme-
-ly cold there being a heavy frost that night
Our Head quarters wagon was not to be
found so that I barely had one blanket
but I built a fire wrapped myself up and
lie down to rest but not to sleep one
side of me was too cold for that - + I passed
the night the best I could + breakfasted on
hard tack + coffee
We soon received orders to place our regt.
in company with one other of this Brigade
in position to hold this gap with in-
structions to hold it at all hazzards while
the other two went to the foot of the hill
some four miles distant
After having made a satisfactory disposition
| p. 336
The road was very dusty + being in
the rear of a large wagon train our progress
was hindred so that we arrived at our
destination (Stevens Gap on the opposite
side of the mountain) at midnight or
I should say that the Colonel + myself
arrived there with perhaps a corporals guard
of the Regt the ballance lie along the road
for ten miles back- the nght was extreme-
-ly cold there being a heavy frost that night
Our Head quarters wagon was not to be
found so that I barely had one blanket
but I built a fire wrapped myself up and
lie down to rest but not to sleep one
side of me was too cold for that - + I passed
the night the best I could + breakfasted on
hard tack + coffee
We soon received orders to place our regt.
in company with one other of this Brigade
in position to hold this gap with in-
structions to hold it at all hazzards while
the other two went to the foot of the hill
some four miles distant
After having made a satisfactory disposition
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