| Page 28effort to walk, or fall into the hands
of the enemy, my choice was soon
made, and after walking some two
or three miles I felt as if "Rich
-ard was himself again." How ben
-eficial is exercise! We commenced
the march at 11 PM, and had the
Yanks known of our [renegade?]
movement. They could have bothered
us much, strict silence was the or-
-der, and for ten miles, not a voice
was heard above a whisper, for every
moment we expected to be fired upon
from Yankee ambush. To show the
true state of affairs. I copy from
Chaplain Davis his story of the 4th Txs.
"What a hearty laugh a man could
have had, had he been in a po-
-sition to observe, both armies
| Page 28effort to walk, or fall into the hands
of the enemy, my choice was soon
made, and after walking some two
or three miles I felt as if "Rich
-ard was himself again." How ben
-eficial is exercise! We commenced
the march at 11 PM, and had the
Yanks known of our [renegade?]
movement. They could have bothered
us much, strict silence was the or-
-der, and for ten miles, not a voice
was heard above a whisper, for every
moment we expected to be fired upon
from Yankee ambush. To show the
true state of affairs. I copy from
Chaplain Davis his story of the 4th Txs.
"What a hearty laugh a man could
have had, had he been in a po-
-sition to observe, both armies
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